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Blakles posted:But there's light all over her face? the camera captures the image faster than how long it takes for the pupils to contract from exposure to the strobes.
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^^^^Curses  ^^^^Blakles posted:But there's light all over her face? When you photograph with strobes, the eyes don't have time to constrict.
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^^^^dammit!^^^^Blakles posted:But there's light all over her face? He's using a flash, so the duration of the light is shorter than the time it takes the eye to react to the light. If he took a couple of follow up pictures, you'd see the pupil getting smaller and smaller.
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Blakles posted:But there's light all over her face? For a split second. Not long enough for the pupils to react. EDIT: I regret nothing.
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haha, that was great. Because we've got a mix of styles of portrait shooters here, I was wondering what everyone's attitudes were regarding post processing. Especially with things like using liquify to alter facial shapes and slim people down. At first I was all "raaar, straight out of camera bitches" but now I'm doing a lot more post. This is what I was messing around with earlier just to work with airbrushing and liquify. Just quick and dirty. I know the shoulder got a little messed up. edit: bah, accidentally linked them giant. will fix in a bit
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Blakles posted:I'm new to photography so forgive me if this is a stupid question to the rest of you experts, but how did you keep her pupils so big? Did you just photoshop them like that afterward or was it something you did with the lighting during the shoot? Sorry I missed your question. I actually don't know how this happened... Since I was using hotshoe strobes for the shoot, when I was focusing I'd quickly flick the overhead lights on, focus, then flick them off again, I wonder if her pupils are a side effect of that?
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Paragon8 posted:haha, that was great. I use clone/heal to take out any blemishes, dodge the eyes a bit then run levels and curves. I like my work to look some-what realistic since I'm not shooting commercial or fashion work. I'd rather the person think they looked really good then think I was really good at photoshopping them.
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EDIT: Yeah there was two pages between this and what I was replying to.
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Did a shoot for one of my friends recently. I'm still really new to working with a model (or model-type subject) and directing, adjusting little details while I shoot, etc. I keep going back and kicking myself for little nitpicky things I notice later but didn't catch in the moment. right before I stomped down that plant in the foreground  The set (unedited except for a couple): http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_bradshaw/sets/72157624451407178/
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AtomicManiac posted:I use clone/heal to take out any blemishes, dodge the eyes a bit then run levels and curves. I like my work to look some-what realistic since I'm not shooting commercial or fashion work. I'd rather the person think they looked really good then think I was really good at photoshopping them. I'm in this boat, too. A protrait should show someone their best self. I think photoshop should be a 10% program, as in getting a photo that's 90% of the way there to 100%. Not the substitute for technical knowledge that the "terrible photographers" thread has shown. To that end, here is my first ever attempt at raw processing a photo. Shot raw, adjusted WB & exposure in UFRaw, edited (dodged eyes, healed blemishes, changed levels) in GIMP. Took me about an hour, but I think the final product makes it worthwhile. Possibly  due to lingerie/cleavage. http://www.flickr.com/photos/chayden/4777713230/
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Jul 9, 2010 17:59
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Yea, that's a pretty bad expression/pose.
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evil_bunnY posted:She looks stoned I was aiming for sultry  . Here's another one from the set, which is hopefully more of the 'smoldering' look i was going for. I need a creative partner or something, I'm pretty bad at interpreting facial expressions.http://www.flickr.com/photos/chayden/4777989339/
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red19fire posted:I was aiming for sultry It's pretty much the same as the first. I think you need to play with your lighting and composition more. It's mostly flat lighting which reduces the photo to "just look at this person" which in this case is just an unhappy looking girl squeezing her big boobs together. Try placing the flash in different places.. maybe a silhouette shot would have worked better for her since it seems her facial expressions are kinda weak. Content: Took this on top of a mountain last night. 
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This is my first "shoot" with my Alienbee. After spending the night, my friend/"assistant" made me pancakes. So I threw up my light and took a few shots. Strobist: Alienbee B-800 through a 30" shoot-through umbrella at 1/32 power. I feel like her face is a little blown out, but it might just be because she's so incredibly pale. It's not as bad on the shots in color, though she's a step back: 
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AtomicManiac posted:Top one is a LOT more flattering due to softer shadows and blow outs. She's aged 10 years in the second one.
