Eilish

3/1/2016

I managed to get these two shots of Eilish reading this morning, much to here disgust, hence the slightly unimpressed expression. Taken on the Canon EOS 5D with my 28-300mm lens set at 127mm, 1/4s at f/5.6 at ISO 640. I just used the natural light from the french windows, hence the slow shutter speed and so the image was not perhaps quite as sharp as it might have been with a flash. I reduced the clarity a bit in Lightroom, producing a nice soft focus effect which I think works well in black and white.

Eilish Reading

Eilish Reading (No.2)

2 Comments

Alasdair

4/1/2016 04:54:16 pm

I like the focus on this, the eyes are sharp with the rest of the face being softer. Think this actually gives a much nicer (horrid word I know) feel to the picture than could have been got with flash of any form. Nice one Iain! I hope you got something today.

Iain Turnbull

7/1/2016 07:44:24 pm

Hi Alasdair,
Thanks for the comments. I really like these photos, despite the subject being a little less than happy at being photographed. I agree that the slightly soft focus works well and the sharp detail of the lashes for example has worked well. I normally don't like using flash much because I find it difficult to get the exposure right and this kind of soft lighting works much better if the subject is willing to sit still long enough.

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