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Sep 2, 2016 22:51:09 #
7 shots all with about the same setup. Rovelight 600B 1/4 power in 22" beauty dish 8' up and 4' from subjects on camera left, Rovelight 600B 1/16 power in 40" x 56" softbox about eye level and 5' from subjects on camera left, YN568ex 1/4 power bare at about 7' up and 10' back camera right as hair light, YN568ex 1/4 power at head height and 10' behind subjects as hair light. All synced with YN622N's. 250th f13 ISO100 Nikon 70-200 @ about 150mm. 7 images composited in Photoshop .... (did I miss anything ???)
Sep 3, 2016 00:10:29 #
Sep 3, 2016 00:43:01 #
Just Dawn wrote:
That's very nice. The girl in front looks like she means business.
Looks pretty good. I would darken some of the backgrounds in the camped images so the background is consistent. Slid black behind all of them would look better.
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Sep 3, 2016 10:03:31 #
Bozsik wrote:
Looks pretty good. I would darken some of the backgrounds in the camped images so the background is consistent. Slid black behind all of them would look better.
Help me understand, more clearly, your comment. I tried as much as possible to reduce the background to black using shutter speed and curves in PP. This was because I was shooting in a fully lit gym and don't own any backdrops (I'm just the physics teacher with a photo hobby and a love of volleyball :-) ) I've read that maybe I'm not editing in a bright enough room and maybe my monitor is not calibrated in such a way as to see what you are seeing. I did fill the lowest layer in photoshop with "black" ... are you saying that on a brighter monitor you can see the demarcation between the black layer and the dark (but probably not black) background in each individual image?
Thanks for any help in understanding - and identifying weaknesses in my work-flow. I'm enjoying learning ... and know that I've got plenty of growing room :-)
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I just cranked up my monitor brightness and I CAN see where I need to touch up some of the edges as the "dark background" in the individual shots is not yet "BLACK" like the background layer added in PS.
Sep 3, 2016 10:06:02 #
Just Dawn wrote:
That's very nice. The girl in front looks like she means business.
Yes she does have on her "game face" ... that was her choice ... I had a bunch of Pinterest samples that I'd collected while trying to prepare for this shoot and for the players to look at for inspiration ... she came right up and said .. "Mr. McKnight ... I want to try and capture my game face at the net" :-) She's actually a very sweet kid!
Sep 3, 2016 10:32:57 #
The background looks OK on my monitor. I wonder if the young lady in front would mind if you did some PP on her forehead. I like the composite with the placement of the team members.
Sep 3, 2016 11:29:25 #
Yes, that is what I referred to. I think you have done very well so far. Keep it up. I will enjoy viewing more in the future. 
Sep 3, 2016 12:11:36 #
SoHillGuy wrote:
The freckles are all hers ... I did fix some teenage acne ... but left the freckles :-)The background looks OK on my monitor. I wonder if the young lady in front would mind if you did some PP on her forehead. I like the composite with the placement of the team members.
Sep 3, 2016 14:03:29 #
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Sep 3, 2016 17:42:55 #
OK ... I did have "black" behind all of them ... BUT ... I had not taken the correct level of care in masking each image. With monitor brightness too low ... it looked "good enough" ... I've now gone back and much more carefully masked each image ... and I've also resized some and moved them a bit to make the perspective a bit more believable. Thanks for all of the feedback. here is the final result ...
Bozsik wrote:
Looks pretty good. I would darken some of the backgrounds in the camped images so the background is consistent. Slid black behind all of them would look better.
Sep 3, 2016 21:11:17 #
timspix wrote:
OK ... I did have "black" behind all of them ... BUT ... I had not taken the correct level of care in masking each image. With monitor brightness too low ... it looked "good enough" ... I've now gone back and much more carefully masked each image ... and I've also resized some and moved them a bit to make the perspective a bit more believable. Thanks for all of the feedback. here is the final result ...
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