Glamour Digital Nude and Beauty Photography Made Simple by Digital Nude & Beauty Photography Made Simple by Rolando Gomez {SPirate}

Author:Digital Nude & Beauty Photography Made Simple by Rolando Gomez {SPirate}
Language: eng
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ELEMENTS OF GLAMOUR ■ 65

2. LENS SELECTION

It is often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But what most photographers don't realize when photographing models is that a good part of a model's beauty is also achieved through proper lens selection. Choose the wrong lens and a photograph becomes a mere snapshot—even when you are photographing the most beautiful model imaginable.

■ THE THREE C's

I use the "three C's" to influence my choices for lenses. These are:

□ Compression

□ Composition

□ Comfort

Understanding these characteristics is vital to photographers interested in capturing the beauty of their subjects. It is part of what separates professional glamour photographs from ordinary, amateur snapshots.

Jessica was illuminated by a studio flash with a Larson 48-inch Soff Box with a 40-degree grid in the front. I placed a Rosco #02 Bastard Amber gel in the box for a more sunset-colored lighting effect. I aimed another studio flash head into the ceiling for ambient light. The head was covered with a Rosco #3409 V* CTO gel. Notice how the model is juxtaposed with the painting on the wall. This is an old photojournalism technique for adding another element into the image. The use of a longer lens and wider aperture helps offset the inherent increase in depth of field with digital photography, softening the background slightly, (camera: Olympus E-l, Zuiko 50mm lens with 1.4x converter [eff. 140mm]; exposure: Vieo second, f/3.5, ISO 100; white balance: 6,000K)

Compression. Let's look at the first C—compression, which also is affected by depth of field. This is particularly important when shooting digital glamour photography, as there is a natural increase in depth of field that is much different than when shooting film (with digital cameras that utilize a multiplication factor; newer digital cameras do not have this problem). Because of this, it is sometimes harder to throw the background out of focus by just dialing in f/2.8. Regardless, the natural compression provided by a long (telephoto) lens helps

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