One of the reasons I've used the same hotel in Venice for more than 10 years is because of this room. It offers traditional Venetian decor, and the red patterned fabric-covered walls make a classically beautiful environment for the exquisite costumes of the models I choose. For this shot, I wanted to underscore the symmetry and balance of the room with the model being prominent due to the use of a wide angle lens. The lighting comes from two large windows plus the sconces and an overhead chandelier. When shooting with mixed lighting, I always choose auto white balance. Sometimes I use Photoshop to cover up the white baseboard moulding, but in this instance I decided to leave it as is and use it as a graphic element. My camera settings were 1/200, f/4.5, 3200 ISO, and I used a 16-35mm lens handheld.
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Mar 20, 2019, 4:44:32 PM
Jim - Lorraine, Cropping this picture left or right would make it a square. I don't like square pictures.
I didn't have 'intention' of showing where the light was coming from. You are 'overthinking' this picture.
Mar 20, 2019, 2:32:37 PM
Lorraine Piskin - Very unusual colors!! Love it !!!
Question: What if you didn’t have the window in the frame, would it change the intention of showing where the light on her left was coming from? And if it didn’t matter where the light was coming from, could cropping out the window and the right side make the picture any better... narrowing the focus to just the model??? Or am I talking about two different pictures having nothing to do with right or wrong but merely choice of presentation?
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Mar 20, 2019, 2:32:36 PM
Lorraine Piskin - Very unusual colors!! Love it !!!
Question: What if you didn’t have the window in the frame, would it change the intention of showing where the light on her left was coming from? And if it didn’t matter where the light was coming from, could cropping out the window and the right side make the picture any better... narrowing the focus to just the model??? Or am I talking about two different pictures having nothing to do with right or wrong but merely choice of presentation?
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Mar 20, 2019, 9:32:38 AM
Lorraine Piskin - Very unusual colors!! Love it !!!
Question: What if you didn’t have the window in the frame, would it change the intention of showing where the light on her left was coming from? And if it didn’t matter where the light was coming from, could cropping out the window and the right side make the picture any better... narrowing the focus to just the model??? Or am I talking about two different pictures having nothing to do with right or wrong but merely choice of presentation?
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