Dear Sharon,
Thank you so much for such a thoughtful response to my photos. I don't have any kind of metering device. After I took these photos I remembered reading somewhere that the model shouldn't be wearing a white shirt.
I can take (whatever it is in my digital camera, don't know the right word) to the printmaker and can't she lighten these up? Since I can paint the colors from life could she lighten them and then I could use the photos more for the form? Hmm, maybe that won't work. I read on the forum where one artist takes his photos in B&W and then paints the color from life.
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Originally Posted by Sharon Knettell
Make sure there are no trees at least 35' (50' is ideal) from where you are working. They can cast a dreadful Kermit like glow to skin and fabric.
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Are you seeing green on her face? The ones taken by the garage have some trees up high over the edge of the driveway. Could this be causing the green?
Though I did take the first batch of photos late in the afternoon, the five posted above were taken between 11:00 -11:30 a.m. on a sunny day. I just don't know why my photos are consistently too dark. I just reviewed the photos from yesterday and they are all as dark as the ones I posted above or darker. I will buy that metering device you talked about above and that should at least tell me what I'm looking at as far as darkness/lightness. I also need to retake these with my daughter closer to the light.
Would you recommend against me trying to paint from these photos? I got some good poses but I guess I can do that again if I did it once.
Thank you again,
Joan