Quasi-dual portrait

[Nikolai Sklobovsky]

Actually, it's a single shot

The Oldest Trick In The Book:

Enjoy!

 

[Antonio Correia]

Nikolai,
That is not the exact half.
You shot a little - may be 5/10 degrees - to the right.
Look at her ears.

Is it my work's monitor or the our left side is darker (much) than the right one ?

Nice girl ! Nice picture.
Cheers

 

[Nikolai Sklobovsky]

Antonio,
thanks!
I will try to reshoot over the weekend.

 

[Nikolai Sklobovsky]

Version 2

Changes/fixes:

• Batterfly light instead of Rembrandt light
• Dress strap added to the "night" side
• Hair light added to accentuate the hair in contrast with black background (and it's a good idea in general
• No explicit separation between halves in PP

Same title, though

Also, a bonus shot:

In Da Making...

 

[Antonio Correia]

Hello Nikolai.
This is far better than the other one.
The angle is corrected and why I have always thought it was 2 pictures (and why should it be ?) side by side and not only one picture, I don't know.
I only realized it was on picture when I saw your set.
Cheers

 

[Diane Fields]

That is really something. I, too, thought it was 2 shots in the first one---and really enjoyed seeing the set. Everything had to be really precise---I can't imagine doing the makeup LOL.

Diane

 

[Nikolai Sklobovsky]

Antonio,
thank you!

 

[Nikolai Sklobovsky]

Diane,

thank you for looking! No, it was the single shot from the start. Everyone can blend two shots together, I was going for the nature-based..

 

[Nikolai Sklobovsky]

V.3, final (or so I think)

I decided to combine some technical aspects of the V.2 with the soul of the V.1.

So, here we go again:

The Oldest Trick In The Book

And of course, it gave me a chance to practice the Final CS3 Extended

 

[Antonio Correia]

I like best the second version Nikolai.

 

[Nikolai Sklobovsky]

I like best the second version Nikolai.

"You can't please every one,
So you gotta please yourself"
(Kenny Rogers)
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[Antonio Correia]

"You can't please every one,
So you gotta please yourself"
(Kenny Rogers)
​

Absolutely !
You are pleased, happy, aren't you ?
Good.

 

[Ray West]

But it is two pictures, cleverly combined into one to show the lighting setup...

 

[Nikolai Sklobovsky]

Ray,

But it is two pictures, cleverly combined into one to show the lighting setup...

Uhm, no, not really.

V1 and V2 are both single shots (I have RAWs to prove it.
V3 is 95% V1, only with the necklace and the dress strap "borrowed" from the other shot from V2 session...

Thanks for looking!