How? Who? What?... Help!!

[fishafotos]

I have been hired to do my first model shoot (other than the crappy graduation/ball shooting i do at work) and I am pretty in-the-dark when it comes to this sort of shooting.

The shoot is for a wedding lingere brouchure as well as the front cover of a pack of stockings (I thought I'd just kill 2 birds with one stone and do both client's ads in the one shoot! Using different shots of course) this is the 1st outfit we recieved so this 1st shoot is just a test run. I will have the opportunity to change anything I want for the rest of the outfits in the brouchure.
This is one of the 1st shots, it is the only one i have fully processed so far and I am fairly happy with it but i think it has far more potential, i just don't know how to access it.
I tried lots of lighting setups when i did them so i have lots of similar shots with different lighting if anyone thinks that could be the issue.

This is the attempt:



Shot with the D80, 17-55/2.8, 2 studio strobes (bought from Ronza's eBay store), one with a lightbox and one with an umbrella. The umbrella strobe was set to be 10 times more powerful than the lightbox in this shot so i could get the one-sided light and shadows.

Any help/comments/critisisms would be greatly appreciated

Harry

[shakey]

I know you've gone the high key approach but maybe make it a bit more obvious that there is a bit of bra on her (anatomically) left side.

Not the sort of shot I do so feel free to disagree...

[fishafotos]

Thanks for the quick reply, unfourtunately she did not quite fit the bra ( she was a little smaller in the bust department) so at certain angles (this being one of them) there is a bit of space between her and the bra. I was trying to cover it up by blowing it out but I still don't think it looks right.
I'll definately be giving fixing it a shot though. Thanks

Harry

EDIT: The hi-key bit is from my pp, the originals are actually slightly under-exposed soi can easily go for a different approach if people think it would look better.

[gstark]

A brief comment on the high-key approach if I may ....

Consider that, from your introduction to this shoot, the goal here is to highlight the lingerie. Is it then appropriate that the product be blown in the highlights as you have done in this image?

What does your client expect? Satisfying that need should be your primary objective.

[fishafotos]

Absolutley, pleasing the client is, as always, my main objective.
I agree, the High-Key approach is not a good idea.
Any suggesions on how to best go about it in a non-high key way. The backdrop is horrible, tape all over it, all crinkly so i just used the dodge tool to get rid of it. Is there any way of getting rid of it in the same sort of way, without having to cut her out?
Burn tool set on highlights?

Harry

[NJ]

the burn tool on highlights only makes the highlights turn grey and horrible. Have u thought of going for the exact opposite and doing low-key using a black backdrop?

[Matt. K]

Take off white shoes, put on red shoes. Otherwise.....quite good. You are on the right track.

[fishafotos]

Yeah, i might go for a black backdrop next time.

Matt, She's not wearing shoes. They are the stockings, the ad is for the stockings so i didn't want anything to distract from them.

I will try and get a black backdrop for the next one.

Harry