Meet Dion

[adam75south]

Dion is an aspiring actor and model. Did this shoot for www.ondisplaymenagency.com

Never took the 85 f/1.8 off the 5d Mk II. i think i'm gonna start calling in my 85 f1.8l (lowercase L).

the "studio" shots all shot with my fotodiox 600 w/s using the model lamps only. Decided I wanted to go hardcore on the bokeh, so all shots with ambient and reflectors.

1. Natural light and reflector
ISO 50 f/2 1/2000s
http://adammedders.smugmug.com/photos/546826327_d7fxd-O.jpg

2. 1 model lamp w/ shoot through, 1 behind with beauty dish, reflector below
ISO 1600 f/2 1/320s....the backdrop was just a wall blurred by the bokeh.
http://adammedders.smugmug.com/photos/546826159_CFqkR-O.jpg

3. same setup as #2
http://adammedders.smugmug.com/photos/546826188_VDDSS-O.jpg

4. pretty much same setup as #2 and #3
ISO 1600 f/2 1/200s
http://adammedders.smugmug.com/photos/546826219_EyWs3-O.jpg

5. shoot through in front camera left, beauty dish with grid behind him camera right.
ISO 1600 f/2 1/250s
http://adammedders.smugmug.com/photos/546826156_P6upM-O.jpg

6. Natural light in shade and sunlight reflected from far away for fill.
ISO 100 f/2 1/500s
http://adammedders.smugmug.com/photos/546826268_RwjDo-O.jpg

7. Big Window directly behind him, shoot through umbrella and model lamp in front...and reflector.
ISO 800 f/2 1/160s
http://adammedders.smugmug.com/photos/546826763_5LvsU-O.jpg

8. natural light and reflector for fill.
ISO 100 f/2 1/2500s
http://adammedders.smugmug.com/photos/546826402_FfBL4-O.jpg

c&c appreciated

[cdifoto]

Nice work dude. Great processing too. Can you tone down the highlights in #1 and #6 though?

[adam75south]

i could probably do some blending in photoshop with two exposures. i'd try to do it with the selective edit brush in lightroom, but it's a little more intricate than i feel like dealing with. they're shot raw. all of these processed with lightroom only. some brightening of eyes, quite a bit of the gradient tool used too.

[cdifoto]

Very nice. I've been trying to stay in LR more too. I'm almost exclusive at this point but I still need PS for my watermark/shameless self-promotion border thingy. And HighPass Sharpening.

[Nickcanada]

DAMN! that's pretty good man.

[24Peter]

Excellent Adam. Nice use of modeling lamps.

[FLiPMaRC]

:cool: Awesome pro work Adam!

[adam75south]

i touched up the first photo, lemme know if it looks better.

[cdifoto]

i touched up the first photo, lemme know if it looks better.
To me it does. :)

[Vich]

Excellent series.

However; very few people have a flattering straigh-on shot. #2 reveals his crooked nose. Suggest to only select those with a non-symetrical tilt to left or right.

[adam75south]

nice catch vich. i didn't even notice that.

check this one out. in his sunglasses you can kinda see me crouched in the reflection on his right lens and alan holding the reflector for me on his left lens. found this yesterday, thought it was pretty funny. anyway, you can pretty much tell how the light was set up on this one.
ISO 100 f/2 1/250s
http://www.adammedders.com/photos/546826270_UtLng-O.jpg

[michaelb]

Really nice work Adam.

When I saw the first shot (which I love) I thought how the Hell did he get that kind of a snyc speed with those strobes?!! :D - really nice use of reflectors.

[adam75south]

Really nice work Adam.

When I saw the first shot (which I love) I thought how the Hell did he get that kind of a snyc speed with those strobes?!! :D - really nice use of reflectors.

yes sir, i've really come to appreciate reflectors for that reason alone... f/2 @ 1/3000s!!!!!!! as much as i've been using the 85, i've been extremely tempted to save up for an 85L...maybe the old verson. i've been teetering on selling the 70-200, but that damn IS alone keeps changing my mind for me.

[faisal]

I agree with michael....really nice use of reflectors....now I need to surely stop buying glass and invest in some light....Very nice shots!!!!