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Although
I have the heat turned 'way
up, and although I have a
little ceramic heater pointed
at Kristin, she takes the
opportunity to don her robe
while I set up the backdrop.
I
immediately like what I
see. The light is reminiscent
of the kind of lighting you
see in Renaissance master
paintings -- a soft light on
Kristin's right, a glow on the
backdrop, and conditions were
right for the colors to
pop. We make tons of
film & digital exposures
using this
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I've
been using a pseudo-sepia tone
effect on all my B&W images,
and I expect I'll continue doing
so for a while -- I like it that
much. I say
"pseudo-sepia" because
it's not a true sepia effect --
sepia effects tend to flatten
the tones & wash out the
highlights. Not
here. See
this FAQ question to see how I
apply this effect.
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I'm
especially enjoying the color
images. I like how
Kristin's hair looks like
copper wire, and I like how
the sky blue robe contrasts
with the ruddy highlights in
the backdrop. For all
these images, I like how the
shadows give shape & depth
to the images.
Interesting reflections &
shadows appear all over.
I
am loathe to move away from
this lovely lighting, and
Kristin does an excellent job
in finding poses & shapes
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The
above image is a favorite from this
sitting.
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I
like the glow from the light
bouncing off the wall onto
Kristin's hip. |
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It's
funny. I processed the
film images (like this one) a
few weeks after I processed
the digital images (like the
one above), and I made
different choices -- the film
images have more contrast.
I guess it's a mood
thing. I don't feel bad
about this -- there often
isn't a single
"perfect"
interpretation of an
image. I remember
meeting Edna Bullock (Wynn
Bullock's widow) at her
home near Monterey,
California, and she showed me
different prints made from a
single, famous image of her
husband's, and they were
interpreted radically
differently. So,
even the old masters changed
how they processed their
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We
stayed with this lighting setup
for a long, long time, because I
liked it so much. Kristin
met the challenge, giving me lots
of different poses &
shapes. I like some of these
images where her hair hides her
face -- I like how it makes her a
little more anonymous. |
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Soon
after this image was exposed,
we started making changes to
the lighting. But it is
these images that stuck in my
memory -- I just love this
lighting.
We
made tons of images -- additional images from this sitting are available in the Out
Takes Galleries. These galleries are available to
those who have made a donation
to the upkeep of this web site. See this
FAQ question for more details.
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