Model Shoot from this week (she's clothed, don't panic)...

[chris.mapey]

Had a great evening at a Kaz Studio www.kaz-studio.co.uk tuition evening working with Lauren Ridealgh.

As it's rare that I get to shoot much else than landscapes & wedding guests, so it was great to "work" with a professional model for a change.

I'm chuffed with the results:



More here

All comments gratefully received.

Chris

Edited by chris.mapey on Saturday 2nd February 11:01

[V6GTO]

You should be chuffed Chris, they're bl00dey good!

M.

Edited by V6GTO on Friday 1st February 18:48

[nick_bbb]

I like the spotlight shots, great idea

Model looks pretty miserable though

[chris.mapey]

nick_bbb said:

Model looks pretty miserable though

Can't blame her - she was chatting to me at the time (PS - Whilst mutual adoration is being swapped round (), I love your new site by the way

Martin - Many thanks for the kind words as well.

Cheers

[boxster9]

Amazing pictures. What kind of camera were you using by the way. I am new to photography and was thinking of getting a cannon S5..good choice?

[tangerine_sedge]

chris.mapey said:

Had a great evening at a Kaz Studio tuition evening working with Lauren Ridealgh.

As it's rare that I get to shoot much else than landscapes & wedding guests, so it was great to "work" with a professional model for a change.

I'm chuffed with the results:



More here

All comments gratefully received.

Chris

Great results (I've never done studio work - so they are all better than I could do), but with my critical hat on....

I don't like the shadow around the model on the spot light ones. Perhaps another spotlight from the left may have helped?

The monochrome ones look a little 'flat' to me, perhaps more contrast might have been better (perhaps not!).

I *really* like the colour heads and shoulders shot.

The ballet shot is very well lit, and is perfect against the black backdrop. I'd be tempted to go high contrast monochrome with this one, but I think the colour version works very well.

Nice set of pics!

[beano500]

Mapey - Man of Many Talents! Excellent results.

So is studio work a bit of a learning curve - does learning about the lighting come together easily?

Your link to the Studio's website isn't working... I think

[chris.mapey]

tangerine_sedge said:

I don't like the shadow around the model on the spot light ones. Perhaps another spotlight from the left may have helped?

I know what you mean, but I now quite like it and it gives an "edge" to the shot IMHO

tangerine_sedge said:

The monochrome ones look a little 'flat' to me, perhaps more contrast might have been better (perhaps not!).

I know - I was trying to soften them down! I'm normally the king of high contrast but I was trying for a softer feel with those...

tangerine_sedge said:

I *really* like the colour heads and shoulders shot.

Cheers!

tangerine_sedge said:

The ballet shot is very well lit, and is perfect against the black backdrop. I'd be tempted to go high contrast monochrome with this one, but I think the colour version works very well.

- I'll have a run at that & post back later...

tangerine_sedge said:

Nice set of pics!

Many thanks

Boxster9 - All my shots are taken on my trusty Nikon D70 and those were taken with the 18-70 lens that the camera came with...

I still think the D70 is stunning value as its a great first DSLR, and you can "grow"! with it.

I'm now considering an upgrade as I have had it for four years + now (and would like some more more pixels ) - Used D70 seem to have settled near the £200 mark on ebay and are a great bargain at that money.

Cheers for the comments all.

Chris

[V6GTO]

chris.mapey said:

All my shots are taken on my trusty Nikon D70 and those were taken with the 18-70 lens that the camera came with...

What,the the lens that loads of people said was crap and needed changing straight away? You can see from the above shots how bad it is!

[F308 MAN]

excellent set of prints.

d

[john185k]

Very well done, would love those results.

[matthew_h]

Great shots. Very impressive.

She looks familiar, was she one of the gymnast/dancers in the video for Mason's "Perfection" song last year?

[chris.mapey]

matthew_h said:

She looks familiar, was she one of the gymnast/dancers in the video for Mason's "Perfection" song last year?

[pastrana72]

Nice pictures.

[Simpo Two]

V6GTO said:

chris.mapey said:

All my shots are taken on my trusty Nikon D70 and those were taken with the 18-70 lens that the camera came with...

What,the the lens that loads of people said was crap and needed changing straight away?

No, AFAIK all reviews said it was a very good lens for the money (£150-199), and that's my experience too. The term 'kit' was really only because it came with the D70, not because it was poor.

[V6GTO]

Simpo Two said:

V6GTO said:

chris.mapey said:

All my shots are taken on my trusty Nikon D70 and those were taken with the 18-70 lens that the camera came with...

What,the the lens that loads of people said was crap and needed changing straight away?

No, AFAIK all reviews said it was a very good lens for the money (£150-199), and that's my experience too. The term 'kit' was really only because it came with the D70, not because it was poor.

On reflection I think I might have got it mixed up with the Canon offering of the time...appologies my Nikonian chums Anyway, you can see from the OP that there is nothing wrong with it...

M.

[chris.mapey]

V6GTO said:

Simpo Two said:

V6GTO said:

chris.mapey said:

All my shots are taken on my trusty Nikon D70 and those were taken with the 18-70 lens that the camera came with...

What,the the lens that loads of people said was crap and needed changing straight away?

No, AFAIK all reviews said it was a very good lens for the money (£150-199), and that's my experience too. The term 'kit' was really only because it came with the D70, not because it was poor.

On reflection I think I might have got it mixed up with the Canon offering of the time...appologies my Nikonian chums Anyway, you can see from the OP that there is nothing wrong with it...

M.

Martin, as I understand it the "inferior" lens offered on the D70 was an 28-80 or somesuch, the 18-70 has always been the "preferred" one.

Many thanks for the nice words though