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Sunny Girl by Louise Hill
| From: | Louise Hill | (Sat May 29 12:02:07 2010) |
| Here's a portrait I took a few weeks ago - I have adjusted the levels slightly, but I am still wondering if the lighting is too bright beind her, and if it's spoiling the image? Or is it okay? | ||
| From: | Ross | (Sat May 29 14:44:05 2010) |
| I think that it works for me. I particularly like the way the light comes through the hair just near her left ear (right side of image). I notice that the world of commercial photography is rife with blown out spots which camera club judges would "tutt tutt" over. My recent edition of a magazine which I subscribe to has a very blown out image as it's cover image and it works OK as well. | ||
| From: | Gaye | (Sat May 29 20:45:44 2010) |
| I love the contemporary, graphic impact of the shot - suits the subject. Only thing that concerns me is the darkness at the top of the shot - I think that exaggerates the blown out hairline. Maybe dodge or lighten around outsides of her hair - go the whole way with the bright look. Well done. | ||
| From: | Gaye | (Sat May 29 21:12:42 2010) |
| On second thoughts (we are allowed them, I think!) .. maybe just crop a bit off the top. I don't need the bit of timber (or whatever) there. Cut across at the crown of her head, losing the top of the blown out bits, leaving just a few whisps of hair on each side. What do other think? Otherwise, exposure pretty much spot on - did u use a reflector? I've titled this Sunny Smile :) | ||
| From: | Louise | (Sat May 29 21:49:24 2010) |
| Thanks Ross & Gaye - I liked the lighting too but wondered if it was a bit much and if it would be criticised for that. I've cropped the image as you suggested Gaye and it already looks better - not as much focus on the highlights. I didn't use a reflector for this, just lucky with the lighting, she was actually quite a distance above me and I zoomed in. | ||
| From: | Tamara | (Wed Jun 2 17:02:31 2010) |
| I agree with what Ross and Gaye have said with the effect of the shot in the light being effective. Have you tried to get it printed yet? My only comment would be to try and get it printed to see just how 'yellow' it looks. I've been working on a photo which looks nice on screen, but looks very un-naturally yellow printed, so I've been trying different levels of yellow de-saturation. | ||
| From: | Louise | (Wed Jun 2 21:57:08 2010) |
| Hi Tamara - haven't tried printing it yet, but was planning on doing that soon for the very reason you said, I am afraid it might not appear as nice printed. But we'll see what happens. Good luck desaturating your image. | ||
| From: | Richard Fryberg | (Wed Jun 23 03:03:31 2010) |
| For me, the problem with blown highlights is the loss of detail, in this case in the hair. Hair can have a wonderful wispy texture which this shot loses in the highlights as a result, and it doesn't work for me for that reason, though I neither know nor care what judges would say. Rim lighting is a wonderful effect, but needs to be more subtle for my taste. If the problem is in the original shot, then dodging will do nothing except make the highlights darker - the detail is gone. |
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| From: | Gaye Edwards | (Mon Aug 9 19:41:51 2010) |
| A further, very late, comment. I don't believe the blown highlights were ever considered a "problem", more a style. Most comments were on how to best present this particular contemporary style of image. I still go for cropping a bit off the top and darkening behind the top highlights to accentuate them further. A memorable photo, mainly because of this style. Rules are there to be re-interpreted not just re-inforced. (Help me down from my soapbox, somebody ... ) | ||
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