I really like the look of this first shot. The background was actually some chroma key green screen. It was thick and instead of wrinkling like regular fabrics, it sort of bent into this really organic wavy texture. It looked great in black and white, not quite as nice in bright green.
I threw up a dark brown background for this next shot. Her hair seemed to fade into the background so I set up a light on the left side to light her hair. This separated her from the background enough and added some drama to the shot.
Though I am a big fan of black and white photography, not everyone is. So, here is one in color. Michelle says this one looks waaayyy too much like her senior portraits from back in high school.
This shot was taken before I figured out their lights could be turned down. I had my aperture up to somewhere around f/11, I think. Much higher than I would like. My depth of field got the backgound in focus as well as the subject, which I found unflattering. Once I got the lights turned down, I could use a larger aperture and get the background out of the depth of field. Out of the shots with my aperture cranked up to 11, I prefer the pose in this one.
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