![]() Screen Shot at 12.22.22 PM by nathancarter, on FlickrĢ. For now I'm staying in Lightroom, but I'll make some more updates as I test and learn a little more. A lot of this is just an "in-progress" thread, hoping that someone else can learn from my process. A little failing on my part due to lack of preparation. I had everything on hand but just didn't get it set up right, as I was also shooting two other styles that same night. I had some other stuff come up over the week and just didn't have as much time as I would have liked to prep and practice. Shot 18 different people (plus lots of pairs & groups) in three different styles - in addition to the Glamour Shots, I did a new set of standard beauty-style headshots for our dance troupe, and some Halloween styles promo shots for the flyer for our upcoming show, and just played around a bit since I had a lot of willing models in makeup and hair.įor the Glamour Shots, I wound up not using the lubed filter or the nylons. Technically, they're not as good as I would have liked, but in the barely-controlled chaos I think they turned out OK. ![]() It was pretty nuts, as it was also an (adult) birthday party with lots of drinking and dancing and food and swimming. We don't really have a time limit (it's a combination photoshoot, birthday party, sleepover, etc etc) but even 15 minutes per person means it's gonna take 4+ hours to move through us all. If I have to take it into Photoshop, then I'm thinking maybe duplicating the image into a new layer, giving the new layer way too much blur (I think Gaussian only goes up to 250px? that might be enough), then setting it to Overlay (or Screen?) with a medium-low opacity.Īny other thoughts? We've got about a dozen girls and half-dozen guys. I've also read that putting a bit of stretched nylon stocking over the lens can give a similar soft-glowy effect. (although a 135mm f/2.8 would be nice, even without the soft focus, I don't need another lens right now!) I don't mind sacrificing a cheapo filter if it would make sense to smear one with a little Vaseline. One main light with a reflector, one or two hair lights, zero to two background lights depending on the backdrop(s) we choose.Ĭanon has made a soft-focus lens, but I don't think any of the rental companies have it, and I don't want to spend $600+ to buy it. ![]() If I can do it all with a combination of camera, lens, lighting, and Lightroom, then I'll be super happy. I would prefer to do as much in-camera as possible, though I'm not averse to some post-processing. I'm pretty competent as a portrait photographer, I've got a pretty decent amount of lighting gear, all the lenses that I need, and I'm pretty sure I can pull this off - but I'm just looking for any advice, tips, dos-n-don'ts from anyone who has done this digitally before. I'm sure we'll have some of those goofy two-look composites, and maybe a "family portrait" holding the unwilling cat. We're putting together some bad backdrops as well, and collecting silly props. We're throwing a "Glamour Shots" party for a friend, with all the girls getting dressed up in denim jackets and giant feather boas and White Rain hairspray, and the guys wearing tacky sweaters and slick-parted hair and Coke-bottle glasses.
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