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Tony Stephenson

Getting Ready

Scene was metered from the background and then a silver reflector placed just out of frame ( camera right) to reduce contrast and to take out some of the strong shadows from the subject's shadow side ( foreground). This image was originally only a candid 'polaroid substitute' for some medium format neg film Boudoir shots I was planning and used to test out the lighting while the model was dressing - I liked the natural pose so much that I re-shot it on neg film but kept the original 'digital polaroid' for reference which I've posted here.

Minolta DiMAGE 7i ,80mm (equivalent)
Natural light with single silver reflector 1/3rd sec @ f4.5 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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JolieO 21-Oct-2008 17:43
I really like the lighting--looks like it would have been difficult to do. Very nice.
Franky2005 10-Oct-2008 18:22
Very fine conversion and perfect light. For me this is a perfect example on the strenght of b/w. Color would be distracting IMHO.