Delicate Tones: White on Green
Added 2024-08-11 14:00:06 +0000 UTCThe sweet D Genvievre on my green couch.
She has a highly white and delicate complexion, and here, I had to remove some saturation and play a little with the color of the sofa to make it not compete for attention.
I could have made the images B&W, but I like the pale pinkish skin color, which is somewhat unusual.
Natural light from my studio windows.
ƒ4.5 1/60-1/00 sek.
When light goes up and down, as it often does, I prefer to keep the aperture fixed at what I need for depth of field and then change the shutter speed down to about 1/40 for adequate lighting and, if required, adjust the ISO up.
Another option I sometimes use in very low light is to fix the aperture wide open and purposely create images with a very narrow depth of field.
What are your preferences when deciding between color and black-and-white photography, especially in portraits?
