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| Nikon D4, AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4D, ISO 200, ƒ/8, 1/160 |
I am not going to comment too much on today's blog of photos.
These are all of the same young lady and all shot in a couple of hours. We changed the outfits, makeup, and lighting.
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| Nikon D4, AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4D, ISO 200, ƒ/8, 1/160 |
Notice how much of a different personality comes through by changing backgrounds and lighting.
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| Nikon D4, AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4D, ISO 200, ƒ/8, 1/160 |
Bangs vs. No Bangs changes her face.
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| Nikon D4, AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4D, ISO 200, ƒ/8, 1/160 |
I think without the bangs makes her face look narrower than with the bangs. I think changing the colors she is wearing helps change the mood.
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| Nikon D4, AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4D, ISO 200, ƒ/1.4, 1/80 |
All I did here to change the setup was not use the strobes inside the softbox, but used the modeling lights. I custom white balanced using the ExpoDisc. I also opened up the ƒ-stop to ƒ/1.4 to give that really shallow depth-of-field which created a silky smooth transition from front to back in the photo.
When she put her hair in a ponytail she became yet another personality.
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| Nikon D4, AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4D, ISO 400, ƒ/1.4, 1/125 |
Shooting slightly down at her and then shooting more eye level also changes the mood she creates for the viewer.
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| Nikon D4, AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4D, ISO 400, ƒ/1.4, 1/125 |
Backing up with the Nikon 85mm and showing her shoulders and more of her hair let a little more body language into the portrait.
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| Nikon D4, AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4D, ISO 400, ƒ/1.4, 1/125 |
Really taking her sultry look further was to play it up with outfit and lighting.
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| Nikon D4, AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4D, ISO 200, ƒ/8, 1/200 |
Using a grid light on her face rather than the softbox created a harsher look and then adding red to the background helped me accentuate the red lipstick. I also brought the aperture back up to make her razor sharp from front to back.
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| Nikon D4, AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4D, ISO 800, ƒ/1.4, 1/125 |
Same outfit, lipstick and by changing the background and using the softboxes without flash I was able to soften up the exact same person and outfit.
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| Nikon D4, AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4D, ISO 800, ƒ/1.4, 1/125 |
Lesson from all these photos is that you can do a lot if you have different outfits and mix up your lighting and even lens choice.
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