250mm lens on a mamiya 6/7

available light

the exposure was set as the exposuremeter indicated: underexpose about F 1 1/2
so much about exposure measuring:
it happens pretty often, that even correct measuring leads to underexposed results

it doesn´t look like a portrait and it´s boring!

 

getting closer makes it more interesting

the light blue is a reslt of the available light
coming through the windows
in the roof, -blue sky but no sun.
if you´ld like to shoot on slidematerial
you should correct that by using a
color-correcting filter in front of the lens

the person in front is out of focus but if they
are that close i don´t think it´s a good idea

getting closer and increasing the distance
between the women makes the shot even
more interesting

we were lucky because the sun showed up
and even if we had no direct sunlight it brightend
up the room with neutral well balanced white light
so we had to check the exposure settings
but avoided the blue color tint
(actually it´s still there but no longer unpleasant)

a very special lighting situation:

there were two striplights on the left and on the
right side of hao. obviously the lens is a little
short, so the arms seem to be quite big.

the same shot just cut at the elbows
and it works much better...

getting closer using the same lens results in a pretty strange perspective. if you like it or not is
a matter of taste.

the light must be set very carefully. it has to
have the same distance, hight, angle and
power, that it looks like this.
and the model may not move very much,
because if he/she is more in the back he/she gets
light all over the face and if he/she comes closer
the shadow will increas rapidly.