Table portraits from autumn 2021 continue (while I try to cook up something else to publish than just photo piles...). This time everything is monochromatic, and I have changed the settings a bit at times.
The model is Catch Me on the Cantering Warmblood mold. My individual goes by the stable name Maksi (Maxi). He seems photogenic, but maybe his coloration doesn't make hip "pop" from photos well enough... Maybe I should use a dark background instead.
If you compare the first photo to the ones that came after it, there are tiny reflections which the other shots don't include. I guess I tried to spread the lamplight with the foil-covered cardboards and it didn't do much, so I continued without. When seeing that now, I think I should have continued to use the spreading tools.
Unlike in Ruska's case, I was able to take closeup photos and it didn't feel weird or useless at all. And in case some (many) of my photos look like they have been taken from a bit too above and not so much on the horse's level, the reason for that is only because the backdrop paper wasn't large enough.
These were also edited very minimally. The joys of monochromatic photos. No need to rip nerves into pieces thanks to stupid lamplights (my arch enemy). Though, I mainly left the editing minimal because otherwise I could have taken the contrast too far (I like to make bright brighter and dark darker), and the smooth atmosphere could have been gone then.
Seriously, the next time I take photos like that from this horse, I am sure to put a bridle on him.
