Ketsia : Fashion

I've worked with Ketsia 6 times and she is an absolute joy to shoot. This is from her recent Fashion shoot. This is a great example of how consumer glass or glass that isn't considered 'pro' can do an outstanding job when you're working with strobes in high contrast scenarios.

Camera & Lens:
Nikon D300 & Nikon 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5

Settings:
ISO 200, 46mm, f/8, 1/160s

Lighting:
Main Light- 36" x 48" Softbox w/inner diffusion only [positioned just off to camera left and above subject]
Fill Light- 60" silver umbrella [positioned on axis, directly behind me]

Nice toning.

Thanks, Ted.

Love the photo Robert, beautiful subject material.
I do have one small question if I may, what factors determines that a lens is
considered consumer-glass, as opposed to pro-glass? Is it the ability for the
pro-glass to get opened up to something like f/2.8 or better? Or am I missing
the point and it's something else totally different?

madcapmagishion said:

I do have one small question if I may, what factors determines that a lens is
considered consumer-glass, as opposed to pro-glass?

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One indication is determined by how many numbers occur before the decimal point in the price. :beguiled:

Typically, aside from gold and red rings, prestige and hefty price tags, the thing that really differentiates consumer from pro glass is having a fixed aperture and/or a fast aperture.

Most 'pro' glass is fixed f/2.8 or faster, whereas most 'consumer' is variable aperture and won't be any faster than f/3.5 at the widest aperture.