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Feb 19, 2013 13:12:02   #
Gamlaman Loc: Llanfyllin
 
I was asked by an aspiring MUA to shoot some images for her folio.

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Feb 20, 2013 15:16:54   #
tainkc Loc: Kansas City
 
Pretty girl. These are lot better than what I can do but they seem to be way over exposed. Was this intentional? Inquiring minds want to know.

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Feb 20, 2013 15:27:10   #
Gamlaman Loc: Llanfyllin
 
tainkc wrote:
Pretty girl. These are lot better than what I can do but they seem to be way over exposed. Was this intentional? Inquiring minds want to know.


These were shot intentionally as Hi-Key images. The main light, camera left, was a 1m squre softbox exposure at around f11 as I recall, the fill light, camera right was a honey combed beauty dish about on stop less. I used a speedlight through a home made snoot as a hair light.

Alice's make up was created to accentuate the Hi-Key effect plus I helped it all along in CS6.

Thanks for the kind words, I hope this helps a little.

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Feb 20, 2013 16:16:12   #
tainkc Loc: Kansas City
 
Gamlaman wrote:
tainkc wrote:
Pretty girl. These are lot better than what I can do but they seem to be way over exposed. Was this intentional? Inquiring minds want to know.


These were shot intentionally as Hi-Key images. The main light, camera left, was a 1m squre softbox exposure at around f11 as I recall, the fill light, camera right was a honey combed beauty dish about on stop less. I used a speedlight through a home made snoot as a hair light.

Alice's make up was created to accentuate the Hi-Key effect plus I helped it all along in CS6.

Thanks for the kind words, I hope this helps a little.
quote=tainkc Pretty girl. These are lot better t... (show quote)
Yes this helps me to understand more. Thank you very much!

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Feb 20, 2013 16:27:54   #
Gamlaman Loc: Llanfyllin
 
tainkc wrote:
Gamlaman wrote:
tainkc wrote:
Pretty girl. These are lot better than what I can do but they seem to be way over exposed. Was this intentional? Inquiring minds want to know.


These were shot intentionally as Hi-Key images. The main light, camera left, was a 1m squre softbox exposure at around f11 as I recall, the fill light, camera right was a honey combed beauty dish about on stop less. I used a speedlight through a home made snoot as a hair light.

Alice's make up was created to accentuate the Hi-Key effect plus I helped it all along in CS6.

Thanks for the kind words, I hope this helps a little.
quote=tainkc Pretty girl. These are lot better t... (show quote)
Yes this helps me to understand more. Thank you very much!
quote=Gamlaman quote=tainkc Pretty girl. These ... (show quote)


Glad to help. It always helps if you can get a make up artist who understands what will work for Hi-Key AND for your model. Naturally blondes are better.

I always use a flash meter to get my exposure right initially then monitor what the in-camera histogram is giving me. It is easy to over expose and totally blow out highlights so checking the histogram is a must. Even Adobe Camera RAW cannot rescue badly over exposed highlights.

If you down load the images here and go to File>File Info>camera data you will see precisely what the exposures that I used were.

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Feb 20, 2013 16:51:44   #
tainkc Loc: Kansas City
 
Gamlaman wrote:
tainkc wrote:
Gamlaman wrote:
tainkc wrote:
Pretty girl. These are lot better than what I can do but they seem to be way over exposed. Was this intentional? Inquiring minds want to know.


These were shot intentionally as Hi-Key images. The main light, camera left, was a 1m squre softbox exposure at around f11 as I recall, the fill light, camera right was a honey combed beauty dish about on stop less. I used a speedlight through a home made snoot as a hair light.

Alice's make up was created to accentuate the Hi-Key effect plus I helped it all along in CS6.

Thanks for the kind words, I hope this helps a little.
quote=tainkc Pretty girl. These are lot better t... (show quote)
Yes this helps me to understand more. Thank you very much!
quote=Gamlaman quote=tainkc Pretty girl. These ... (show quote)


Glad to help. It always helps if you can get a make up artist who understands what will work for Hi-Key AND for your model. Naturally blondes are better.

I always use a flash meter to get my exposure right initially then monitor what the in-camera histogram is giving me. It is easy to over expose and totally blow out highlights so checking the histogram is a must. Even Adobe Camera RAW cannot rescue badly over exposed highlights.

If you down load the images here and go to File>File Info>camera data you will see precisely what the exposures that I used were.
quote=tainkc quote=Gamlaman quote=tainkc Pretty... (show quote)
Unfortunately, I am not to the point of hiring a make up artist or even a model. I have to use victims that are around me at the time. The good thing is that for me, I have yet to go too bright on any portraiture that I have done. Any adjustments I have made in either lightroom or cs6 have been minimal so far. Some of them or acceptable.

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Feb 20, 2013 16:57:55   #
Gamlaman Loc: Llanfyllin
 
Be like me and do it on the cheap, contact your local beauty salons with an offer to photograph the work of their juniors/students in exchange for them making up a female friend [theirs or yours] or even a second student/colleague.

You get the shoot, they get the practice and hopefully some images for their Facebook page or even a few prints for their book.

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Feb 20, 2013 18:26:36   #
jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ
 
Nice job. Hi Key images are popular and a friend of mine is trying to show me how to do it. I still don't have the hang of it.

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Feb 20, 2013 18:50:26   #
tainkc Loc: Kansas City
 
Gamlaman wrote:
Be like me and do it on the cheap, contact your local beauty salons with an offer to photograph the work of their juniors/students in exchange for them making up a female friend [theirs or yours] or even a second student/colleague.

You get the shoot, they get the practice and hopefully some images for their Facebook page or even a few prints for their book.
I just happen to have a daughter in beauty school right now. Interesting.

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Feb 21, 2013 02:38:31   #
Gamlaman Loc: Llanfyllin
 
jeep_daddy wrote:
Nice job. Hi Key images are popular and a friend of mine is trying to show me how to do it. I still don't have the hang of it.


Keep at it the rewards will come, at least that is what people tell me. I am still learning my new camera and I've had it for 6 months.

The main thing is to enjoy.

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Feb 21, 2013 20:42:52   #
debbyg Loc: Nebraska
 
Gamlaman wrote:
I was asked by an aspiring MUA to shoot some images for her folio.


Like your Hi - Key imaging...pretty girl...

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Feb 21, 2013 21:02:12   #
Gamlaman Loc: Llanfyllin
 
debbyg wrote:
Gamlaman wrote:
I was asked by an aspiring MUA to shoot some images for her folio.


Like your Hi - Key imaging...pretty girl...


Thanks debbyg :thumbup:

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Feb 26, 2013 09:09:06   #
jimberton Loc: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
 
Nice photos. I have never done any high key photos, but would like to. I'm heading over to the local beauty solons to try to get a few models. Thanks for the info. I will give it a try. I really like the "high key" look.

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