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Joanne
Joanne
choltmeier


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Challenge: Color Studio Portrait III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro
Location: My Basement - Minneapolis, MN
Date: Sep 28, 2008
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/90
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: Sep 29, 2008

 Wow! This challenge taught me how little I know about studio lighting! It was great to force me to learn and get out of my comfort zone. My goal is to not embarrass myself or my lovely wife who was such a patient model. I'll be satisfied with at least a 5.5 and a finish in the top 50%.

I have no flash or strobes. This was shot with a single 100w tungsten desk lamp with a reflector. I used a black panel to block the light from the background. I underexposed by 1 stop. As for postprocessing, the more I tried the worse it got, so I kept it quite simple.

Post Processing:
Camera Raw - white balance
slight sharpen
crop
border
save for web

Statistics
Place: 62 out of 191
Avg (all users): 5.8068
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 5.5500
Avg (non-participants): 5.9116
Views since voting: 905
Views during voting: 311
Votes: 207
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/05/2008 06:56:52 PM
the severe crop to her head is very distracting here, as is the fact that her one eye is almost totally dark. I think a reflector to open up that side of the face, and a more normal crop would have made a huge difference here.

Still she is a very pleasing model with nice skin tones. 5
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 10/05/2008 06:54:24 PM
The dramatic lighting worked for me on this one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/05/2008 10:54:55 AM
nice lighting on this image, close crop works very well
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/03/2008 03:34:18 AM
I like the close up on this pose. Also, nice work with the lighting.
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 10/02/2008 09:36:16 PM
Smart portrait
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