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Costume shoot with Holly.Did a studio session with Holly yesterday in Pirate costume. I'm over 6 foot and she is just over 5, so I was shooting squatted right down. We had a great time and I'm happy with some of the shots. What do you think?
Getting in the mood.
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adam
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looks like you had fun...
and looks like you got the lights spot on..nice one..
what did you use for a background?
any reason for the pirate theme?!
nice shots mate...
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Thanks Adam, and for casting your eye over them, I'm getting fairly happy with setting up and such, but, once again, it's always good to get others to give a second opinion.
Background wise, I decided to go the whole hog and get the Manfrotto 314B Background Support Kit, it'll take 3 metre paper, cloth, anything. I am in the process of getting an 8' x 4' sheet of 1/4 ply to go on the floor so that I can have seamless backdrops (at the moment with carpet underneath the paper wouldn't last 2 minutes). I bought a roll of black and one of white paper.
Reason for the pirate theme was Holly spent many years in London living a somewhat alternate life style but with no pictures of herself in her kit. I need the practice and she was happy to come along. One of her other alter egos was a monks outfit, that'll be next. I hope that includes her hair as that was under the bandanna on this one and I want to use back lighting on her.
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adam
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ok..little advice!! (cos i am such an expert after 3 studio photo shoots!!!) 
the background you have is very grey in these shots...
I THINK if you get your model to stand a few paces forward, the lights wont light up the background and you will get a black background instead of dark grey...
great shots tho....
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Thanks for that Adam, and you are right, it just means I need to clear a bit of space to get the camera back a bit further. I also have a bench along the wall to the right of Holly and so getting the lights in the right place will just need a bit more work. Or...... move or chop the bench. Chop the bench Keith, just chop the thing, it's been pi$$ing me off for ages.
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adam
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space is always going to be an issue with this sort of thing...chop the bench keith!!!
Sean showed me a cheeky tip in PS to burn a grey background into white if you dont get the lighting right on a white background..
i wonder if you can do the same to a grey background if you dodge it, will it go black?!??!?!?
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Ok, that bench is as good as chopped next week.
What I'll do when I get back from Chatsworth is replace the backgrounds. which will be easier I think. I intend most of them to have other backgrounds anyway, of a nautical flavour.
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Simonzphotoz
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Three is great keith nice job. Having seen your pad, there is plenty of space, just hidden under the shite!!!
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flowergirl
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Great photos  I knew you would do a good job
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Venom
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Nice work Keith, the last is my favourite the background really works well. Think it's just missing one thing though - The Parrot 
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hil26
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Missed these due to being on a course, now I know why the remarks were made about the bench.
Make it into firewood!!!, now - then you'd have the room to get the images spot on - not that they are that far off anyway - just the background slightly, but you fixed that in the last one
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Thank you all for the encouragement my friends, the bench has been chopped, turned and put against the back wall, I bought a USB extension lead today so I have three metres to play with from laptop to camera, same for hot shoe. I've put in a 1/2" ply base so the backdrop can come right out. If you spot anything I've missed or have any suggestions I'd appreciate your thoughts.
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Simonzphotoz
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god what an improvement on the last time i saw it...very nice unc, now you just need to sort out that model!
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