What really stands out (for me anyway) about Lambis' shots is that the models don't look as if they are underwater, ie. they are totally natural. Probably had the benefit of some serious apnea coaching.
In your first few shots the girls really look like they are holding their breath! With your shots of the Vietnamese girl you are much further down the track, she's obviously a natural.
Coming from a temperate climate (read cold water) I'm just really impressed that you guys manage to convince all these pretty ladies to get in the water...!
Hi J,
Yes, I understand what you are saying - good feedback. Lambis has specially trained freediving models who are very comfortable in the water and with holding their breat and opening their eyes. It shows in the quality of his photos.
Finding a really good model to work with is 9/10th of the "battle" when it comes to this type of shooting. Additionally, we are talking about a certain genre where viewers are sometimes looking for "beautiful women" and as we all know, everyone's definition of beautiful is different.
Cheers
James
James you are right... this is hard to find and more hard to train.. I tech then NEGATIVE DIVES.. also exhale the air and then dive.. becauce if the model have air in the lungs is positiv and so she cant hold the place or dive down and then you see it in the face and chest becauce she is trying to keep the air.. Negative dives are hard.. ofeen follow by a panic atac off the model that whant to go to the surface.. but begative dives make the model heavy and with some train the get the idea how much air they need to exhale to be neutral in 2 meters..
Is hard to find models.. and even harder beatiful models.. but its worth it..
We went down to the local pool today for a swim and the water was like 30 degrees
So Me and Kelly had a great idea the next time we go down to try some pics like you have done James.
F11 / 200 shutter is that where we should start at?
I don't think we will get Kelly doing any nudie ones though
Should be fun.
Errr Wags, just in case you're thinking about it... we also don't want pics of you in the nude either.
Public pool so out of luck
Okay have the D70 all loaded up.....now what setting do I have to have it on again?
High shutter or what?
ALLLLLRIIIIGHTY THEN
Lets have some more of those shots.
More or less the same subject..Has anyone seen the underwater 'Adult' film..A friend of mine posted it to me last year..Its basically a couple of divers getting jiggy on a wreck.
Or was I dreaming
Dive safe
DeanB
Hi Wags,
If you're shooting with flash then set your shutterspeed to it's max sync (1/500 on the D70 I think). Set your aperture based on how much strobe you want to put into the photo. If you want a darker background, then go with a high fstop and high power flash.
Also, try shooting upwards so that you can catch reflections in the surface.
Best of luck!
James
Cheers Jamesfor the tips.
Pool was full of Kids, Sat and today Sun it's closed....got to love how backwards this town is.....middle of summer.
Well here is our first go at it
I think you really need two strobes so you can shut out the background light?
1000 @ f11... Any more tips??
Cool Wags - great start! You're lucky that your wife is willing to model for you. It's pretty hard.
Agreed about the 2 strobes, it gives you a lot more opportunity for creative lighting. Also, you should try some different white balance settings to see how the look of her skin changes.
Cheers
James
I agree with James, try using WB for a warmer skin color. The only thing I can add is that I experimented with studio flash on the surface so you get a more natural lighting effect.
Also let the model wear some wide clothing. Gives a more surreal effect. And last, I often use the surface to get a nice reflection of the model.
Are these all in a small pool? How far is the back wall? What lens?
Wags, the missus is obviously quite fond of you
Hi Loftus,
Thanks for the feedback. The photos in the first post were made in a large pool with a blue bottom. The photos later in the post were made in the shallow end of a smaller pool, but used a black tarp in the background, held down by bricks. It's close behind the model. I used a 17-40mm lens on a FF camera.
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