igord Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Hi, I photographed this very nice girl in my studio. It was a very quick session, like 45 minutes but I think that she has got a potential and again although she is very young she feels how to model. Here is the link to the folder: http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=425486 The same day we did sessions for 4 other girls with the same lighting but photos don't compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beauh44 Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 I think you have a winner there, Igor. Nice shots, Nice model. If I were you, I'd keep her. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerrySiegel Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 Hubba hubba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 great as always man. it wasn't until i started doing this that i realized how hard it is. i like the first two the best, from left to right. but i still have the same complaint about your modelling lamp not being bright enough to close the iris, too much black hole... 45 mins eh? well done friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igord Posted August 29, 2004 Author Share Posted August 29, 2004 What do you mean to keep her?... Eric, yes the iris is big but I use partly daylight here so I am not sure how to make it smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beauh44 Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 >What do you mean to keep her?... Just a figure of speach. She's a beautiful girl. There used to be a television commercial that played here in the US, back in the 70's, I think. I can't even remember what they were selling, but a husband who was very pleased with his bride, at the end of the commercial, said "My wife... I think I'll keep her." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twmeyer Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 a small iris is a sign of a disengaged mind... it's common knowledge that your iris' dialate as your interest in your current activity increases. This is why images of women looking straight into the camera, simulating eye contact with the viewer of the photograph, are frequently retouched to <i>enlarge</i> the pupil. Is a disconnected woman now a desireable companion? no fear of actual engagement with the human behind the mask? No having to say anything in the morning (or 5 minutes from now)?.<p>Sorry... what I mean to ask is why do you want the pupils small? just to get color in the iris? I think her eyes are very engaging as they are, at the top of a long list of her excellent visual qualities... t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapsnapgringrin Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 What a horrible model. You should tell her to never see her again. Then, if you'd be so kind as to pass on my number, that'd be terrific. ;) All kidding aside, very nice shots. With her earthtones (if I'm correct in that idea) working for her, I'd suggest also having a few shots more outside to bring out her beauty even more (if that is possible.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igord Posted September 1, 2004 Author Share Posted September 1, 2004 Thanks for your time and watching the photos. I wish I had more time with this girl... I would love to go outdoors but we had no time unfortunately. I hope that I will find someone else maybe for a good outdoors session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twmeyer Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 I had a business lunch yesterday with a group of women. The dining room was quite dark. The woman sitting next to me had vvvveerrry small pupils. She seemed quite animated, engaging all in perky discussion. I think the contracted pupls were the result of some chemical presence. I remember years ago meeting a guy on methadone treatment to withdraw from heroin addiction. His eyes were very much like those of my lunch companion.<p>Why do you guys (Igor and Eric) want to induce pupil contraction? I'd really like to know... t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumpster001 Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 speaking of pupils.. <p><a href="http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=007oxD">http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=007oxD</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_waller Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Wow, bone structure to die for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igord Posted September 2, 2004 Author Share Posted September 2, 2004 Tom, I must admit that small pupils look better for me as you can see the colour of eyes, but it depends on lighting, when shooting with open flash or with daylight they are small, I used mixed flash and just a little of daylight and they rather large. I searched through last three years of vogue italia and I see that it depends on lighting as well. Maybe I have to buy stronger pilot bulbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twmeyer Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Thanks Igor. Co-incidentally I was in another meeting (whew) with a guy whose eyes were so dilated they seemed to have no iris at all... and it was really creepy. He had been to the opthamologists just before and had them chemically opened. It was still creepy. Thanks for the answer, Igor, I'm going to check eyes the next time I'm holding a Vogue... t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 Studio photos that I like, which is usually hard and contrast lighting, black open iris eyes seem to lose the photo for me. Yet an image where the iris is closed and displaying the eye colour, or tone difference from the background, seems to close the frame for me. It's something I noticed when I dissected good and bad studio shots. Often we see the college style low powered tungsten shots in dark studios with irises dilated and everything can be great except for that. The iris, in my opinion, should be smaller in volume than the eye colour itself, at minimum. It's something I pay strict attention too now after a few throw aways. The difference can make or break a shot for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 All I did was clone in a bit of her green eye, and to me, makes the image better. What do you think? <center><img src=" http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/2666471-lg.jpg"></center> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igord Posted September 3, 2004 Author Share Posted September 3, 2004 Eric, thanks, I think that it looks better. I have just scanned my negs from the next shooting where I did "dark" photos but the pupils are rather big, I thought about it and my attitude is when the photo is moody the pupil can or even should be big, that how it behaves. When you have that contrasty photos it should naturally look small.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 it definatley works there Igor. i was speaking more of coloured eyes. i shot someone with black eyes a few weeks ago, and the lighting i wanted didn't work with the dead eye sockets, so i had to pump it up to bright flat lighting in order to get some catch light going. i'll try and dig them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 that's a really nice shot just as it is too Igor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerrySiegel Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 In my unscientific analysis of eyeballs, the most intriguing pictures have the eyes looking to the side,at about a 20 degree or more azimuth to the center of the bridge of the nose. (See,its all geometry after all).+ and a certain joie de vivre in the model that can only be drawn out by an enthusiastic cameraperson,that is where you come in. I call it the spicey kielbasa appeal,Igor. In US of A it is the "It" quality. Look at old photos of the petite actress Gloria Swanson. Eyes like you wouldn't believe. They developed them in silent film back then. I saw a travelogue on Prague the other night. Many of those eyes were there in that city. No kielbasa,though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igord Posted September 5, 2004 Author Share Posted September 5, 2004 Here is a nice gallery of Gloria Swanson if someone wants to see: http://silentladies.com/PSwanson3.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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