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Going for this look
So I've been asked to go for this look. I know that I'll be shooting around 2.8. I also know that I will not be adding any sharping to the photos in photoshop or lightroom. Other than that, I'm not sure what to do. Is there something in photoshop that can help me get this look? Is there something I can do in camera?   May 14 15 04:08 pm Link Holga May 14 15 04:14 pm Link Buzz Photography LLC wrote: maybe a 50mm lens at f2 or less.Good control of ambient light,large softbox too May 14 15 04:18 pm Link Natural light and blurred background. If you encounter shadows, use a piece of large foamcore or white reflector to bounce the light back into the face. Have to hold it close, about a foot or two away from the model's face. Put the reflector on a stand and give it its own accessory mount. Or have someone hold it. Dial down to F/2.8-4 aperture. May 14 15 07:41 pm Link use what low aperture you have, try to shoot around 80-100mm focal length. Longer can work too. Looks like natural light. You can look up photoshop tutorials on youtube. Good luck. May 14 15 07:46 pm Link Don't have a 2.8, use lowest aperture with a small sandwich bag. Hold the bag along the sides. Push it inwards along the side/s to blur the areas you want out of focus. Good luck. Update with results maybe?? May 17 15 06:22 am Link Buzz Photography LLC wrote: F2.8 but which lens/focal length? You should be in good shape from 85mm and longer. The poses you reference have the model with face closest to camera and the rest of their bodies going away from the camera. That alone changes plane of focus greatly vs. a model standing upright. You probably don't need to worry greatly that you will achieve that kind of fall-off. Just fill the frame with the model and you should be all right. May 17 15 07:12 am Link I've shot both looks - one with a 50mm prime @ f/1.8 the other at 48mm @ f/2.8. If I had the physical room, I would have used a 135mm lens. The (for lack of the proper term) 'distortion' is evident at 50mm. You'll need a softbox or umbrella. Chances are that your (natural) light won't favour your setting. At the very least, you'll need reflector. As a 'paid assignments only' photographer, I'm sure you know all of this. May 17 15 07:21 am Link I did something similar to what you're describing a few days ago, using Canon's EF85mm at f/1.8 for 1/160 sec. (This was on a crop-sensor 70D, so the 85mm lens would have been behaving more like a 136.) Lighting setup was a combination of natural light from a window and a pair of beauty dishes on strobes to fill.  f/1.8 gave shallow-enough depth-of-field to keep only the eyes in focus, with a nice softness everywhere else. You'll want to shoot a lot of coverage when using a wide aperture on a long lens, since even slight focus errors will have a big effect on the image, and it will be tough to see in-camera whether you've gotten it. (Model is Li Zheng #217396) May 17 15 11:25 am Link The DOF seems to be different within each sample image. But yeah, this effect in general is not that hard, I think it's just that photographers raised on digital and using crop sensors (before maybe switching to full frame more recently) aren't really experienced in using DOF. May 17 15 11:33 am Link |
