b_christopher

Online sources may be limiting. You should contact professionals in your area to see if they may want to help. If you're in the Washington DC area, I'll offer some of my time. My info can be found on my website. Much luck, Chris

Have you really looked?

A "standard model release" Google search returned 3 PDFs and a few html versions. And that's just on the first page.

Looks like you solved the problem with the shadows under the noses. Good job.

It's not a ring flash. It's a ring flash adapter. You will mount this adapter to your flash, flash fires into the adapter, adapter redirects light in a ring pattern. Around $300? Too expensive for a mere few pieces of plastic. I'd suggest getting the real thing.

More time/higher ISO should be larger aperture/higher ISO

Try the same set up as the image posted, but bounce the flash on the wall behind the camera. This will provide a more frontal direction. Of course, the reduced light will require more time/higher ISO.

Joshua said: "My experience with foam light seals is that they are usually not necessary. Most newer film cameras do not have them."

It is necessary on the C series Mamiyas. Especially the large seal located towards the bottom of the door. Without it, light WILL leak in to the camera.

How much is it?

Place lights near the camera.

Affordable continuous lights don't put out enough power for regular studio use. And the ones that do, cost a lot of money. Even lighting can be achieved with both continuous and flash lighting. Just do some research on depth of light, feathering, and inverse square law. The farther away the source of light to your subject, the more feathered, equals the more even lighting.

You asked for frankness--If your portfolio is the best you've done, start from PHT101 and wait on the MFA.

Focus on the eyes and bump up saturation?

Do you have any examples you can point to?

Rosina, people other than your potential clients?

I would've been on the phone dialing their number about 11:00am

What's the use of getting more traffic to your site from irrelevant sources? Higher Google ranking? If so, you'd be better off not signing up with photolink and other refer sites. Look to <a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=34432">Google's suggestions</a> for that.

You can also hold the camera upside down and above you to get a higher perspective.

And, here's the <a href="http://www.photo.net/photo/7358949">cliché</a> that I'm speaking of. :p

The ring flash, with its distinct look when used alone, has to be used with other sources to avoid the cliché.

Profoto pushes this idea as well in <a

href="http://www.mac-on-campus.com/images/upload/pages/files/ProfotoRinglightDataSheet.pdf">this</a>

advertisement for their ring flash.

First post since the update and this is what I get... Fortune be with ME on my next post.

Mr. Clarence Clarence provides very sound advice here. If you consider yourself a professional photographer, and

feedback from your clients is what you're looking for, the request should be addressed in a subtle,

optimistic manner with a hint of encouragement for the positive. You should NOT hint to them that you're open

to negative criticism. Your work is the best that they can get, as far as they know, or should know. After all,

between you and your clients, you're the expert in photography. Honest, productive criticism and critiques

should be requested to family, friends, and peers.

 

Fortune be with you.

Mr. Clarence Clarence provides very sound advice here. If you consider yourself a professional photographer, and feedback from your clients is what you're looking for, the request should be addressed to them in a subtle, optimistic manner with a hint of encouragement for the positive. You should NOT hint to them that you're open to negative criticism. As Your work is the best that they can get, as far as they know, or should know. After all, between you and your clients, you're the expert in photography. Honest, productive criticism and critiques should be requested to family, friends, and peers.

 

Fortune be with you.

Yet others, take the whole "multiple image compilation" to another level. <a href="http://www.woodywalters.com/" rel="nofollow">Woody Walters</a> is a photographer who sometimes uses 1000 or more separate images to create one final image. I guess it all depends on one's visions and goals with photography.

Some example images would be helpful in giving specific/accurate advice. Depending on how much time and willingness to learn, the answer can be as simple as purchaing a light tent, or experimenting with lights/reflectors/diffusion material. If you choose the latter, keep in mind one constant: angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.

Above scan looks pretty good, however.

That's some good photography. I feel better after seeing those images. Thank you for posting them.