Shot with 3 softboxes. One large as main and two strips as kickers.

Well, shame on you for not sharing these earlier. #1 is fantastic.

I opened the thread and muttered "oh my". Wow, What Mitchell said, shame on you lol. These are seriously killer shots.

Thanks guys. I think I did share these next two but I've reprocessed them. I've really simplified my workflow in the last few months. I basically just adjust white balance, the black/white point and sharpen. On these, I did heal a few little blemishes she had on her chin but that's it.

My first thoughts were... what fabulous skin work! Nicely done! Your wife is gorgeous! (Of course you kinda knew that, haha)

Every time I see images of your wife, I gain greater understanding of why you spend so much time at the gym.

Originally Posted by Bryce Wilson Every time I see images of your wife, I gain greater understanding of why you spend so much time at the gym.

+1

Delicious lighting on these, Alex. I'm gonna have to try this. You don't happen to have a pullback handy, do ya?

*shakes head*

Originally Posted by heatherfeather My first thoughts were... what fabulous skin work! Nicely done! Your wife is gorgeous! (Of course you kinda knew that, haha)

Thank you Heather. Just a little healing brush. She takes very good care of her skin which make my work a lot easier.

Originally Posted by Bryce Wilson Every time I see images of your wife, I gain greater understanding of why you spend so much time at the gym.

You're absolutely correct my friend. Our friends often ask us why we concern ourselves so much with keeping in shape, dressing nice, etc. Honestly, I think it's one of the reasons why, after 24 years together, we still behave like newlyweds. It's important to each of us that we still remain attractive to the other. I think a lot of people stop trying once they get married and then wonder where the spark went. Love is important, to get me wrong but so is physical attraction. The fact that I am completely in lust AND love with my wife is why it's been so easy to remain faithful to her. There are a lot of other factors - commitment, respect, etc. - but the lust/love thing really makes it easy.

Originally Posted by kdog +1 Delicious lighting on these, Alex. I'm gonna have to try this. You don't happen to have a pullback handy, do ya?

I actually do. I may have moved the lights around slightly or rotated the orientation of the boxes for each shot, I don't recall exactly, but if I did, they were very minor tweaks.

Originally Posted by Qarik *shakes head*

Are you shaking your head because these aren't shirtless pics of me. Here you go Daniel:

oh god..why did I come back to this thread! *closes browser and shuts off lap top..throws it out moving car*

Awesome work Alex. Beautiful images of your wife and man, you are ripped!

My sweetie has one of those exercise balls too, but she doesn't set it off like yours.
Full disclosure: the wife doesn't look at DGrin.

I believe I have said this before, but is worth repating it.
Your wife is very BEAUTIFUL and make your pictures glow.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Both of you look great. AHHHH Youth.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very nice Job Alex.

Carlos

Thanks for the pullbacks, Alex. Great setup. I think I'm gonna get me some of those strip lights.

Originally Posted by kdog Thanks for the pullbacks, Alex. Great setup. I think I'm gonna get me some of those strip lights.

I ordered them from Amazon. They're an off-brand but I was quite surprised at the build quality. The grids are a little on the cheap side but they do the job. The boxes themselves are made well. Some of the reviews said they were hard to put together but I don't recall it being hard. I kind of like putting a tent together.

I do prefer the umbrella style box that I got from Paul C Buff because it's easier to break down and put together but I have yet to break down the strips so it hasn't been an issue.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o00_s00_i00

Oh! I assumed they were the Paul Buff versions, and I already clicked the Buy button on them. The ones you got are much larger. Any thoughts? I could always cancel them. I'm sure I will like the PBs for the convenience of setup/teardown if nothing else.

Originally Posted by kdog Oh! I assumed they were the Paul Buff versions, and I already clicked the Buy button on them. The ones you got are much larger. Any thoughts? I could always cancel them. I'm sure I will like the PBs for the convenience of setup/teardown if nothing else.

If you plan on setup/teardown often, I would vote for the PB's. These are terribly hard to put together but the PB's are awesomely easy. What appealed to me about these were the size. I didn't find any this large that didn't cost a few hundred dollars. The length is nice because I can light a full length pose them and can easily clamp a piece of black foam core to them if I want to flag part of the light; I can make them smaller but not bigger was my thought.

Yeah, setup/teardown is pretty important to me. There are always tradeoffs to everything. I'll see how these go. Appreciate your thoughts and info.

Great photos
My favorite is #1 also.






Chuck Cassidy,
ncphotos@gmail.com,
www.northcarolinaphotos.smugmug.com

Thanks Chuck.