Stephanie came by the studio the other day to get some head shots and a few dance pictures that she needs for an up-coming audition. I love these two dance pictures. Flinging hair and a dancer jumping will never get old. BTW, no trampoline involved on the second picture. She can just jump like that on the spot. Pretty cool.
A tip for you if you are shooting on white seamless like this. The lens you use makes a HUGE difference. My 50mm 1.8 lens is horrible on white seamless. Actually the 50/1.8 or even 50/1.4 does bad things when pointed at a bright light source. That white background is a big bright light source. A wide angle lens, 18mm or 24mm, does okay but I’ve found I usually end up cleaning up the image more in post. I don’t have a technical reason why, but I usually end up having to dodge (lighten) the floor around the area the subject is standing. My favorite lens on white seamless is actually a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. The result is really clean, almost no post processing. A little bit of black point adjustment is all. The only tricky thing with that lens is that you have to have plenty of space between you and the subject. At least a good 15 – 20 feet. That can pose a problem if your studio is small. With this whole setup, it took 12 foot ceilings (backdrop was about 11 feet high), 10 feet between background and subject and then another 15-20 feet from subject to camera.
f/3.2 @ 80 mm, 1/250,ISO 200
f/3.2 @ 70 mm, 1/250,ISO 200
Dottie - March 5, 2010 - 3:38 pm
Wow. They are fantastic. I bet she was excited for the. You are sooooo good
Jarvie - March 24, 2010 - 11:57 pm
I find that first shot VERY mesmerizing!! Seriously it’s wonderful!!
Makes me want to shoot on white seamless more.