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I love this thread, can you keep it up a little longer? (I mean the the great advice)
Super Shooter said:
But It's a very small apartment and she's a big girl -in all the right places- so I was thinking of the 14-24mm.
Go with the AF Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G fisheye instead. It'll make her "right places" really stand out! Try to shoot wide-open at f/2.8 for optimal bokeh (also, don't forget to check other threads for relevant DxO data on this lens).
Treckie said:
I love this thread, can you keep it up a little longer? (I mean the the great advice)
If you're asking this question in earnest, I'll reply in kind:
I would generally shoot this type of photography with either a 50mm, 60mm, 85mm, or 105mm lens (DX or FX). I would want some foreshortening, but no exaggerated perspective, and no noticable barrel distortion (note that a 35mm lens on a DX body will still exhibit some barrel distortion, just as a 50mm lens on an FX body would). The main thing that will determine your longest usable focal length is the maximum subject-to-camera distance your shooting space allows. Determine which lens still allows you to frame a head-to-toe within the constraints of your space.
If you're including the space (e.g., a bedroom) as a significant part of the composition, where your subject's scale is half- to one-quarter of the frame, then you could go wider: 35mm, or even 24mm (FX). As long as you're far enough away, and your subject is nearer the center of the frame, and not near the edges, they should look fine.
As for lighting, you could go hard or soft. The convention, of course, is soft. The softer the better. I think almost everything looks better back- or three-quarter lit. A soft three-quarter back "key" with a lower-level (half- to full-stop) soft fill always looks nice. However, there's nothing wrong with hard three-quarter kicks or backs either. Another option is to light with practicals only (e.g., table lamp, candles, etc.), or with practicals and some bounced, umbrella-ed, or softboxed strobe for fill.
I love this thread, can you keep it up a little longer? cute Treckie.
Now that the day is past, how did the pictures look, any hope of a sample?
studio460 said:
I would generally shoot this type of photography with either a 50mm, 60mm, 85mm, or 105mm lens (DX or FX). I would want some foreshortening, but no exaggerated perspective, and no noticable barrel distortion
I would definitely think that barrel distortion would be a bad thing in this situation.
JorPet said:
I would definitely think that barrel distortion would be a bad thing in this situation.
So the 10.5mm is out of the question :(
On a more serious note I would say get a 50mm (for the d50) or the 85mm for a FF...
I honestly would say the D50 isn't the best handler in low light but the D3x is a bit ambitious (and bulky if you aren't used to large gear) I recommend renting a D300s or D700 as the transition is a bit easier.
studio460 said:
I doubt we'll see any from the OP since the whole thread was a joke. I can post a sample when I get home from work.
Way too subtle for me, I was straight in with the 'double entendres' but then thought it was serious and so backed off thinking I was lucky not to have suffered the wrath of the NicoDoby.....
This thread gets a double facepalm award
AF 60mm f/2.8D Micro-Nikkor
AF 60mm f/2.8D Micro-Nikkor
AF Nikkor 14mm f/2.8D
That isn't boudoir...
THIS is Boudoir...
Nice!
Thanks... I didn't shoot them, my wife did... We had a boudoir session for valentine's day and most of our clients were close friends, so she said she'd be shooting and editing, without me seeing any pictures. But she has zero editing knowledge so it was a little white lie, lol. Needless to say, it's been strange (in a good way, lol) to be around them since seeing them like that, especially when they're around their hubby's. She used the basic 18-105mm lens that came with the D7000, even though I had the 35mm 1.8 but she didn't want to switch out.
I have more at *Link Removed* (sorry if that's a plug, when really I don't think it would be as I doubt anyone here is around my location).
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