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Does anyone have a copy of the posing guide? http://jzportraits.home.att.net/chapter-01.html It appears to be offline.
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AtomicManiac posted:Does anyone have a copy of the posing guide? http://jzportraits.home.att.net/chapter-01.html
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pwn posted:You can download it here. The PDF is formatted kinda goofily but all the info is there. Thanks! Someone should edit this into the OP.
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May 31, 2010 08:05
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Major work in progress, I only know a bit of HTML, and the PDF converter threw the frame at me but I'm trying to get it cleaned up a bit and hosted as HTML again since PDFs can be finnicky. Trying to find something better than Notepad at the moment.
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Kazy posted:Major work in progress, I only know a bit of HTML, and the PDF converter threw the frame at me but I'm trying to get it cleaned up a bit and hosted as HTML again since PDFs can be finnicky. as I mentioned before, you can access the full site in html with all the pics by searching the link in http://archive.org .
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nerdz posted:as I mentioned before, you can access the full site in html with all the pics by searching the link in http://archive.org . Archive.org is poo poo slow. It took me way too long, but I grabbed it and fixed up my site with the proper HTML. It should be faster than archive.org. Let me know if there's anything that needs fixing, it should all be there. There were a few images missing from archive, but I got them from the PDF conversion.
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May 31, 2010 22:03
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This is not my shot: I like the look of this one, and I'd really like to know how the photographer took the photo. My guess is something like fill flash like crazy, overexpose by a half stop or so, crank the lightroom clarity slider all the way to the right, and desaturate just a bit. Does that sound right?
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Jun 1, 2010 03:12
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a foolish pianist posted:This is not my shot:
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Jun 1, 2010 08:48
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I'm guessing hella high pass filter too.
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a foolish pianist posted:This is not my shot: You have to look at where the light is coming from, a lot of this look is from the fact she's surrounded by snow and ice, which works as crazy bounce and fill for what looks like a bright overcast sky. To replicate this you'd need an equally white surrounding, or lots of white fill cards all over.
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The light in the photo looks kinda artificial to me, like he cranked the 'Fill Light' slider in Lightroom way to the right.
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It looks a little HDR/Photomatrix. I sort of like it.
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Can someone tell me why that shot is any better than the HDR shots in the "Post terrible photos" thread? To me it looks like someone got the exposure way wrong and then used photoshop to "save" it. I think it could have been a cool shot, but if I had taken that it definitely wouldn't have survived the first round of cuts.
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AtomicManiac posted:Can someone tell me why that shot is any better than the HDR shots in the "Post terrible photos" thread? To me it looks like someone got the exposure way wrong and then used photoshop to "save" it. I think it could have been a cool shot, but if I had taken that it definitely wouldn't have survived the first round of cuts. Oh it's definitely awful, but I was just commenting on what the lighting was like. I think it's a hideous photo.
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This is more proof of concept than any kind of final image. I was experimenting using the sun just before sunset for rim lighting. I think it came out pretty nicely, a nice warm dusky glow. 
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a foolish pianist posted:I like the look of this one... ....does that sound right? No.
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AtomicManiac posted:Can someone tell me why that shot is any better than the HDR shots in the "Post terrible photos" thread? To me it looks like someone got the exposure way wrong and then used photoshop to "save" it. I think it could have been a cool shot, but if I had taken that it definitely wouldn't have survived the first round of cuts. In one instance you are taking a potentially good photo and making it worse, and the other is taking a bad photo and attempting to make it better. I wouldn't call it hideous, but I don't like the photo. Live with the blown highlights, preserve the shadows, and sharpen correctly and it could be a decent portrait. TheLastManStanding fucked around with this message at 08:10 on Jun 2, 2010 |
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I'm sure it could be executed a little better in post, but I think it's a pretty decent try for an interesting concept. No accounting for taste and whatnot.
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The tease of bright colors hurts this a bit. It makes me want it more traditionally exposed, but doesn't really pull me in.
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I want to say you might react differently to it in person, the scan loses the richness of it. I can see what you're saying though, maybe I should have reflected a little light into his face, just to even it out. Another day, another instant print. I am loving this stuff, however, I have run into a problem. I have no way to store them when 'in the field.' The print is particularly vulnerable to dust and smudging when it's freshly peeled, and I don't have anywhere to put it. 
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Reichstag posted:I want to say you might react differently to it in person, the scan loses the richness of it. I can see what you're saying though, maybe I should have reflected a little light into his face, just to even it out. What about a tupperware container?
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I got drafted to help teach PR-type people from my university how to take decent headshots for press releases and whatnot. I have a pretty good idea of how to make a good portrait, but I'm not really sure how to teach it to a horde of non-photographers who can't go much beyond turning their camera on. So any suggestions for what I should try and teach them that they can actually pick up in two hours - other than lighting, I think I've got that well covered already.