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Anti_Social posted:
That's awesome work, I love how the shadow he casts brings out the texture of the floor.
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What kind of lighting setup did you use?
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a foolish pianist posted:What kind of lighting setup did you use? It looks to me like it was a single strobe fired from behind. On an unrelated note, What kind of poses give people the slimmest look? I tried putting them side-ways but it came out weird. I also feel weird yelling "Suck in your gut fatty!". Any tips for that? I've learned that I need to go over basics of posing with people, especially musicians who aren't going to have any knowledge of how to look best for the camera, though truth be told I only know a few tips to pass along. AtomicManiac fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Jul 18, 2010 |
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Borrowed some lights to play with. I think I am starting to get the hang of them.  
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AtomicManiac posted:On an unrelated note, What kind of poses give people the slimiest look? I tried putting them side-ways but it came out weird. I also feel weird yelling "Suck in your gut fatty!". Any tips for that? I've learned that I need to go over basics of posing with people, especially musicians who aren't going to have any knowledge of how to look best for the camera, though truth be told I only know a few tips to pass along. A cheap suit and a fake smile go a long way. If it's a guy, maybe a pedo-stache.
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Elemeno^P posted:Borrowed some lights to play with. I think I am starting to get the hang of them. I like these. What kind of a light set up did you use?
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aliencowboy posted:I like these. What kind of a light set up did you use? I had an Elinchrom D-lite 4, camera left, up high with a 25" softbox. Camera right, I was using a gold reflector panel, and a speedlight behind our heads for some rim lighting. I am triggering the strobe's photocell by daisy-chaining together a couple off-camera flash cords connected to the speedlight. Kinda hacky, but it works.
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a foolish pianist posted:What kind of lighting setup did you use? That was a flash camera-right with a strip softbox, and a flash on the other side of the door behind him. It gave a perfect wraparound on his face, so it really does look like light is coming from everywhere.
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AtomicManiac posted:It looks to me like it was a single strobe fired from behind. Directly from the side actually makes people look fatter because it shows the stomach so prominently (like in maternity shots). Try a 3/4, and the RIGHT CLOTHES (this makes a biiig deal) Big belts can help define a waist, and clothes that aren't too big (this makes people look bigger). If you don't have control over the clothes, try getting them to be more dynamic so they engage some muscles and get some kind of definition.
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Whitezombi posted:I would desat the oranges a tad... I'm sure it's entirely plausible that her skin was really that color or maybe my work monitor blows, but this photo has an "atomic orange" kinda vibe. Otherwise it's a nice casual portrait.
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RangerScum posted:I would desat the oranges a tad... I'm sure it's entirely plausible that her skin was really that color or maybe my work monitor blows, but this photo has an "atomic orange" kinda vibe. Otherwise it's a nice casual portrait. He.  Hmmmm I'll have to look at it at home - it does look a little saturated on my work monitors. Thanks.
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Whitezombi posted:I keep going back and forth between her face and the mask in the top left. It's quite distracting. The color looks fine though.
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This guy is one of the best Indonesian mask makers in the world - I had to get some of his masks behind him. I tweaked the color a little.
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First real portrait session ever.. Thought I'd try my hand at portrait/glamor shooting, as one of my photographer friends was bringing around her newbie model friend for a few test shots. 
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Cyberbob posted:First real portrait session ever.. I really don't like the angle on this photo. It feels very cramped. She looks good though, and the colours are all nice together.
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I've got a shoot tomorrow with a model who's missing a leg. Any tips on posing her without drawing too much attention to that fact?
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Fragrag posted:I've got a shoot tomorrow with a model who's missing a leg. Any tips on posing her without drawing too much attention to that fact? Why? I mean, I know why you wouldn't actually want to draw attention to it, but I assume you mean "minimize it." Normal posing, normal shots, just with only one leg, is the way to go. She's not trying to make it appear she has two legs, right?
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Fragrag posted:I've got a shoot tomorrow with a model who's missing a leg. Any tips on posing her without drawing too much attention to that fact? Use the clone tool in processing?
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evil_bunnY posted:Not blowing them out in the first place would help (turn on the blinkies!), but yeah once it's done there's not much you can get out of them. I'm probably about to embarrass myself by asking but what are blinkies referring to in this case?
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