Laugh.

Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Leica M Type 240, Portrait, Q&A, Teaching point

I say the silliest things to her…

On another note, the artificial and mixed back-lighting, and the reflections off the red walls, in this scene are very challenging.  Yet, with the proper pre-processing (a term I believe I coined) and post-processing, the technical issues are mostly overcome.

I know that there will be a few individuals who will insist that I should have used flash, but I vehemently disagree:  the spontaneity and ambiance would have been lost.

I’d feel differently if I was trying to produce a formal portrait — but I wasn’t.

—Peter.

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13 thoughts on “Laugh.”

  3. Victor's avatar

    For the novice still learning the art of drawing with light, care to elaborate on what is challenging about the scene – what is the issue? And how you solved it? I have no idea what you meant by it was a challenging scene …

    1. Peter | Prosophos's avatar

      Hi Victor, it has to do with:

      1. what mixed lighting does to skin tones (and generally to all colours)
      2. how back-lighting creates undesirable shadows on people’s faces.
      3. how light reflecting off the red-painted walls also adversely affects skin tones.

      I’m afraid discussion on how to tackle these challenges are way, way beyond the scope of this simple blog post.

  5. Jim's avatar

    What convinced me to move to a mirrorless camera was how Will Crockett explained pre-processing in a video on the Fujifilm X-E2: http://youtu.be/y53-w_6V1cA .(posted 8 months after you first used the term, so maybe he is a regular visitor here too?). The ability to see ahead of time in an EVF what the final result will look like (especially if shooting in B&W mode) was a selling point for me. I like a viewfinder more than using an LCD. So while live-view can be done on a DSLR, only mirrorless gives you an electronic viewfinder live-view for folks like me that prefer viewfinders.

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