Tyzen the Master of Suggestion

[Neeper]

I was hired to do a shoot for a local entertainer in my studio. He's quite a talent and is very close to signing a multi million dollar deal with a major hotel in Las Vegas. Hopefully he'll take me with him and I can start shooting more celebrities. These photos were much warmer than they appear. I still have no idea how to prevent saving raw to jpeg without losing saturation. Any tips on this?

Anyway, here's are some of my favs from the series.











You can also visit his website if you are interested http://www.tyzen.com

Technical details.

I shot with 3 different lenses. 12-24 Tokina, 24-120 VR and 85mm 1.8D. I am sure you all can guess which one was used for which lens. The background was white seamless paper and I used 2 strobes to blow it out.

[wendellt]

masterful, he really looks quirky you have captured his character so well

these exceptional!
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you must be happy

[stubbsy]

Johnny. A great shoot. #1 is the standout for me given he's a hypnotist. Then the two Wendell suggests (although I'm also quite partial to the naked one where he's giving the thumbs up sign)

[Willy wombat]

You sure nailed this shoot - well done. Set up is very good - excellent pics

[xerubus]

excellent work... great balanced lighting....

i'm with wendell.. those two shots stand out... very professionally done.

cheers

[Alpha_7]

This guy looks like he has loads of potential, plenty of character and charisma and you've captured it well! Fingers crossed he takes you on tour!

[marcotrov]

Fantastic images neeper. You have catured the essence of this entertainer. He should be well pleased with his portfolio. Lighting poses and composition are all ideal
cheers
marco

[gunn parker]

The thumbs up pic gets the thumbs up from me, very good work he should be very happy with your work.
Andrew

[wendellt]

in the pic where he has his sunnies on, i can see the reflection of a large square softbox and on the left shade a flash
was this a twin light setup?
that pic also looks like it was taken with a fisheye for dramatic effect, nicely done. you must of been quite high up to have taken that shot, and what makes it even better is that i don't see your reflection on his sunglases

regardign your loss of saturation issue

just experiment with oversaturating the image to compensate for the jpg export but truly the difference is negligable from what i see here the images look saturated enough especially after using a lightbox

[Neeper]

Thanks for all the wonderful comments.

Wendellt:
I never used a fisheye lens. I used my Tokina wide angle, and I wasn't high up at all. I was practically in his face, while standing on only a chair.
I have a total of 4 strobes. You are right about the large softbox, on the left was a small umbrella.

Do you think it's ok to have the reflection on his sunnies, or should it be removed?