Glamour Shot 2

Scintillating, alluring and a very charming model to work with.

Love the details and colors in this one

and always those eyes

Verry nice picture. Good work.

Excelente luz, color, un bello encuadre, y perfecta composicion, un cordial saludo Alec. PN: no seven.

Beautiful 6/6

Alec, you captured her nice looking!!! Best regards.

the lighting is perfect Alec!!!...very sharp and colorful image!...the skin tone is amazaing!...a 6/7 for that!

Jara has many persona. Whether as Arabian Princess or Indian Princess, she simply scintillates. Very good image,Alec. We are charmed by your new portrait series.

Very nice light

perfectly done my friend.congrats.

Hi alec, this is a very fine shot to me, i love that light really. Great job, would u mind sharing with us the light setup that u use for getting such lovely portraits? IF u can that would be great.

 

You know i have 50mm f/1.8 lens and i have rarely used it although i know it is the sharpest that i own:)

welldone again, regards, RK!

Hi Rafik, I find the 50mm with the X1.6 factor long enough to give flattering portrait shots in an indoor setup. For outdoor shoots an 85mm is much better. This is done indoors with a B&W backdrop and two external flashes (one with umbrella and another bounce) with a 1:3 light ratio. I shoot handheld at 1/125 to 1/250 and F/4 to F/8 depending on the light.

 

Quite straight-forward really, more important is to get the correct angle for the most appealing image. I try to keep PP minimal and play with light to bring out the depth in the image.

 

Okmen, Ali, Sircar, Marcello, Richard, Chaba, Julio, Ben, Radu appreciate your kind coments and those who rated - thank you.

Thanks for sharing, u know i use the onboard flash in the d70s as commander and the sb-800 off camera as a slave but never get to master the use of them together, and the manual on that part (advanced operations) seems to be written in a very bad confusing language. Hope u can explain or give me more tips by email on how to master my setup, thanks again and hope i havent bothered u much, best regards, RK!

Alec,

a great portrait complimenting a beautiful model !.

mostly, i wanted to thank you for posting the details of the shot. lens, Sspeed, lighting. its this kindof information that is really helpful to the rest of us. wish more great photographers of great shots would share similar info.

cheers,

B

 

Jara, beauty in herself. Simply great. The veil is completing so good the skin tones and rest of the colors in picture. Another splendid piece in your gallery.

And just beautiful, Alec:-) Love the pause, the shining bracelets and shawl.

Beautiful lighting, beautiful model and nice colors and tones, Alec. Very nice!

Wonderful portrait Alec. I also appreciate the info on your lighting equipment. I would really like to know about the placement of the two flashes you described. How close to the subject did you place each one? Are they high looking down or pretty much eye level with the model?

 

Thanks,

Tom

Beautiful image.

Alec, thanks for taking the time to look at my portfolio and for the response to my question about your lighting - your portraits are top notch.

And this one is excellent.

You have certainly made a beautiful portrait of a very beautiful woman, Alec. I haven't visited your work in a while; my apologies for that!

Superb...

Best regards from Kenya,

Mark :]

A terrific portrait with excellent tones and colour. I love the pose. The only *small* critique I would have is that her hair blends in with the dark shadows at the top corner, but that is just a minor point. The image itself is fantastic. Well done. -David

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/4481421-md.jpgShadowMan awaits ...

Alec, I think you should add exquisite to your description.. Jara, and the photo!