Friday, October 7, 2011

Think about your secondary subjects

New York Booty Shot

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that the primary subject in the shot above is the model’s well rounded rear, but what I think makes this shot successful is its secondary subject – the photographer shooting her in the background. The head is irrelevant in this shot but the legs are super important. As the eye moves through this photo it goes to the booty, then down the legs then up to the photographer in front of the colored wall, then back to the model because of his camera point to her. It’s a fun shot that just works because of the triangle between these three points connects the dots and keeps the eye engaged in the scene.

This image was taken with a Canon 1D Mark IV using a 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens at 200mm and f/2.8  for 1/320 sec at ISO 800. The noise was removed with Noiseware and the skin was softened with Portraiture. Other processing was done in Photoshop and the finishing touches were done in Lightroom.

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