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There's currently a rerun on CreativeLIVE of Matthew Jordan Smith' live course, it's ongoing throughout the weekend. This is a head up for anyone that care. (I do!) http://www.creativelive.com/live
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McMadCow posted:Printed this one tonight, same model. As you state 'inaccessible' is exactly how I'd describe your images, it's a good thing, many of your photos feel like they're taken from an film or a story book. A fragment of a narrative that the reader has no way of piecing together but it makes them all the more intriguing none-the-less. Your models don't seek to be beautiful (though they are) and through that and the mix of haunting, often unnerving posing, the covered or hidden faces and the frightened or piercing expressions comes a want to know more and see more. Now excuse me I'm going to put on a beret and watch Breathless while wanking to a Smiths album.
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Nov 12, 2011 02:41
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   Pretty much me IRL. thanks, BTW 
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Nov 12, 2011 03:06
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Have you thought about putting together a narrative? I think that could be really cool.
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Nov 12, 2011 03:31
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Playing with movements and processing (crosspost from SAD): IMG_3073 by avoyer, on Flickr  IMG_3008 by avoyer, on Flickr  IMG_3006 by avoyer, on Flickr
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Cyberbob posted:Our biggest photo project to date.. 7 models of various experience (one's been doing it for 5 years, one's been doing it for 3 weeks), and multiple makeup artists. FYI, the wife just wrote up the "Behind the Scenes" for this shoot. http://blogs.mczany.com/ Some day we'll invest in a decent SLR w/ video and get some cool BTS vids out of it. Cyberbob fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Nov 14, 2011 |
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Nov 14, 2011 06:37
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Got a chance to hang out with a 135L and put some clicks on the new 5D2 today. (Soz for the spam)       Sorry for the long post. I'm excited to get some time with the new camera. Elite Taco fucked around with this message at 04:48 on Nov 15, 2011 |
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Nov 14, 2011 07:32
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Elite Taco posted:Got a chance to hang out with a 135L and put some clicks on the new 5D2 today. (Soz for the spam) Like I said to PIMM, I'm glad someone is photographing us redheads, we're slowly dying out  The color and tone for these is really nice, they all compliment her hair colour and provide a soft pleasant feel. To critique: In the first I feel like her movement should obligate negative space to the left of frame rather than the right, and so my eye has trouble keeping with her. The second I feel she's a little too central, and has too much headroom, perhaps try cropping it so the bridge rail to the left of frame leads our eye towards her? Or the right, though again, negative space to compliment facing and movement. The image by the fountain is stellar, love the way the solid dark green of the background contrasts with her hair and draws us to it, good job balancing the composition with the orange flare there, I think it completes the image nicely. Assuming they're not natural how do you create your flares? Particularly interested in how you get them looking so soft, mine (+brightness or +exp Grad filter in LR) inevitably just look too grainy, washed out and 'digital' to be usable. XTimmy fucked around with this message at 09:34 on Nov 14, 2011 |
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Nov 14, 2011 09:30
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The 2nd to last one is really nice, especially in terms of body language and expression. Isn't the 135 the best?  They all look great though on some the composition is a bit off (side cut off, feet cut off etc), also the armpit one is a little awkward.
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Nov 14, 2011 17:58
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nonanone posted:Have you thought about putting together a narrative? I think that could be really cool. I've done some sets with a recurring theme, but only tried to tackle the narrative thing once. I wasn't terribly pleased at how the narrative aspect of it turned out, but I did get a few keeper shots that worked stand-alone. I should probably try it again some time... McMadCow fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Nov 14, 2011 |
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Nov 14, 2011 18:13
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XTimmy posted:Like I said to PIMM, I'm glad someone is photographing us redheads, we're slowly dying out Thanks for the feedback! I'll mess around with the editing and incorporate your thoughts and see how they look. I especially like the point you make about negative space in the direction she's facing. The lens flares are legit. I am pretty  about hoods, and the 135 has a giant front element right up at the face of the lens.I'll work on these a bit tonight. nonanone posted:The 2nd to last one is really nice, especially in terms of body language and expression. Isn't the 135 the best? I think my wallet is about to get punched about 135L times. I'll look through them again tonight and see how they look when it's not 1AM.
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Nov 14, 2011 18:32
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xenilk posted:Playing with movements and processing (crosspost from SAD): Care to indulge me as to how you get that thing so flowy? Is that post work?
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Nov 14, 2011 20:49
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I love the sound of the 135L and it's had some great reviews, but don't you have to stand on the other side of a street to get a picture of someone with it? I can understand it would be handy for sneaky long distance street shots and when you're in big open spaces but i assume it would be a bit useless in most indoor settings? Or am I overestimating its reach?
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Nov 14, 2011 21:49
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No. On a ff camera it is a back the gently caress up lens. It is also amazing. On a crop you'll be better off with an 84/1.8 cause you would be 20+ feet away for full body shots.
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Nov 14, 2011 21:59
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Elite Taco posted:No. On a ff camera it is a back the gently caress up lens. It is also amazing. On a crop you'll be better off with an 84/1.8 cause you would be 20+ feet away for full body shots. One important thing to note is while, yes, you will have to be very far from the subject for a full body shot, the 135mm will compress the background a lot more than the 84mm. It also flattens the shapes a bit more. It's all about the angle of view. http://www.learnmyshot.com/Telephoto+Lens+Perspective+Compression+and+the+Angle+of+View Sometimes, it's worth being 20 meters from your subject depending on what you shoot against.
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Nov 14, 2011 23:57
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84 is the perfect number of millimeters  Man, I'm tired and iPhone typing isn't my best skill.
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Well I mean the discounted and rare 84L is one of the best lenses for portraits. If you've got one of those you definitely don't need a 135.
