This is what happens. Daddy starts recording the chaos on camera. As many onlookers gawk at the sight.
So we went to the art festival this past weekend. We wanted to take in all the atmosphere so we decided to have lunch downtown at a new diner. Pretty good burgers I must say. I guess the excitement was too much for these boys. They were really putting on a show for the huge art show crowd.
Photographically speaking, there was something cool going on here with the light. We are in a diner. It was very brightly lit from millions (ok, lots) of fluorescent fixtures overhead. The table tops were white. So no matter where you sit there is instant clam shell lighting. Reflection from the white table tops fills in the shadows giving a cool studio look. Even though these were taken an exceptionally busy diner in downtown Melbourne.
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clamshell,
family portraits,
kids,
portraits
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Interesting topic for the daily challenge at photochallenge.org. Only half of a portrait. That's best for everyone here. So you only are exposed to half of the stomach turning reflex that you experience looking at this photograph.
Did the clamshell setup here again with the 285HV through the shoot-thru as the top, and the silver autoshade as the bottom of the shell. Taken with the 50mm 1.8 lens that I have really been hyping these days. I'm sure that's why the price is going up.
For post, I modified the aged photograph preset in LR2. I pulled the exposure back down to recover some details.
Sorry for the subject.
Be blessed.
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clamshell,
closeup,
one light,
portraits,
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Here's a quick post about trying the clam shell technique. I think I've seen it done with two soft boxes. I don't have one so I used the shoot-thru umbrella for the top and a silver autoshade from Wal-Mart for the bottom. It looks nice to me. You can see both speculars in his eyes. The umbrella was directly in front of and above him aiming down. I was shooting in the small gap between the umbrella and the reflector. It is a very flat, soft look with a slight shadow below the nose.
I did a little touch up in Lightroom. The clarity slider is really cool. I backed that off just a bit to smooth the face. Brought up the blacks a bit for some contrast. Finally, just a bit of overall sharpening.
Labels:
clamshell,
closeup,
eye,
family portraits,
kids,
lightroom,
one light,
reflector,
shoot thru
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