portrait leah key axl Simon Q. Walden, FilmPhotoAcademy.com, sqw, FilmPhoto, photography

Leah Axl - Low Key Portrait (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

AOP part 23: 8 Compositional Failures

This is a tight profile shot from the same space. There are several failure points on this shot. Not sharp enough: at f4 I have not quite nailed the focus and it is just slightly unsharp around the eye.

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AOP part 22: 9 Compositional Elements

This shot gives me a great example to talk about a number of compositional elements in one image. Colour scheme: the pale blue background pushes the warmer tones of skin forward with clear separation of subject to background.

maja defined tones toned tiny Simon Q. Walden, FilmPhotoAcademy.com, sqw, FilmPhoto, photography

AOP part 21: Portrait Close Up

Of course, the next step having got that close is to get even closer still. Rolling Stones anyone? On the following two pages I want to show a small collection of the images from this tiny session.

Softness

THINKING: To create an image of softness (rather than a soft, out of focus image) you need to relate a number of features of the image.

swinging freya Simon Q. Walden, FilmPhotoAcademy.com, sqw, FilmPhoto, photography

Freya - Swinging (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

vogue post blumenfeld worried working Simon Q. Walden, FilmPhotoAcademy.com, sqw, FilmPhoto, photography

AOP part 20: Portrait with Post

From that lovely serenity we move to something much more sexually charged! This has had a bit of a working over in post processing.

lighting borrowing viewer triangular terms Simon Q. Walden, FilmPhotoAcademy.com, sqw, FilmPhoto, photography

Borrowing from the "Old Masters"

This series is about borrowing and re-interpreting the style of the old master painters, back before photography was invented.

reclining raphaella Simon Q. Walden, FilmPhotoAcademy.com, sqw, FilmPhoto, photography

Raphaella - Reclining (video)

"Nudes Deconstructed" - a short YouTube video discussion of an image.

maja soft lighting applied windows Simon Q. Walden, FilmPhotoAcademy.com, sqw, FilmPhoto, photography

AOP part 19: Portrait

Up to this point I had largely been shooting full or three-quarter length images with Maja. Clearly though her fine features, symmetrical face and perfectly applied makeup meant I should really make sure I got some portraits too.

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