White Fashion

[IVAN ZEITLIN]

I was out trying my home made softbox outside to get to understand the lighting as well as the f11 and f16 against my flash I think I need more power. Well any help with composition or lighting would be great thanks.

[LeeIs]

There are others that are proficient in the portrait business here and I'm sure they can help you much more than i can.

for me. the 3rd one is my favorite here.

In the 2nd image, i wish the background wasn't so split. had it been all brick or all cream, i think it would've worked better. also the area where her hand is (with the glasses) has the cream background intrude in an unflattering way. Right below the glasses. I wish that was all brick also.

1st one is too tight for me, and the smile looks kinda fake.

What i like about the 3rd is the candidness and how I can see the nice textures of the coat and overall sharpness is pretty good. it suffers from a tiny bit of back lighting due to all the white snow. i think it's more of an illusion to the eye that renders her darker than she should've been but it still works in my opinion. the only thing i would do is chop the top floor from the building behind her.

[IVAN ZEITLIN]

thanks for the advise. I was useing a softbox DIY and I wanted to try it outside for the first time. the fake smile was because my wife was a little cold and i kept saying "one more shot, ok one more" you know how it works. The edits I will change (good eye) thank you for your help.

[CLKunst]

Soft box appears to be a success and thanks goodness for patient loved ones! When you turned her with the street background you could afford to go up a stop or more to keep the background colors from blowing out and crop in a little closer to avoid background distractions like the green and red blobs hovering in the parking lot. Is this a full size tudio style softbox of a seperate light and stand or a SB style strap on for an on camera flash?

[IVAN ZEITLIN]

home made small softbox about 2'x2' with a small camera flash thanks for the CC.