Shot some portraits today with Kamola and Osman. Our theme was “Red Apple”. The top image was taken by my beloved wife, while I shot the second one.
As promised, here is the setup I used for the first picture:
Lighting Diagram for Kamola and Osman
Portrait shoot
Jul
30
2009
Related posts:
About Nasim Mansurovis a professional photographer based out of Denver, Colorado. He is the author and founder of The Mansurovs, along with a number of other online resources. Read more about Nasim here.
Just wow! Love both of the portraits!
One little comment about the top image. The upper part of Kamola (if I can call her my student :) ) is really proportional, but the foot part is not very symmetrical. But overall both images are impressive.
Is it possible to post the installations for these photos?
Thanks
Webmonster: Thank you for the feedback! I agree with you, so I cropped the top part of the picture, because the concentration should be on Kamola looking at the apple :)
Refresh the page and you should see the re-uploaded photo.
About “Lady In Red”:
Red is very difficult colour in photography, but photographer coped with her task. Only an item I should add to pic – more tragical expression on the face and more brighter the tone of it.
About Apple-kid:… Подробнее
Why the object in the center?! It’s very banal findment! Why not on the left side of the frame? The picture should be very dynamic and could leave a place for the some text to the right. One thing I do like on the pic – the little slogan “My” on the T-shirt of the kid. If it would be more bigger it would be wonderful! And it would mean “My apple!”
bobur-aka: Thank you for your feedback! I will see if I can bright up her face by adjusting the exposure. Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do with Osman’s picture as it was shot that way.
WebMonster: I will post a diagram of the set up later today or tomorrow.
Amazing photos..
Ikkinchi rasm juda yoqti, (no artificiality).
Birinchi rasm ideasi juda chuqurga o’hshadi, at first sight it made to think about pain and hope..(uyghur, gaza.. u know what i mean) but make up and fashion clothes on her distract and limit it…
Yoki.. olma tishlangan bo’lish kerak. :)) (chosen colors, make up and clothes fit with bitten apple if you know what i mean.. ;))
@sasha: It is not a heart she is holding in her hands. It is just an apple. What does it have to do with pain and gaza and etc? :)
well, at least after my comment some can remind about our sisters there, and make them dua?! Sha’bon oyi, Ro’za yaqinlashayapti, balkim shuni ta’siridir… :)
I admit I was out of scope, my apologize!
Sasha,
You do not have to apologize. Your feedback is a reflection of our images bonded and associated in your mind. I do not find them offensive.
Webmonster, as promised, I added a visual diagram to illustrate the setup. Let me know if you have any questions.
MegaZ,
Thanks for the diagram. The thing I wanted to know is what is the minimal lighting devices we need to have a simple home-studio settings? What would you reccomend? Should it be a triggering flash light or stable artificial source light?
Thanks
WebMonster: As far as the background is concerned, you can use pretty much anything you want. A plain white wall works great for portraits. If you want to mix some colors, just buy cheap plain color paper and hang it on the wall. You can also use sheets, muslin or whatever else you can find.
To take studio-quality pictures, however, you will need a good source of light and a light diffuser/reflector. A good and a relatively inexpensive source of light is an external camera flash unit. Most amateur and semi-professional Nikon cameras have a built-in camera flash that can be a “master/commander”, essentially sending infrared signals to other external slave flashes. So, if you had a Nikon camera, you would just need one external flash to create some very good portraits in a “DIY” (Do It Yourself) studio. Since Canon cameras do not have this capability, you would need two external flashes – one that would be a master and one that would be a slave. The master would be mounted on the camera, while the slave flash would be sitting behind a light diffuser/reflector such as an umbrella. I personally like plain old white umbrellas for indoor studio photography. I also highly recommend getting a stand and a flash shoe to hold your umbrella with the flash. All of the above can cost between $250-$500, depending on what you buy and from where.
Hope this helps :) I started writing some “how-to” articles that I hopefully will post within the next week or so.
hi, i had found your blog @ website from the facebook. Once im coming into your blog it so attractive!~ i love the way you create the story and the journey of your life. Keep it on and thanks a lot for sharing your experience through the photography. im very appreciate it!
regards,
Lutfi Lokman,
Makkah alMukarramah,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Assalamu Alaykum Lutfi,
Thank you for visiting us and for your feedback! I’m glad that you find our website helpful.
Keep in touch!