First studio shoot

Hi All,

This is my third week in practising portrait photo's and I had my first studio session last night with friends.

I have uploaded the results (after photoshoped) on youtube.



A couple of the black background shots came out too dark on one side, althoughI was lighting for that effect, it's darker than what I originally wanted. But looked ok in the LCD screen.

Have another session tonight with the whole family.

Cheers

Zak,

Some really good shots in there Zak

See what you're saying about the light, but still a lot of keepers in there - both white and black background shots work well!

For your first shoot, they are not bad. Your lighting needs work though. The shadows are to harsh as a result of lack of diffusing the light enough and adding nothing for fill - also the background lighting is very uneven . Your black background shoots need a hair light to separate the subject from the background and again something for fill.

Overall a good go - You have an eye for good composition

Sam x

There are some really cool shots there. Like your male friend LOL!

Sam's given some good pointers - there are some nice shots there! Well done, not bad at all for your first try.

xx

Thanks for the feedback guys. I did a family shoot the other night on the wight background. Realised I need another 2 strobes. I was shooting a strobe behind the white cloth background with a large reflector and a large softbox at the front. I could do with 2 strobes to light the background and another 2 softbox on the subject.

All to learn. Great fun though.