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Hi Peter,
My concept with this piece was all about the attitude of a 15 year old girl - which is basically scary! So I wanted a few dark shadows, sloppy dress (belly hanging out) and mascara under her eyes. Usually I get too much light in the shadow area.
My thoughts on my reference is it works for me. I feel like I can never have enough. My optimal is to have the person sitting in front of me, but if I can't, I'll want everything else. Even if I had color photos which I'll have, too, I will want them over/under exposed, it's the only way you can see the extra detail in the shadow and highlights. I'll have the clothes, shoes and accessories in my studio, too, plus the backdrops. I blow my reference up to size and put it 2 feet away from my easel so I can look at it like I would a model. This is just what works for me. Show me with some examples what you've been doing, I think it's always interesting to see.
Michele and Lisa, we need to take the camera lens discussion to another area, because this always confuses me. I have never understood how just zooming in, isn't just hiding the problem - how about a demo Michele? Please oh please, it would be great to learn to do this properly so I could send out for slides. My shots are not only warped they are flat and really do my art a disadvantage, those who have seen it in person can really attest to this.
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