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After two days of work, shooting hundreds of pictures, many different outfits and makeups... we finished yesterday our shooting for this year... and I think we have already pictures enough for Sus homepage...

I want to show my lighting here... I make a change ... leaving my umbrella high at my right and the softbox at the left... I had the great help of a friend of mine helping with the reflector... I think the lighting improved here...

We also worked smiles and poses... it has been a great experience ...

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I think your lighting is superb! Hair, skin tones are great and these all reflect so much effort; what a success! The apertures you used are really thoughtfully chosen.
In this instance, the low viewpoint has really worked well, adding a touch of mood and strength to the subject: a good job she has the facial structure for this to work well. This is a personal thing: for me: the ones that work best are the ones with a longer focal length: perhaps shorter focal lengths could be a little unflattering for the nose. Perhaps the merest hint of local blur or even cloning could be effective in pp for any potential hotspots?
I really do think the lighting is excellent: catchlights on jewellery and in eyes, beautifully balanced lighting all around. Absolutely stunning, really well-crafted and a real showcase of your hard work and talent. Irma, brilliant.

Thanks so much Zig, for your kind comment... I appreciate it a lot!

I will take into consideration your advice for pp...

Hi, Irma!

WOW...These are a huge improvement over the first batch. The lighting is great, the hot spots are essentially gone. I find all the poses very attractive. The work that you put into these images has really paid off.

Regards.....Dennis

You nailed it much better this time Irma - getting the lights up higher made a big difference. Poses are much better too.

Well done!

Thanks so much Dennis, Chris for your comments...

I am very happy that you saw improvement in the lighting and the poses...

Excellent stuff, really! I bet your model is thrilled to have so many aspects of her personality captured - all in such a wonderful way. You have a new career ahead of you as a portrait photographer!

Thanks a lot for your comment Toad..

There are a lot of well established photographers in Hamburg... but as we say... the sun comes out for everybody...

Yes, she is very happy with her pictures too...

Is she married?

...wha!?...

Zig Wrote:Is she married?

...wha!?...

Sorry Zig... I really don't know... the only thing I know is that she lives with her partner... ....

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WOW! so beautiful you are both; you did great shots and she is(was) so beautiful too... Well done dear Irma,

Thanks and love,
nia

(Dec 16, 2009, 02:09)Irma Wrote: [ -> ]After two days of work, shooting hundreds of pictures, many different outfits and makeups... we finished yesterday our shooting for this year... and I think we have already pictures enough for Sus homepage...

I want to show my lighting here... I make a change ... leaving my umbrella high at my right and the softbox at the left... I had the great help of a friend of mine helping with the reflector... I think the lighting improved here...

We also worked smiles and poses... it has been a great experience ...

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New here, but in a word "WOW", You Nailed it, go to the head of the class,

(Dec 16, 2009, 02:09)Irma Wrote: [ -> ]After two days of work, shooting hundreds of pictures, many different outfits and makeups... we finished yesterday our shooting for this year... and I think we have already pictures enough for Sus homepage...

I want to show my lighting here... I make a change ... leaving my umbrella high at my right and the softbox at the left... I had the great help of a friend of mine helping with the reflector... I think the lighting improved here...

We also worked smiles and poses... it has been a great experience ...

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I loved #5, reminded me of Phillipe Halsman, he had each of his subjects jump for at east one image, of course having 101 covers of life might have helped also

(Dec 16, 2009, 02:09)Irma Wrote: [ -> ]After two days of work, shooting hundreds of pictures, many different outfits and makeups... we finished yesterday our shooting for this year... and I think we have already pictures enough for Sus homepage...

I want to show my lighting here... I make a change ... leaving my umbrella high at my right and the softbox at the left... I had the great help of a friend of mine helping with the reflector... I think the lighting improved here...

We also worked smiles and poses... it has been a great experience ...

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jump pictures are always fun, helps break the mood of being serious and the tension seems to really melt away, and then fun for rest of portraite