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Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: new vienna, ohio
Date: Jan 2, 2009
Aperture: f/2.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: Jan 2, 2009

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My daughter Ariel, again. She is very much into anything Japanese. So we shot this today using two shop lights. One behind her and the other to the left. I shot it using my new Canon 50mm 1.8 lens. It came in today and I tried it on this series of shots. We had many others that came out well (my opinion, of course) ;) No flash was used this time.

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01/05/2009 11:23:25 PM
well, ohio gozaimasu! yoku dekimashita. The shot is a bit saturated for me. Her expression and the pose are both great. Her hand placement is great. I agree with TCguru about the lighting placement and repositioning as the BG light is rather harsh on the hair. Nice work.
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01/04/2009 05:59:47 AM
Composition: I feel the crop on this is a bit tight. A bit more headroom, I think.

Lighting/Exposure: A tad on the bright side. Especially the hair. BUT, I much prefer this non-flash version as you have some interesting light and shadow going on.

Pose: I love her pose here. Her eyes are cut back towards the camera perfectly and her arms say, "GO AWAY!!"

Suggestions for Improvements: From someone that uses constant lighting as well and not flash, remember WYSIWYG. That light there in the back is very harsh on her hair. I would suggest moving both lights back a bit and the one in the rear a bit higher. Also, moving her another foot away from the BG so that it goes blurry. That lens is going to be its sharpest at around f4. When doing a studio portrait, with someone other than a little kid ;), try taking your ISO to 100, putting your camera on a tripod, and adjusting everything else around the metering. You also have remote capture software that came with your camera.

You are lucky to have such a willing model. Again, your daughter is very pretty and certainly knows her moods :)
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01/03/2009 06:37:47 AM
There is a lot of intensity in her gaze - and I think you captured her eyes pretty well.

The thing I notice is that although she has those cool Japanese hair ornaments - we really can't see them well due to the low lighting in the back.
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01/02/2009 08:23:11 PM
i love the whole theme of her dressings. the chopsticks are a really nice touch.
However, i find the lighting on her shirt just a tad too bright. may just be a personal preference though.
I do like the lighting in her eyes thoguh, they really pop off the screen.
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