For one thing, Tom, get them out away from the wall. The flash should not
have that defined a shadow, and moving them 3-4 feet out will help. It also
looks like the printers darkened the prints. I fight that all the time were
I have to send mine. Doesn't matter that I tell them to print for the
faces.
The wall should be whiter if it was a white background. I usually put one
flash high on the side to give highlights in the hair with the other about 1
stop lower, face level toward the front. But the photographer this morning
I was watching put both the umbrellas at about 45 degrees from the camera
and both were about 4 feet above the subject's head.
From: Tom Scales
> Well, I'm disappointed with my results, for several reasons
>
> - Everything is very overexposed. I suspect that the material I'm using
in
> front of the flash units isn't opaque enough (as I'm getting shadows), but
> the OM-4T should have shut the flashes down fast enough to get a good
> exposure. Any suggestions?
>
> - The is a distinct magenta cast to everything. The girls pink shirts are
> now purple and the gray background is greenish. Oddly, when I switched to
> the
> light gray background and blue shirts, the problem disappeared.
>
> - The negatives are a mess. I'm going to have a little talk with the
people
> that did it. I paid quite a bit extra to get 'quality' and I didn't. My
> favorite shot has a large thumbprint on the negative (no, not mine)
>
> I'm going to try a couple of things:
>
> 1) Get a thicker material to go in front of the flash units
> 2) Switch to an OM-4 (I'll try my other 4T when it comes back from a CLA
> with John)
> 3) Switch films (Royal Gold 100 is next, since I have some).
>
> I still think I'm on the right track, but have a ways to go.
>
> Here's a a link to the reasonably decent, but not great ones:
>
> http://www.scales.tzo.com/35mm/2000-04-02-Portraits/Web/Page.htm
>
> I'll post
>
>
>
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