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Challenge: Color Studio Portrait III (Basic Editing)
Collection: Challenges 2008
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Date: Sep 27, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Date Uploaded: Sep 30, 2008

 So.... I don't have a studio. But I did go to Photokina in Köln on Saturday. (Which was even better than staying in a Holiday Inn Express!) So I "borrowed" both the studio set up, the lights, and the model. This was at the Hasselblad display area. There was a rope in front of the stage. If you signed up to try the Hasselblad (I did) you could shoot in front of the rope. Needless to say this is not an image taken with the Hasselblad. But you could stand behind the rope and shoot through people, under arms, around bodies, etc, with your little inferior cameras. I was most definitely not the only person doing this, by the way. It was tough to try to get a shot in edgewise, and I had the 10-22 on the camera at the time. I did change to the 24-105 later and shoot a different model, but I like this one best.

Here are a couple shots of the "studio" - gotta love a diffusely lit ceiling, huh? And yeah, very strange outfit...



[Oct. 2nd, 2008 02:05:21 PM]

OK, for the record, this really does kinda suck. Had to enter something for the Olympics, and couldn't come up with anything for Pajamas.

The shot I wish I'd entered:


I'd have been much happier with that as my submission. Probably wouldn't have scored a whole lot worse than this one!

Statistics
Place: 81 out of 191
Avg (all users): 5.5885
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 5.4909
Avg (non-participants): 5.6234
Views since voting: 829
Views during voting: 383
Votes: 209
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0

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 03/02/2013 02:10:32 PM
Truly odd. But appealing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/08/2008 10:14:20 AM
Nice job, Deb! I don't know if the other one you thought you should've entered would do better - non-literal-obvious-traditional color portrait, but I like that other one better. Still, this is excellent. And that outfit - well all the women are wearing it around here. ;-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/08/2008 08:41:32 AM
Well done. You went to Photokina, I'm so jealous. Love the outttakes.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/08/2008 06:31:00 AM
Anyone who spend more than 2 seconds looking at the shot would have realized it was indoors. The pose, the hose, the white all works nicely together. The perspective you were shooting from seems a bit non-ideal (as if you really wanted to be shooting a bit more left of where you are) but I really liked it during voting and gave it a very solid 7.

Message edited by author 2008-10-08 10:34:01.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/08/2008 06:27:59 AM
This is enchanting! The lighting is so impressive, and it is so unique and interesting. I love both of your choices!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/08/2008 04:57:40 AM
One of my fav for the challenge. Sorry that it did not score higher.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/05/2008 01:57:56 AM
I dont now about this one. I think this one would have came a better if you would have just white bakground, me eyes always end at the trees not one the model.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/03/2008 03:12:03 AM
great setup, however it's not exactly a portrait shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/02/2008 08:04:08 PM
Wow! Great work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/02/2008 02:23:10 PM
Very interesting! I'm strangely attracted to this shot. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2008 10:21:34 AM
funny
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2008 07:52:32 AM
i love the lighting, and i know shes probably supposed to be wearing that but her pose just doesnt work for me, her chest/neck area seems unusually large, it doesnt seem as graceful as I think you wanted it to be. The...tights?socks? really distract me as well, youre title says girl in white but it seems like girl in cream unless you were referring to the shoes
i dont understand so i wont voteon this it would be unfair for you and wrong of me
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2008 05:33:02 AM
So what kind of camera are you going to be putting down for this in the description? Hasselblad H3D-31?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2008 01:12:19 AM
Well, even though you have fired us all, I still think that this is the best shot out of the lot. Bar mine, which reminds me, how do we fire the team LOLOL
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2008 12:46:41 AM
So you've been to the Photokina, too. For the possibilities you had with the perfect lighting and model at the Hasselblad stand, the outcome is rather poor, it was asked for a portrait, but the least interesting in this shot is her face, she doesn't even sem to care if you were shooting. Exposure is perfect, but white balance seems slightly off to me, a tad too warm.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/01/2008 12:32:06 AM
hehe the hasselblad girl! :D
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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