nataliaborecka

<p>Hello, <br>

I've been having a heated discussion over Mert and Marcus's latest editorial "What Lies Beneath" for Love Magazine: <a href="http://livelovelibre.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-lies-beneath.html">http://livelovelibre.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-lies-beneath.html</a> <br>

Aside from whether or not Mert and Marcus ripped off Jeff Bark's "Woodpecker" series (which they obviously did), the question is about how this dark, pre-raphaelite, moonlit effect was achieved. Do you think the scene was under-exposed daylight, or was it shot at night? I'm also very curious to know whether the scene is real, or a juxtaposition of various studio and non-studio scenes in photoshop. I would love to hear your thoughts! </p><div></div>

Hello,

 

I've been studying an editorial shot by Javier Vallhonrat for Vogue UK, and the lighting is so beautiful. I'd love to try and

reproduce it. How do you think Javier achieved this amazing pastel effect? You can find the series here:

http://goo.gl/k6SI9 I strongly suspect the effect is all post, but I'd like to believe that it's possible to do in-camera with

some gels. What do you think?

 

Best,

 

N.<div></div>

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<p>I see one small hard light quite a distance from the subject. I mention the distance because a closer light would not give as even (and therefore "sun-like") illumination from head to toe.</p>

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<p>Jeff, thanks so much for your reply! It's very helpful. How far do you think the light source is? And, more or less, how big do you think it is? </p>

 

<p>John, that's a beautiful example! Truly amazing that you can get something like this with one light source. But in the example images I provided, I noticed that the shadows on the models legs don't always go in the same direction as the shadows on her face. So there must be at least two lights. </p>

<p>Haha! Of course, how could I forget the wind machine? :)<br>

Thank you so much for linking me to the big eye (I want one!). That definitely looks like the more probable light source. </p>

<p>Can you help me figure out what king of lighting (modifiers included) is being used in this series of images? <a href="http://modelsinspiration.blogspot.com/2011/02/natasha-poly-h-spring-2011.html">http://modelsinspiration.blogspot.com/2011/02/natasha-poly-h-spring-2011.html</a><br>

I'm fairly confident that this was taken in-studio, and the sky was inserted in post. A giant octabank was used behind, above and slightly to the right of camera (key), with a gridded softbox low down to camera left (fill). The background was blown out, and a black v-stand placed to the left of the model (?). Does that sound right? I'd love to hear what you think!<br>

Thank you warmly,<br>

N.</p>

<p>John A, this company wanted to pay me $1500 FLAT FEE for all these usage rights, not per image. This is why I got so confused. I thought that no company of their stature would be crazy enough to offer so little. I started wondering if I was the crazy one. But the price-range you gave me is much more than even I expected to hear! Glad to know I'm not crazy though.<br>

Thank you SO MUCH for your replies. These are exactly the kind of answers I was looking for. I just needed to see a reasonable licensing price range for commercial work of this kind. And I understand that it varies depending on a number of factors. This particular company won't be advertising in many consumer magazines (mostly trade), and they'll be doing large posters all over the place including Nordstroms, and a catalog.<br>

I definitely undercharged them. I won't be making this mistake again.</p>

<p>Thank you for your response Ellis. In this case, the client actually offered to pay me a flat licensing fee of $1500 for the images, exclusive usage. That's clearly not a fair price given the extensive use they're going to get out of the images.</p>

<p>Hello everyone,<br>

I've been discussing licensing fees with a number of photographers, as well as doing some research online and it's amazing how inconsistent and confusing it all is. There seems to be a lot of information for licensing stock images, and this is a good starting point for pricing individual images.<br>

What in your opinion, is a fair "usage" price to ask a commercial client (relatively recognizable brand, moderately sized company) for catalog, web, and advertisements (print/web) in North America, and Asia? They're asking for 8 images for 1 year. I've had WILD variation in the price range. From $2000 to over $10 000.<br>

I'd love to hear your opinion on this!<br>

Thanks,<br>

N.</p>

Hello to all,

 

I'd like to try playing with shadows during my fashion shoots in the style of this:

 

http://bp1.blogger.com/_WAf8rRN3154/RnaYhheT_1I/AAAAAAAAASY/tuwtq6FL38c/s1600-h/Carl5.jpg

 

The photographer has used what appears to be two lights. Question is, how does he achieve those shadows? The

light seems to breaks apart where it should be continuous, and consistent (as you can see certain points of her

body remain darker than others, as in the second picture from top-left).

 

Do you think this done with the help of a cookie? Or could it be that the photographer is using extreme angles to

light his subject?

 

I'd love, and appreciate your opinion.

 

Take wonderful care,

 

N.

Thank you so much for your answers! You've been a great help.

I'm definitely willing to pay for a permit if the locations is awesome.

Hello,

 

I'm a fashion photographer hoping to plan a shoot in the U.S. and wanted to ask you for any recommendations. What

are some of your favorite places to shoot? I don't care which city - I'm open to any that will inspire.

 

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.