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Ubergoat posted:I got drafted to help teach PR-type people from my university how to take decent headshots for press releases and whatnot. I have a pretty good idea of how to make a good portrait, but I'm not really sure how to teach it to a horde of non-photographers who can't go much beyond turning their camera on. So any suggestions for what I should try and teach them that they can actually pick up in two hours - other than lighting, I think I've got that well covered already. Print a checklist they can take home and use. Something like: 1. Check subjects makeup/outfit, fix anything obviously wrong 2. Find a nice, plain, not too bright background 3. Get the subject to sit/stand up straight, good posture is flattering 4. Position lighting *like so*, maybe include a diagram for this 5. Frame the subject *like so*, maybe a line drawing or example to demonstrate what a head shot should show (hint: it's the head) Anything that actually involves camera settings or focal plane is probably going to be too technical to teach non photographers in 2 hours, unless they are really motivated. Find a book or website with that stuff to refer them to if they want to take even better photos. You could probably condense the check list down to business card sized and encourage them to keep it with (taped to) their camera. And by leaving out all the technical stuff you should have enough time to let them take a few shots and give pointers, assuming the group is fairly small and they have cameras with them.
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So this month I'm going on a "Shooting Spree". 30 days, 30 shoots. I hope it'll improve my work a lot, and help put my name out there, and hopefully I'll have some great shots to show for it. I'm 3 days in and I've already got some amazing shots, and an offer to buy a print, so it's going great so far. Here's some portrait efforts that I'd love critique on, especially after my horrendous attempt in a make-shift studio:   This one is for Reichstag:   All of them were shot with available light. I just got my 430exii in the mail, so I'm excited to see what kind of shots I get tonight.
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AtomicManiac posted:So this month I'm going on a "Shooting Spree". 30 days, 30 shoots. I hope it'll improve my work a lot, and help put my name out there, and hopefully I'll have some great shots to show for it. I'm 3 days in and I've already got some amazing shots, and an offer to buy a print, so it's going great so far. Show the full face in the top one - maybe make the psycho killer graffiti more legible. Second one, be mindful of your cropping. Make it look decisive and less like an accident. I suggest cropping at mid-thigh. Maybe touch up that skin fold too.
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AtomicManiac posted:So this month I'm going on a "Shooting Spree". 30 days, 30 shoots. I hope it'll improve my work a lot, and help put my name out there, and hopefully I'll have some great shots to show for it. I'm 3 days in and I've already got some amazing shots, and an offer to buy a print, so it's going great so far. gently caress, the amount of work and effort you put in puts me to shame, I need to get myself motivated to do something like this. How did you plan it all? any tips?
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Thanks for the advice, the second one isn't cropped, yet, I'll have to play with it. How do you suggest cleaning up the skin fold? On the first one I used the liquify filter to tuck her tummy a bit because she holds it weird in some shots and it makes it look a lot bigger than it is, but I'm not super good at it and touching up shots like that always makes me hate them because all I can see are the major surgery in the shots.fronkpies posted:gently caress, the amount of work and effort you put in puts me to shame, I need to get myself motivated to do something like this. For this month I started by keeping tabs on all the concerts I wanted to shoot, after that I looked to my friends in the street racing/car scene for weekly car shows, turns out there's almost one every day. Add in a weekly meeting with friends to play hockey and I had half the month booked. With the remaining time I'm gonna try for TFP shoots with some models on Model Mayhem and I might try to get cute friends to let me shoot them as well. Any open days after that will get filled with practicing random photography, specifically Macro, Landscapes, Food and Architecture.
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AtomicManiac posted:Thanks for the advice, the second one isn't cropped, yet, I'll have to play with it. How do you suggest cleaning up the skin fold? On the first one I used the liquify filter to tuck her tummy a bit because she holds it weird in some shots and it makes it look a lot bigger than it is, but I'm not super good at it and touching up shots like that always makes me hate them because all I can see are the major surgery in the shots. I'm the same way about retouching, but I think it'll really help. I'd say just clone the line. I meant framing instead of cropping, I'm sorry. Like how you've cut off half her foot - it doesn't look natural or intentional.
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AtomicManiac posted:This one is for Reichstag: Thanks. 
