Archive for the ‘Tips’ Category
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
One area I’ve noticed where digital still struggles a bit over film is with red colors in significant amounts. In digital, the reds often burn out and seem overexposed, especially if you’re going for a brightly lit image like this. I’ve actually darkened this dress with a saturation layer.
Background right behind the model looks is foam core and foam core providing the fill light to her right too (camera left). I love that look but feel like I’m starting to shoot too many similar shots next to these studio windows lately. It can be a tricky thing in a studio to push yourself beyond the same tried and true shots over and over.
model Kelly, hair/mua Jessica Belknap
Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Another photograph from among hundreds shot this past weekend. Lighting here is a reflector held over a lamp!
Model Lindsey, hair/mua Jessica Belknap, assistant Thomas Lindsay.
Pete Springer Photographer, Portland, Oregon
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
One of my favs from today. Shot @ ISO 1000! We couldn’t get a strobes to look right so everything for the shoot was basically lit with ambient and/or the modeling lamp from a White Lighting.
Model Lindsey, hair/mua Jessica Belknap, assistant Thomas Lindsay
Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Super fast edit (still needs retouching) of one of my fav photos from today. Took forever to figure out the best lighting here but finally settled on an octa as key, gridded strip dome as rim light, and a softbox on the background. I may crop the final a lot tighter but also like this version.
Model Gretchen, hair/mua Megan Root, assistant (and prop specialist) Thomas Lindsay
Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
This is one of my favs from the big latex fashion photo shoot last Sunday in Portland. Just today finally have time to sort these out properly!
Clothes by Squeak Designs, model Audi (she did her own makeup due to time limitations), hair Jessica Belknap, assistant Thomas Lindsay (who suggested the red gel on the background – thanks Thomas, great idea)
Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Refining my technique with natural light– this one shot in studio with foam core on one side and a white reflector on the other. Background is a window.
Model Nina, hair/mua Jessica Belknap, assistant Thomas Lindsay
Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Completely different direction from the photo shoot Sunday. In this town (Portland), you have to have a lot of versatility to make it as a photographer! Lighting here is a rim light on the model, a gridded spot on the background, and an octabox as key.
Model Nina, hair/mua Jessica Belknap, assistant Thomas Lindsay
Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon
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Saturday, February 6th, 2010
I can’t wait until the weather is nice enough to shoot swimwear outdoors again! Even with a fabulous model like Kristina, there’s only so much you can do in studio.
Incidentally, the original pic has a solid white background with RGB values of 255 straight out of the camera. I ran this version though Portrait Pro just for fun, and it dropped the RGB value on the background to 254. A subtle change but something to keep in mind if you use after-market software like Portrait Pro. It’s similar to a warming filter.
model Kristina, swimsuit from Popina Swimwear, assistant Thomas Lindsay
Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Couple new lingerie images. Shot with a single light and a black sheet as the background, believe it or not.
I was searching around the web today and noticing how many local photogs offer boudoir sessions around Valentine’s Day. That’s nice but it looks like the rest of the year, most of them shoot families and weddings and seniors. Wouldn’t you rather hire a pro who shoots those kind of photos year-round?
Anyway, I’ve been working really hard lately to completely update my lingerie portfolio. Still have some work to do, so keep checking back. Lots more to come.
Model Nicki, hair/mua Jessica Belknap, assistant Thomas Lindsay
Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Here’s a variation on a previous post. This one is retouched and I added a warming filter to, well, warm up the tones a bit. Of course I could make the background white again but I kind of like the warmer look of this one. White can be kind of stark at times.
Model Nicki, hair/mua Jessica Belknap, assistant Thomas Lindsay
Pete Springer Photography, Portland, Oregon
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