lady godiva....

[peeperita]

Originally Posted by jiminyClickit

peeperita,

Usually I run short of time, and going to Flickr is a luxury I can't indulge. I should plan better so I can do it more often. 5789 is a more intimate view and illustrates the facing-inward quality well. 5801 is epic, like a Joan of Arc portrait. Better light quality, horse position dramatic (by comparison), background adds to it. Did your client like 5801?

after my client approached me with her original "i want a lady godiva portait" for herself, she came to the conclusion that she needed a shot for her father's office wall and an image her grandmother could recreate in oil as well......


i think her grandmother could appreciate a shot like 5801 as it is all dreamy and knights in shining armor-ish...he father would like the original posting here....and i have still to decide on what the model wanted for herself...


she agreed before the fact that i would be able to use these shots online for my "school"...hence me representing them here for critique... i do know i made the right move by doing so as the comments have helped greatly on the re-edits...

thank you, kind man......

peeper

[peeperita]

Originally Posted by clockdoc

I think you did a nice job with the one you have shown us. As far as depth of field, you have a couple of options, not that any would have worked so well here with only onboard flash. As you get farther away, depth of field will increase for the same f/stop. Then you have to rely on the camera's ability to capture the shot with enough megapixels to crop the image you desire. Next, stopping the lens down and slowing the shutter speed will balance the ambient light but will also decrease the effect of the flash. The way to work it would be to see how close you would need to be for the chosen f/stop to work for depth of field and flash, then balance available light for that aperture with slowing the shutter speed. Not as easy a task in outdoor lighting. Fortunately the horse was light in tone so that would have helped, even if he came out a ittle darker. You need to put a more powerful battery powered flash on your Christmas wish list. 8-)

doc, thank you for commenting.........yours is an opinion that i so hoped for....you are old school photography, a man who has studied the in camera end of things, and you are someone i feel i can learn so very much from...

thank you for answering what bothered me most about this shoot.....depth of field.....and i hope to apply what you've suggested soon...

right now i have been utilizing the "built in" flash on my rebel xt.....i reckon i should think about investigating my specs and how to best make do with what i got....in this shoot i just crossed my fingers and shot.......i do have an old sunpak i used with my canon ae1....but, it was made a few thousand years ago so things, connections and voltages may have changed over time.......

anyway.....thanks for the "particulars" of depth of field versus flash that i was so looking for.....

peeper

[trelaflip]

i think you did a nice job. i couldnt see anything wrong with it how ever just one thing kind of bothers me and that might just me and thats the horses leg.

all i see is two legs and it just looks un even to me? maybe im on crack I think if the other front leg of the horse was in the shot it would look a bit better.

[peeperita]

dear jason.....i have admired the portraits that you have submitted here.....you have a great eye for detail and i look forward to seeing more of your images in the future....

no, you are not on crack..... after seeing your comment i took another look for myself and damned if you aren't right.....i have a number of shots to choose from so i plan to use this more discerning eye that you and the others have provided me to make my final choices for presentation.....

thank you for your generosity of time and talent.....

peeper