Portrait of Camille
October 24th, 2007
Camille contacted me via my myspace page (yes 2.0 application that is more hype, which was full of friends that we never saw coming and you stick full of spam on your page ... Unlike Facebook which is an application where 2.0 hype was full of friends who offer to participate in 40 tests a day ...)
The aim of our collaboration is to make portraits a little more based on atmosphere and working with natural light / artificial city (large aperture reflector and perspective).
Camille decided to work with several photographers to have different styles and different looks, I would not fail of links to images of other photographers when they have been completed.
Here are some pictures of that first meeting, which allowed us to discuss expectations of each of the series achieve and make some rather simple portraits in natural light. As I already explained before with the post the pictures of Lara , the first meeting is essential for me, it helps to create a climate of trust and agree on the content of the job.
I worked with two color temperatures in correspondence with the light colder and warmer in two parts, giving the final image on one side and warm enough contrast and the other images with clearer values and contrast softer. The light is the sun filtered through different thicknesses of the curtain according to the desired light intensity.
Level goals, I stayed on my two primes the nikon 50 1.4 and 1.4 with 85 openings of 1.6 - 2.0 (to keep the eyes clear when they are not on the same plane).
As usual Capture One for the "development" of raw files with a setting of white balance, contrast and saturation.
October 24th, 2007 at 5:32
Hello Benba
It happens to you or to chômmer let stand your D200
Well, despite an unorthodox pose, especially bothers me to the last.
I do not know if it's laying in itself, framing and lighting. But there is something going on and more.
October 24th, 2007 at 5:33
Hi Ben,
I am your site so hidden for some time ... I told you spotted on d70 forum! And as I greatly appreciate the quality of your pictures, I always look forward to the new series via RSS!
I am not here to tell my life, this is not the object.
Just to say we do pretty meetings on myspace! However, I find a slight softness except on the last picture in the series. Is it a slight blur? At what shutter speed were you?
Anyway, I still delight the eyes as your portfolio is a true gourmet restaurant!
Nikhop
October 24th, 2007 at 7:16
as usual, Benba, I hang a lot on your portraits and your approach to the photo.
Few people have this quality in terms of picture and it's really valuable to look at.
I have only one thing to say: you can persist in the business and continue as one really has a talent no doubt that few people can boast that more is that you do not have a style but more.
@ + And good night
October 24th, 2007 at 7:50
Ah well I who complained about the previous post of not seeing enough pictures, I'm in heaven ... Really beautiful portraits. A large preference for 2!
In any case continue like that, your job is great
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See you soon
Good evening
October 24th, 2007 at 11:14
very good
October 25th, 2007 at 9:29
Still a very nice series! We would like to say "as usual" ...
I would still have liked to see the compositions may be tighter? But the model was surely its criteria too?!
Good luck anyway!
Twan
October 25th, 2007 at 7:16
There's nothing to say you've mastered the portrait. Some would say that a beautiful model played a lot
This approach interesting to see several photographers to get the best. Interesting for the photographer to be compared on the same model with its personal touch.
I really like the 3 and 5 ...
October 25th, 2007 at 10:57
Superb.
I prefer photos "dark" (2 first and last) to the other two. They have something exciting while others are more "mundane". That said the pretty banal