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AtomicManiac posted:Thanks for the advice, the second one isn't cropped, yet, I'll have to play with it. How do you suggest cleaning up the skin fold? On the first one I used the liquify filter to tuck her tummy a bit because she holds it weird in some shots and it makes it look a lot bigger than it is, but I'm not super good at it and touching up shots like that always makes me hate them because all I can see are the major surgery in the shots. First thing I notice: they're a little dark, and the clothes are awful  . Those shorts look really bad and do no favors towards her body. I'm exactly sure how she's posing in that first shot, but it kind of looks like she's feels like she's being "coy" but coming off quite awkward, same with the second. In the second one, it also looks like her leg is quite purple and her pose is extremely awkward (possibly due to the weird lower left angle). That's what's making her arm and belly looking yucky. The cut-off at her foot is kind of weird too.Keep shooting, but also take a look at people's who's work you like and look at how the models are posed and how they're cropped and so on. Try starting more simply, maybe try mimicking simple photos from other people, and move on from there.
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I have a couple of questions guys. I am going to be doing a series of nudes in the next few weeks/month. The shots will vary from abstract nudes - artistic nudes - fairly graphic (maybe even pornographic in the eyes of some). Will it be ok to post all of these in this forum? Can I post them in this thread, the PAD thread or should I keep them in the fine art thread?
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Whitezombi posted:I have a couple of questions guys. I think NSFW them and it should be okay.
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Whitezombi posted:I have a couple of questions guys. Toss a NWS tag and link them as opposed to posting them.
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Reichstag posted:Another day, another instant print. I am loving this stuff, however, I have run into a problem. I have no way to store them when 'in the field.' The print is particularly vulnerable to dust and smudging when it's freshly peeled, and I don't have anywhere to put it. Yeah, I know what you mean. I was tossing them into the empty space in my bag where the camera went (so they weren't getting crushed or anything), but it's still less than ideal. My idea is to take a tupperware or some other kind of plastic box and try to find a way to stick some septums in it, so I have slots to drop the individual prints/negs in (might cannibalize some of the busted wooden film holders I have laying around for the dividers). I think individual storage is best, because they're still a little wet/gooey from the developing and I don't like how stuff sticks together if left to its own devices. I guess Ziploc bags in a tupperware would work, but it seems kind of inelegant.
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Paragon8 posted:I think NSFW them and it should be okay. AtomicManiac posted:Toss a NWS tag and link them as opposed to posting them. I figured that - I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't breaking any rules by posting the more graphic images. Reichstag posted:Another day, another instant print. I am loving this stuff, however, I have run into a problem. I have no way to store them when 'in the field.' The print is particularly vulnerable to dust and smudging when it's freshly peeled, and I don't have anywhere to put it.] Pompous Rhombus posted:Yeah, I know what you mean. I was tossing them into the empty space in my bag where the camera went (so they weren't getting crushed or anything), but it's still less than ideal. My idea is to take a tupperware or some other kind of plastic box and try to find a way to stick some septums in it, so I have slots to drop the individual prints/negs in (might cannibalize some of the busted wooden film holders I have laying around for the dividers). I think individual storage is best, because they're still a little wet/gooey from the developing and I don't like how stuff sticks together if left to its own devices. I guess Ziploc bags in a tupperware would work, but it seems kind of inelegant. What are you guys doing instant prints with?
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http://www.amazon.com/Fujicolor-Professional-Color-Instant-Film/dp/B0000B0ADI The holder (either a Fuji PA-45, or a Polaroid 550) is way overpriced at $125-175, but I eventually broke down and bought one.
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Over the past month, I've done a ton of portraits of business owners for a magazine I'm working with. It's both really exciting and nerve wracking because they agree to take an hour with you and look to me for ultimate direction. In most cases, I have no idea what I want and kind of fumble a bit for 15 minutes, and then as we both settle down and get more comfortable, good stuff starts to turn out. I'm always so indecisive on which ones I like the best. This woman owns a local womens soccer team.  This guy opened a surf shop 30 years ago and put 3 kids through college with it. Amazing dude, who gave up a more lucrative career to just be closer to the surf.  These guys run 3 Harley dealerships. I was super anxious during this shoot, it was the first time I used my studio lights for real for real. Like a dumbass, I forgot to pack my umbrellas so I had to work bare bulb. I'm not sure happy with it and was scrambling and felt like a general idiot the whole time. My ADD really kicked in here because of all the shiny things and loud noises.  He owns a movie theaters chain that also serve dinner and beer while you watch. He was a lot of fun to talk to. The photos from inside the actual theater came out horrendous. The ones in the lobby were much better.  A gym owner and former Olympic athlete. She was busy working with her clients on the hour I was scheduled to shoot, which was cool because I could just watch and let her do her thing.  Another gym owner who was really awkward on camera. He's a nice dude who could totally destroy you with his pinky.  So I mean, I've been really lucky to get all this experience, but it's very very tough to get people comfortable. It's also hard for me because I can't do very much preparation or research. I just get sent to the businesses, block out an hour, and make some images. I think I'm also building a pretty solid portfolio with this stuff.
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