ok let me have it. Vamp Shoot

I am working through the images from the vampire shoot but thought i would pause and post a few here. let me know what you think and what you may have done different. first time really shooting raw and dealing with it in post but i gotta admit it is a huge change. although i never had to change exposure setting or anything like that i did change the temp on a couple but not these.

#1 - also the first shot of the day.

#2. I added the light from the candle lamp in post on these two.

#3not the intent from the original but i liked it anyways.

hmm, I'm going to have to think about it for a bit. But over all they look a little to dark.

lol well at least i hit that dead on lol. kinda the look i was going for.

also the addition to the light made the over all image darker than the originals in the first two

Well all in all I like them John. I think the Comp: in #1 got a little lose with the light comming in from the hall way..

Yeah I may try to lessen the effect of the light in candle lamp.

James is right about the light from the other room... and being able to see the other room really wrecks the effect of the girl in the candlelit room.

IMO, the first and second shots would work better in B&W. B&W strips an image to its essentials. The color tends to sap the tension out of the pictures.

But the third shot doesn't work for me on so many levels. First, that image superimposed on the background is a big distraction; the posterized face graphic is too harsh, too obvious; a layer of straight photo of the vamp's face with heavy backlighting and with a low opacity might work. And the vampire is armed with a kitchen knife? Why? She has fangs to draw blood. If she wants internal organs for a meatier snack, she has claws and an inhuman strength with which to open the chest cavity. A knife just doesn't make sense in the vampire mythos. The image also doesn't take enough advantage of shadow and light. The light is too evenly distributed around the set... or at least the bed. Consider a 10-degree gridspot on the victim's face and breasts and some underlighting on the vamp's face and backlighting on the rest of her. Check out some of the scenes in the old 1930s horror movies.

It's a fine start for working with multiple models and a complex theme.

I actually like that second image on its own merits. I like it a lot.

Ok I can see that- I basically did that stricktly for the model (she is a goth- punk type) I may go back and work on it some more. The light from the room behind me was a hinderance but essential with the lack of regestered light with the camera. Again I also may go back and change the light I added in post. I have a lot of work to do but I'll be going through them through the week.

I like the first one, but i am not really feeling the second two. And i agree with bob about the kitchen knife. Vampires are supposed to be strong and seductive, they don't need knives.

Well I got a bunch of the victim killing the vamp. Had the scene set up so we got it the other way around to. The girls got a kick out of the knife so I'll probably pass 1 or Like I said I have a lot of stuff to go through. Most of the images turned out how I wanted although I was not to enthused with the makeup that was used for the vamp. In some of the images I have tried to mellow out the makeup in the eyes. Really wish my MUA hadn't cancelled last minute.

Here was the first posting. I didn't keep much from these. Except the second image the others got edited