Critique Welcomed The Fifth Element

[Chris Dodkin]

Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Christine.

Taken at La Jolla Tide Pools, CA.

X-T1 and 23mm Lens with 4 stop ND Filter - Elinchrom Quadra Hybrid for fill-flash

Christine was a rock star - she had waves crashing into her, ocean winds blowing her away, and never ever let it effect her work.

And yes she is tall - 6'1" without heels!

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Love the sun set Chris...... Horizons straight....... Nice colours...... Yeah, nice shots!

 

[Dave Green]

Ace set - superbly lit

 

[Glenn Clabo]

A little surreal...subtle sexy...a whole lot a nice work. Yup...I love it.

 

[Aldous Lau]

lovely set Chris

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Love the sun set Chris...... Horizons straight....... Nice colours...... Yeah, nice shots!

Glad you could appreciate the scenery Dan!

Ace set - superbly lit

Thanks Dave - Always been a big fan of your use of fill flash

A little surreal...subtle sexy...a whole lot a nice work. Yup...I love it.

Thanks Glenn

lovely set Chris

Thank you Aldous - it was a lot of fun

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I've done a write-up on the fill-flash technique - http://f-sunny.com/x-t1-and-pro-wireless-flash/

 

[Tom Dunne]

A great set Chris. I have a soft spot for the first mono image mainly because of the pose and especially her expression; she seems less aware of the camera and her mind could be elsewhere. But I'm sure she is pretending. The fabric shows up well on this one too and sort of mirrors the swirling nature of the clouds. I enjoyed the last two colour ones because the fabric changes it's usefullness and could be taken as a fishing net; bad day fishing. The colour and atmosphere in these colour ones is beautiful.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

A great set Chris. I have a soft spot for the first mono image mainly because of the pose and especially her expression; she seems less aware of the camera and her mind could be elsewhere. But I'm sure she is pretending. The fabric shows up well on this one too and sort of mirrors the swirling nature of the clouds. I enjoyed the last two colour ones because the fabric changes it's usefullness and could be taken as a fishing net; bad day fishing. The colour and atmosphere in these colour ones is beautiful.

Thanks Tom - that fishing theme gives me ideas…

We took two colors of toile for the shoot - I think the lighter works best generally, but I'm thinking a bright red with matching clothing might be a real winner as well

 

[Pete Askew]

A very classy set Chris and the lighting has worked very we I think. And I agree with all the comments about the netting etc. Nice poses too. Might be nice to diffuse the light a touch in the follow-up session just to keep the edges of the shadow a tiny bit softer. What do you think? Would that be possible?

 

[Chris Dodkin]

A very classy set Chris and the lighting has worked very we I think. And I agree with all the comments about the netting etc. Nice poses too. Might be nice to diffuse the light a touch in the follow-up session just to keep the edges of the shadow a tiny bit softer. What do you think? Would that be possible?

Thanks Pete - yes, I just received a couple of brollies for the kit yesterday - 33" silver bounce, and 33" translucent shoot-through, so will deploy these in future shoots to diffuse the lighting.

I also have a small soft box - but I need a better light stand in order to deploy that safely!

 

[Aaron Quinn]

Beautiful shots! And thanks for that write up, great info there.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I can only second what everyone has said here. A mature beautiful model, a wonderful light and a master at work with seemingly a great tool, and a situation which calls for more. If nothing's perfect I still say this comes as close as possible.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Beautiful shots! And thanks for that write up, great info there.

Thanks Aaron

I can only second what everyone has said here. A mature beautiful model, a wonderful light and a master at work with seemingly a great tool, and a situation which calls for more. If nothing's perfect I still say this comes as close as possible.

Thanks Ivar - always something to improve upon - I needed to shoot a few from a lower angle to get the horizon on the lower third, and the model looking even taller - oh well, next time

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

All the best to you.