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I
don't like to go back to past
themes & setups unless I can
make significant improvements, but
this setup is too much fun.
Ashton's hair is longer &
thicker than Victoria's, and she
moved differently, too. That
& we used more shadowy / moody
lighting made this setup very
interesting. |
Ashton
is nearly six feet tall, and
she has long hair. We
realized immediately that we
had to use wide angle lenses
and that we had to take down
the backdrop, since it simply
didn't cover enough
space. Ashton is
athletic & she is able to
whip her hair with great
energy. The result is
some fantastic images. |
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We
start with digital images, and
these proved to be a
challenge. The digital
camera can hesitate before the
shutter releases (to calculate
exposure, even though I have it
set on "manual" and to
auto-focus). Now, if I
depress the shutter release button
halfway, I can get the camera to a
ready state, and when I depress
the button the rest of the way,
the shutter releases. But
the bottom line is that I can't be
totally precise on when the
shutter goes off. This image
here is an example of the shutter
being released early in Ashton's
hair flip action. |
I
think these images are
wonderful. I can't
explain how Ashton's thighs,
towards the bottom of the
image, appear to be fuzzy, but
it adds to the sense of
movement in the image. |
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We
made a lot of exposures with
the digital camera before we
move on to the film
camera. With the film
camera, I have more precise
control of the shutter, and
somehow the resulting images
appear sharper to me.
That could be because the film
camera syncs with the flash at
1/500th of a second while the
digital camera syncs at
1/250th. |
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This
image & the one below are
favorites from this setup. |
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Personally,
I could make images like this all day,
but by now, Ashton was getting a
little dizzy. She has a lot of
hair, and it takes quite a bit of
energy to get it moving like
this. I'm really glad we used
shadowy lighting -- it loaned depth to
the images & made interesting
contrasts with the background. I
had to stand back a bit, to give
Ashton room, but I wound up cropping
some of these images closer.
A
large part of the appeal of these
images is that I have to relinquish
control to the vagaries of
fate.
Ashton's
sitting continues on the next
page: Don't
Touch Me; Touch Me
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