Attempt at boudoir

[RAWcop]

My lovely model (and Fiancée) and I attempted to take some boudoir pictures for fun. The natural light in the room was..... well, not good. After many takes and mistakes, I had her pose in the door frame of the closet. There is a small window behind her that let in the setting sunlight. I used a lamp without a shade on it to illuminate the front of her. Then I left the shutter open for about a second.
Is there anything I could have done to make this a better shot? I think it turned out good, but I still think there is something missing.




Exposure 1
Aperture f/4.7
Focal Length 25 mm
ISO Speed 100
Exposure Bias +3.3 EV
Flash On, Did not fire

[LeeR]

You don't say what kind of camera you have but I am wondering why you didn't use the on camera flash to help balance the light in front and shorten the exposure time. Even if you use a tripod for your camera it is hard to take a picture of someone and expect them to stay perfectly still for a second or longer. Also, there can be problems mixing daylight, which has a bluish cast, with incandescent light, with its customary yellow/orange light, but it has worked in your favor here. Sine the image has been balanced for daylight the incandescent light has warm your models skin tones which is normally a good thing. Speaking of models; she's a beautiful girl, which makes you a very lucky guy.

[RAWcop]

Originally Posted by LeeR

You don't say what kind of camera you have but I am wondering why you didn't use the on camera flash to help balance the light in front and shorten the exposure time. Even if you use a tripod for your camera it is hard to take a picture of someone and expect them to stay perfectly still for a second or longer. Also, there can be problems mixing daylight, which has a bluish cast, with incandescent light, with its customary yellow/orange light, but it has worked in your favor here. Sine the image has been balanced for daylight the incandescent light has warm your models skin tones which is normally a good thing. Speaking of models; she's a beautiful girl, which makes you a very lucky guy.

Sorry. I used an Olympus e-620. I did use a tripod in this picture. I will have to try with the flash firing next time. My issue with using a shorter exposure was the closet details were starting to show through. I may have been able to shorten the time by a few fractions of a second. I will have to try that too.

[RAWcop]

Oh, and yes I am lucky! Thanks!