Hilite attempt 2....

Lighting looks good to me, however would crop slightly differently:)
 
the crop is ok for me, but pose and lighting a bit flat, I would have asked him to turn slightly more side on, facing into the image, thereby creating some defining shadow too. Its all a bit flat at the moment.Levels could also do with a poke in post to improve contrast a bit. :thumbs:
 
Yv said:
the crop is ok for me, but pose and lighting a bit flat, I would have asked him to turn slightly more side on, facing into the image, thereby creating some defining shadow too. Its all a bit flat at the moment.Levels could also do with a poke in post to improve contrast a bit. :thumbs:
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*** Yv said. :)
 
Background looks a little bright. You could probably turn it down a bit, and get better edge detail in the hair. It needs to be only just over exposed.

Light does look a little flat, but I don't find it a problem and it tends to be an unavoidable part of the 'look'. It maybe a lot of spill-fill coming from surrounding walls/ceiling etc, but unless you paint them all black... Or if it's just head and shoulders, blank off the unused part of the highlight with cardboard or something, which will cut it down a lot, and give more emphasis to the front light.
 
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A question..... Did you fake the catchlight in Ps? Just something not quite right. If you didn't fake it looks like the light was quite far away yet the light isn't harsh.....


Just wondering how it was lit.
 
EOS_JD said:
A question..... Did you fake the catchlight in Ps? Just something not quite right. If you didn't fake it looks like the light was quite far away yet the light isn't harsh.....


Just wondering how it was lit.
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Yes, I think you're right! They look all wrong.

Not consistent with the flatness or direction of the light, the pupils are artificially huge, and there's a hint of a squint!
 
Hi,

Yes - the catch lights were pp'd in although the pupils were not altered. The room was dark at the time the shot was taken.
Lights were about 30 degrees round.....back to the drawing board. Thanks for all the comments so far though.....watch this space.
 
Yes - Not really easy to PP a catchlight - Copy from another image would work better.

Almost a nioce shot but get the light in the eyes :)
 
TBH, if you're asking for advice then you should show the shot exactly as produced in camera, not something that you've changed on the computer.

If the shot is for critique then of course people normally show the finished version.
 
Garry Edwards said:
TBH, if you're asking for advice then you should show the shot exactly as produced in camera, not something that you've changed on the computer.

If the shot is for critique then of course people normally show the finished version.
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What he said!

Great attempt but to spend all that money on a kit and not get nice catchlights is a shame
 
Now we're getting somewhere. It looks to me as if you've got your lighting ratios wrong and that the main key light, the brolly on the right, is under exposed and the fill-light is over exposed and is casting strong shadows.

You need to reverse that, but to be honest I would drop the fill-light and just use the brolly and a reflector on the left. See how that looks.
 
HoppyUK said:
Now we're getting somewhere. It looks to me as if you've got your lighting ratios wrong and that the main key light, the brolly on the right, is under exposed and the fill-light is over exposed and is casting strong shadows.

You need to reverse that, but to be honest I would drop the fill-light and just use the brolly and a reflector on the left. See how that looks.
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+1

for most portraiture work I try and use only 1 light + reflector on the subject if I can get away with it
 
2 catchlights are not a problem usually - with a reflector you may still see 2 - My triflector produces 3! :)
 
OK, I'll give that a try. When you say strong shadows are you referring to the area on the left (as we look at it) of Will's neck?

The main criticism of my last attempt was edge degradation. I think the edges look ok in this one but what say the jury? This feedback is well appreciated!
 
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