waltchilds Loc: Central Florida

Thanks for all the comments on the shots with Trip. I was limited by the studio setup and lighting and only had 5 minutes to do the lighting and posing setups. Here are some additional shots. Comments always welcomed.

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dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Walt, thank you so very much for the short 3 frame Master's Class on how to take fantastic Boudoir photos.

Evidently not yet posted, I went into the NUDE BOUDOIR section. Refreshing to know that one does not need thousands of dollars of equipment to do great photography. Lighting fairly simple as was the equipment. Yes, even a Sony takes good photos.... Eat your heart out Nikon/Canon fanatics.

Woops, in this case the camera was expensive, but good results could have been achieved with a much lesser camera, perhaps even a Canon or Nikon !

Camera SONY ILCE-7RM2 or / A7R, selling two years ago just under $3,000 only 42 mpix !!! [WOW] Now about $1900 [body]. Lots of them available, but gosh sniff sniff, only one Trip!!
Lens: FE 16-35mm Focal Length: 35mm .... excellent photos considering the short mm, Kodak has long recommended 85 mm.
Aperture: ƒ/4.0 Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200) ISO equiv: 1250 Metering Mode: Center Weight Exposure: Manual White Balance: Auto

Note: Trip is not a double D bust line lady which in my opinion is photographically preferable. Smaller is also safer. I had a friend who received a concussion when his lady turned too quickly and the double D gave him a blunt force injury to the head.

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

When posting images, don't initially apologize by explaining limitations and time constraints. If you decide to post, let the images speak for themselves.

waltchilds Loc: Central Florida

I guess my attempts to explain the constraints I was under shooting these images was not needed. It was only to show that I didn't have time to get the lights and posing the way I would normally do in shots like this. I thought showing the setup would help answer some of the questions that I don't have time to respond to individually. However, it will be much easier not to post any other images I took of Trip. Thanks for your feedback.

Pilot

Why the coffee cup...lower right, third photo? Distracting.

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

If he had more time. he would have removed the coffee cup. Just be grateful he posted.

Pilot

Oh, I'm grateful!

thephotoman Loc: Rochester, NY

Waltchilds, these are 3 very good photos. The third photo would work better with a tighter crop on the right side. Seeing the partial door and coffee cup in the corner takes the edge off of the photo. I like the lighting in 2 and 3. The window lighting in number 2 is very good. It creates a soft background and nice outlines.

davefales Loc: Virginia

I say post more of the session. Errrant coffee cups can be "fixed".

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Walt, seems that most do not understand that these photos are as the name states "Studio Setting" not finished boudoir products. As I said I consider this a "master class in three photos."

Why would the coffee cup mater to any one if they were getting educated on a quick low cost studio setup... If you had used an old clunker fan to blow her hair it should and would have been an important part of the "Studio Setting Photo." I could do this at home in a bedroom easily. The 35mm lens you used lets you get close in a small setting.

Photo #3 was to show Trip's outfit and full bod. These were right out of the camera as they should be for a how to lesson... why edit... this is reality we are seeing.

" don't initially apologize by explaining limitations and time constraints. " Sure Walt, save it to the last and state that it was a lesson in quick photography. I took figure drawing in grad school (smile I was a chemist, I, the artist part, was privileged to be invited to the class} we were given 10 seconds to make "sensed" charcoal sketches.

Ignore the coffee cup and the slings and arrows.... foolishness ... If some one had ask what lighting wattage, what curtain material that would have been good inquisitive thought. My dad would have said the coffee cup was there "to trap fools and meddlers." distraction by the trivial....

Hummm, reading 101 remediation is recommended for many UHH people.

waltchilds Loc: Central Florida

Thanks for your comments and understanding. You are right on as to what I was trying to show. If I had wanted to process these images certainly I would have easily removed the coffee cup etc. I do think with very limited time for lighting etc there is a lot to work with here.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Back, curtain lighting obvious, but also if analyzing #2 there is a light from the far right the angle displacement changes with the height as show by the arrows. Do you recall more details of the lighting.

Photo 1 shows two people shooting. Are those lights on a tripod person right? or two cameras?

FRONT LIGHTING ON TRIP

waltchilds Loc: Central Florida

Photo #1 is only one person shooting with one person holding the two LED Lights mounted on a T Bracket. For all the shots, the person shooting directed the model on the pose and also directed to person holding the lights as to how high or low and what angles etc. Each scene was different and so the lights were different, but all scenes was basically the same thing with one person shooting and directing both the model and the person holding the lights.

waltchilds Loc: Central Florida

You are correct, I didn't have time to remove the coffee cup during the shoot and did not have time to spend processing these images so I left it in the post. But on second thought I should have taken more time in the processing before posting and apologize for that. But too, all the comments I received were helpful too.

Mark7829 Loc: Calfornia

These images suffer from a simple lack of imagination, poor composition and light. The light is not dramatic enough to set a mood. The full bod shots is very much like a landscape shot, where you see everything but nothing specific. It feels quite distant. The images lack intimacy, perspective and focus which should be on the face and eyes.