Portraits of Celine
January 4th, 2008
Some pictures of the first series with Celine, I was looking for a made both sweet and contrasted, the source is simply daylight filtered through the curtains, which gives this rendering soft shadows with little marked.
For the photo with the face facing up this is a skylight which allows me to get good exposure on the face and upper body by keeping a fairly dark background.
I used the radius objectives Nikkor 85 openings 1.4 a 1.6 and 1.8 which allows me to stay at a relatively low sensitivity (100 iso) while maintaining a speed preventing camera shake (between 1 / 60 and 1 / 250)
The metering is like 90% of a spot metering on the face with an exposure compensation of +0.7 (the D200 tends to deliberately under expose).
Radius development of my raw file, I could finally do without Photoshop, Capture One (the software I use to develop my raw files) finally allows the new version (V4) to make black and white. This new version of C1 (Capture One) will be a separate article to come in the coming days.





January 4th, 2008 at 8:53
We can say that I waited a new series of portrait of a moment ... and then I'm in love. As the model rendering. On the pictures above, the 2 and 3 are superb. The use of the well elumière: YUM!
January 4th, 2008 at 10:58
Hi Ben,
As mentioned previously, I too waited a new series of portrait from you
The 2 and 4 are great, black and white goes very well with the series, and treatment is the hair, as I await your article on the new version of C1.
See you soon
January 6th, 2008 at 6:16
To be original, I will, too, that these portraits waited impatiently.

Personally, I particularly like the first two. The first seems the most natural. What a beautiful smile!
For others, they also very beautiful.
Good job, sir.
January 6th, 2008 at 9:52
Superb black and white treatment, not to mention the light is beautiful.
Photo 1 and n4 are superb.
Good luck Ben.
January 6th, 2008 at 11:41
Thank you for your feedback, my preference is also for the second and third image in the vignette at the beginning of post for the brightness and contrast, the natural first I really like too
January 7th, 2008 at 11:53
Skylights? What you mean by that?
It is a tool or a well of natural light that you find at the scene?
January 7th, 2008 at 11:56
Dati, just a hole in the ceiling with a bubble of glass which gives the light that comes from above
January 8th, 2008 at 24:55
Okay, because you hear about (all those who spoke), it seemed that this was a technique to create an artificial skylight.
January 8th, 2008 at 1:40
It's me or the photo 3
there was a touch on the arm?
January 8th, 2008 at 2:10
Dati, no I think the flattening comes from the compression or blurring
January 10th, 2008 at 24:10
Another great series, one with the skylight makes really good and I love the plane of the back of the bustier.
85 mm This is a real jewelry (I in 1.8 and it is already very good, then in 1.4 yum!)
January 26th, 2008 at 11:44
Hello,
It's a very nice series. Beautiful B & B!
If I may, the model is very pretty but lacks a tad of expression.
The skylight makes a superb light!
Congratulations once again!!
January 26th, 2008 at 11:46
Oh I forgot ... when will the next round??
yeahhhh!
It was you who inspired me to do the portrait! I look forward to continued