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Nov 15, 2011 00:43
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Here's a Brenizer Method attempt from last night: I used the 135L instead of the 84 on this one. Elite Taco fucked around with this message at 04:06 on Nov 15, 2011 |
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Nov 15, 2011 03:43
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I know she's not quite chopped at the joints, but your cropping at her arms looks pretty awkward to me. Probably because of how her pose forms a triangle. We look and see it terminating where there's arm.
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Nov 15, 2011 05:19
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^^ I agree. I can't get the stitching to work for the extra frames.  I have 100+ frames of the whole scene, but I must have shifted the camera or something cause beyond this crop I get a discontinuity in her arm and then things start to distort
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Nov 15, 2011 05:23
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That took 100 frames? I barely know what I'm doing and can get a decent Breznier effect happening with about 20 shots, and that includes full body and surrounds!
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Nov 15, 2011 05:28
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No, that's only 20 or so.
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Nov 15, 2011 05:40
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I was thinking about that whole Breznier thing. For the amount of trouble and time it takes, you might as well use a medium format camera, send the film in then sit back and relax while some lab dude does the work.
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Nov 15, 2011 05:57
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The best way to get medium format type effects is to shoot medium format. We have a thread over here http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3191750 
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sw1gger posted:Care to indulge me as to how you get that thing so flowy? Is that post work? I had an assistant throw the veil up in the air I wish I'd done it in a more open space but it's pretty easy to pull off pretty much anywhere, as long as you have someone ready to help (and patient, very patient!)
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Nov 15, 2011 16:29
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This is my first time posting in this thread, but I had a shoot with one of my go-to models the other day. It was in the pitch-black woods and all I brought was my Bronica SQ-Ai w/ 80mm 2.8 lens, a roll of Portra 400, and one old Canon Speedlite. I also didn't have my light meter so I have to guesstimate and pray. So, all in all I'm happy with the images I got, but feel like the post production is lacking a bit. That's where I'd like some tips.  Handful of Stars by iantuten, on Flickr  In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion by iantuten, on Flickr
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Nov 18, 2011 20:12
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Elite Taco posted:^^ I agree. I can't get the stitching to work for the extra frames. Just take it in a little tighter and liquify that tricep in.
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QPZIL posted:So, all in all I'm happy with the images I got, but feel like the post production is lacking a bit. That's where I'd like some tips. The hard shadow of her nose in the second image is quite distracting.
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QPZIL posted:
I think the lighting is too harsh in #1 and the shadow from the nose in #2 is killing it for me. I agree with Cross that both need a change in white balance because I don't really like the color in either, but I am not sure I'd make it colder.. I don't really like the blues in your first image... I'd get rid of the blue completely. Also I'm not a big fan of the double exposure in the first one, but getting rid of the blue might help. I did a photoshoot at night once a couple years ago and I had pretty similar results:  Pumpkin Patch 2 by Myotomy, on Flickr I didn't really enjoy processing the shot, just because of my limitations to light the scene with just two strobes... and you only had one to work with. It was way too "contrasty" to really play around with. If I could do this particular shoot again, I would have taken a long exposure of just the scene with no flash added, so I have a good base to work with, then I'd layer in the elements on top of that and blend it to fit nicely. Also the model made me put in that watermark, no hating allowed!
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Nov 19, 2011 05:21
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It's family portrait session season GO GO GO.
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Nov 20, 2011 02:27
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My friend gave me permission to post this up here for some feedback. It was taken really on-the-moment when he was naturally positioned like this and I was sitting next to him in a shopping centre where we were eating dessert during a friends' birthday celebration. Minimal editing, only colour curves and desaturation. Sigma 30mm f/1.4 on my Pentax K-r.  Yay! I finally worked out how to do the click through links!
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 Fuji fp-3000b45 Katarena posted:My friend gave me permission to post this up here for some feedback. It was taken really on-the-moment when he was naturally positioned like this and I was sitting next to him in a shopping centre where we were eating dessert during a friends' birthday celebration. Minimal editing, only colour curves and desaturation. 365 Nog Hogger fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Nov 20, 2011 |
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Nov 20, 2011 05:44
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I was a backup shooter (mostly helping with equipment and guiding/fixing models) today but I managed to grab a few shots: IMG_3564 by avoyer, on Flickr  IMG_3604 by avoyer, on Flickr
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Nov 21, 2011 04:56
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You are a raging monster of awesome. You're also the primary reason I've started using more split toning. Those are great!
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Nov 21, 2011 06:25
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Xenilk will be stealing my thunder (as he should, sweet rear end set he was on there!) But here's my wife's youngest ready for sleepy times.  Emilie, Prête a dormir by Maxime Theriault, on Flickr
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Nov 21, 2011 07:04
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This is the best photo you've shown here yet. I would do an exposure adjustment on the top part where the light falls off (a gradient would work perfect) but you may not want to even it out. Great photo.
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Nov 21, 2011 07:19
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Had a workshop today, this is once I snapped while she was posing for the teacher. It's amazing what you can do at 6400 ISO.  It's also amazing what a difference working with a model who knows how to dress, how to pose and a make up artist who does a good job. Aside from curves, minor exposure adjustments and some very light split toning, I've done nothing to these shots. It'd be so nice to photograph pretty people all the time. psylent fucked around with this message at 13:56 on Nov 21, 2011 |
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Nov 21, 2011 13:09
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psylent posted:Had a workshop today, this is once I snapped while she was posing for the teacher. It's amazing what you can do at 6400 ISO.
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XTimmy posted:The bridal one looks like a tad under, I feel like that dress and the highlights on her face should be a great deal brighter. Agreed, there's no real true white point in the image. The other one's got a good tonal range though.
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