"Graceful Aging" Florence 1932

I would appreciate any feedback regarding this image. This is the 2nd

in a new series. Thanks for looking.

I think its a beatyful picture. The face tells a story.

A good initiative, very appealing. I like this picture a lot; it gives me an image of a wise and friendy woman. Colours in combination are good too. Small detail: the background colour is good, but it could be blurred a bit more. I also looked at the second picture, an equally nice man, but could be better without his knee, or with more of his legs.

I look forward to other pictures in this series. best regards Peter

Perfect portrait! I like it very much. Regards, Ivana :-)

A beautiful portrait - excellent lighting and colour. I like her amused expression too - I'll bet she's a special person. Kind regards, Margo.

Beautiful work, Jayme!

Thanks to all. I appreciate the feedback :) Because I am much more familiar photographing children, this was a brand new experience for me. Time seemed to fly by so quickly. I took a lot less shots :) Obviously, she followed my suggestions a lot better than the kids usually do :) LOL. I changed my entire lighting set up to a more traditional 45 degree setting. I had a little difficulty making sure there was no reflection in her glasses.

 

For those that are interested: My more traditional 45 degree lighting set up was as follows: The subject was placed about 4 feet from the background in a chair.

 

Main Light: Giant soft-box(30x60)Oriented vertically, 45 degrees to the cameras right. Level with the subject & aimed at her nose.

 

 

Fill light: Giant soft-box, Oriented horizontally, approx. 6 ft. off the ground & 1.5 ft. behind the camera. It was aimed down at the subject.

 

 

Hair-light: Flash with a 10 degree honeycomb filter (to narrow the beam of light) approx. 45 degrees behind & above the subject, aimed down, on the camera's right. This was used to not only give hair-lights, but to give a slight separation of the subject from the background.

 

The trick was to keep the fill light high enough up to avoid it's reflection in her glasses, but to still slightly illuminate the entire image, thus reducing any harsh shadows. Giving the image a soft feel.

 

What I learned & will use in my next adult session :)

 

I usually shoot kids at f11. Kids are constantly moving. The longer DOF helps me keep them in focus a lot better as they move around the backdrop. With adults, because they stay where you put them :), I learned that I can shorten up my DOF. Therefore, I hope to arrive at a better blurring of the background next time. Of course, I will have to adjust my lighting down a bit to work the same with the shorter DOF.

 

I also learned I have way too much ambient light in my studio for this type of lighting. I will be hanging light darkening drapes today :)

 

I am shooting some children tomorrow, 3 & 10 year old siblings. I will be trying out another new lighting set up for them. It should be fun :)

 

Again, thanks for the feedback :)

 

Another beautiful portrait. Nice work, Jayme!

Yet another masterly done portrait! Full of grace, a thought provoking and telling photo. Bravo!

Beautifully done Jayme.

Very pleasing, Jayme! I think your lighting is almost perfect and I especially like no reflection on her glasses.