{"id":822,"date":"2015-01-04T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dreamlandvisions.com\/photoblog\/?p=822"},"modified":"2015-01-04T05:38:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T10:38:31","slug":"first-shoot-of-2015-a-low-key-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dreamlandvisions.com\/photoblog\/2015\/01\/04\/first-shoot-of-2015-a-low-key-shoot\/","title":{"rendered":"First shoot of 2015 – A Low Key Shoot."},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been experimenting with low-key lighting and trying to achieve a very soft, body-molding look for a while.\u00c2\u00a0 Regular readers have seen some of the results of that experimentation in previous posts.<\/p>\n

All of that experimentation came together for the first shoot of 2015 tonight.\u00c2\u00a0 The setup is deceptively simple with a black cloth backdrop, an SB-910 speedlight in a 24inch softbox to the right (photographer’s right) of the model.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I set the speedlight to 1\/4 power and shot at F\/22 or F\/18 @ 1\/125 and ISO 100.\u00c2\u00a0 This gave me a completely dark room with the only light showing up on frame being the speedlight.<\/p>\n

The results were everything I had hoped they’d be. The model was very fun to work with and I’ll be shooting her often over the coming year.\u00c2\u00a0 With the exception of the image labeled ‘Fire Down Below’<\/em>, the only editing on these is cropping and b\/w conversion and, when needed, a touch of sharpening.\u00c2\u00a0 ‘Fire Down Below’<\/em> had a bit of color bump, clarity and sharpening to get the look I wanted. I also brought the exposure up slightly on it.<\/p>\n

As you probably already guessed, these images are NOT safe for work.\u00c2\u00a0 Click the ‘continue reading’ link to see the photos.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 And as always, enjoy and I look forward to your feedback.<\/p>\n

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