Cristiana & old Harley-Davidson jacket on a white background

[Manfred M]

Some more images from this morning's photo shoot. This time on a white seamless paper background.

Key light was a large octabox and two rectangular soft boxes were aimed at the white seamless to light it.


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[pschlute]

I like it.

[LePetomane]

Manfred, although BMW is my motorcycle of choice, nicely done.

[Manfred M]

Manfred, although BMW is my motorcycle of choice, nicely done.

Thanks - my brother-in-law, who was the jacket's owner has never owned a Harley-Davidson motorcycle either and has been riding large BMW bikes for at least the last 20 years. Before that he had a series of Honda Gold Wings and before that a series of other Japanese and European bikes (a Laverda, Triumph, etc). So far as I can remember, the jacket was related to the sale of a motorcycle some 40+ years ago...

His latest acquisition was a Vespa. Easier to get on to vs the Beemers...

[LePetomane]

Manfred, I've never owned a Harley Davidson, either. I'm currently without a motorcycle and will remain that way if my wife has her way. If I get one it would be the BMW Scrambler.

[mugge]

The last one is just great. The left side of the model's hair is great the way you have captured bits of the wispy hair, the right side less so.

When I was at school in Denmark as a 14 year old I had a 3/4 kw moped. 35km per hour.

[Jim A]

No 2

[Donald]

Impressive set of portraits.

What is the distance between the model and the white background and how far from the background were the softboxes lighting it?

[Manfred M]

Impressive set of portraits.

What is the distance between the model and the white background and how far from the background were the softboxes lighting it?

Thanks Donald.

This is a setup I use quite frequently, as shown in the attached diagram:

Two medium size rectangular soft boxes about 6 ft / 2m back from the white seamless background. There are many opinions as to how bright the lights should be. Some people want to blow out the seamless and light it at 1 or 2 stops brighter than the light hitting the model. I tend to match the light on the model to the background lights. The lights are set in a cross pattern so that the hot spots are about 1/3 in from the side opposite from where the light is positioned. This gives me pretty even lighting across the entire background.

The model is about 4m / 12 ft in front of the background and is lit by a single large octabox just out of the frame on the camera right side, perhaps 2m / 6 ft from the model at about 45 degrees.

[Shadowman]

Nice series.

[Jim A]

Well Manfred, for an old guy like me (75), I have to say 2&3. For her 'sturdy' figure, no 1 is not so complementary (I did hesitate to say this!)

[Rufus]

#3 is my favourite.

For some reason I find my eye moves from her face to rest her foot.