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Aeka 2.0 posted:She was under photo therapy. Those lights didn't play well with my camera, The sensor was picking up stuff out of normal spectrum. The only way to fix it is to just go B&W like this: Please don't take this badly or as an insult, and it may be something to do with being a new dad myself, but in black and white those are terrifying to me. It's the coldness of the tone combined with the lack of b&w processing, the similar tones making it hard to determine shapes and what you're really looking at. It's nothing to do with your girls who I'm sure are incredibly lovely, but those two shots are making my dad brain do somersaults. The first four are lovely and sweet (as well as compositionally interesting and emotionally captivating) and make my dad brain warm and pleased. McMadCow posted:He's just standing there, doing nothing, and not looking particularly engaged. It's got no narrative to it. You should be making pictures to tell the story of what's happening in there. So come up with an action- fictional is perfectly fine- and try to convey it with your staging/composition/lighting/models. The other thing that immediately sticks out to me as portrait photographer of "regular" people is that he's giving it the infamous "I know there's a camera over there photographing me" face/body language.
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Gazmachine posted:Please don't take this badly or as an insult, and it may be something to do with being a new dad myself, but in black and white those are terrifying to me. It's the coldness of the tone combined with the lack of b&w processing, the similar tones making it hard to determine shapes and what you're really looking at. It's nothing to do with your girls who I'm sure are incredibly lovely, but those two shots are making my dad brain do somersaults. The first four are lovely and sweet (as well as compositionally interesting and emotionally captivating) and make my dad brain warm and pleased. Yes this is why I didn't post these two originally. They have no real focus, it is a jumble to look at. And you are right, I just slid down the saturation and a few quick adjustments, it was really low effort post on my part. Thanks for reaffirming my thoughts, I need people like you guys to strike any doubt. Aeka 2.0 fucked around with this message at 03:43 on Jan 27, 2012 |
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Have you seen my apex seals? I seem to have lost them.
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McMadCow posted:
IMHO I liked them more like that than centered (except if they were taken vertically and not horizontally) but I tend to like horizontal pictures more because that's the way my eyes see. Let's just say I see what you're saying but I don't agree with it. Edit: as for the dark area, he was sitting on some sort of theater bench, I had no stool
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I like the look of the 1/3 to 2/3 arrangement.  Photo108(6x4) by torgeaux, on Flickr
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I've got a question about post, or maybe it's more of a style thing. My photography tends to be very sharp and vivid, but recently I've been noticing a more washed out, almost hazy style that I really like. For example : Flowers This photographer does it a lot. Emily Soto : 1 2 It looks, to me, a little too consistent to be actual lens flare. I'm wondering what she's doing in post to get that look. I've spent so much time making sure my images are sharp and contrasty that I am kinda stumped on how to get this look.
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Aeka 2.0 posted:Regardless of the color tones, the emotional impact of this photo is just...drat.
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Pagan posted:...I am kinda stumped on how to get this look. Are you sure you want to? Flickr is overflowing with zillions of pictures that look exactly like that.
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McMadCow posted:Are you sure you want to? Flickr is overflowing with zillions of pictures that look exactly like that. I want to know how to do it. What's wrong with having more than one style to choose from?
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Easiest way would be to add an exclusion layer, fill it with a colour and adjust the opacity to your liking.
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aliencowboy posted:Easiest way would be to add an exclusion layer, fill it with a colour and adjust the opacity to your liking. That's good advice; messing around with that and a few other effects let me get pretty close.
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Here you go, Dorkroom- have some girl-on-girl action.   Sasha and Lindsay by McMadCow, on Flickr
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So this has been my January. First up, a quick desk-portrait of my boss, done at the last minute, natural light. mister stewart by thetzar, on Flickr This is a co-worker of mine, heading to a different office for a year, natural light.  Untitled by thetzar, on Flickr These next three are of some friends of mine who went swimming in the Atlantic Ocean at Coney Island on New Year's Day  Untitled by thetzar, on Flickr  Untitled by thetzar, on Flickr  Untitled by thetzar, on Flickr
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Those are all great.
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Pagan posted:I've spent so much time making sure my images are sharp and contrasty that I am kinda stumped on how to get this look. We use a custom combo of photoshop actions at my studio to get looks like that. v  v
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 IMG_7510 by avoyer, on Flickr  IMG_7669 by avoyer, on Flickr Be mentally ready to see boudoir/corset shots in the upcoming days 
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xenilk posted:
This one is pretty good. She may be a touch too centered for her pose, but that's a personal thing. I'd like to maybe see a little more light on her face since she is engaging the camera. I like the way you used her pose- good multiple layers of focus. Nice work.
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McMadCow posted:This one is pretty good. She may be a touch too centered for her pose, but that's a personal thing. I'd like to maybe see a little more light on her face since she is engaging the camera. I agree with the centering, Ideally it would have been nice to have her on the right side of the image. I'll keep that in mind for the next times, I learnt a lot from it
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I've asked for some tips on shooting basic headshots for a company address book before (thanks everyone, by the way) and there's something I didn't think of in advance but could have, given the number of people. How do you generally deal with people who have strabismus or other disorders that cause their eyes to not be properly aligned? Something to minimize it during shooting, or "fixing" post? Or nothing, even?
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mobby_6kl posted:I've asked for some tips on shooting basic headshots for a company address book before (thanks everyone, by the way) and there's something I didn't think of in advance but could have, given the number of people. How do you generally deal with people who have strabismus or other disorders that cause their eyes to not be properly aligned? Something to minimize it during shooting, or "fixing" post? Or nothing, even? Put the "weird" eye away from the camera, and use short lighting. Most people with problems like that, though, know exactly how they look, and they're not going to blame the photographer for it. Fat people, on the other hand, have absolutely no idea how much they really weigh until they see a picture, and then it's all the photographers fault.
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mobby_6kl posted:I've asked for some tips on shooting basic headshots for a company address book before (thanks everyone, by the way) and there's something I didn't think of in advance but could have, given the number of people. How do you generally deal with people who have strabismus or other disorders that cause their eyes to not be properly aligned? Something to minimize it during shooting, or "fixing" post? Or nothing, even? That's not necessarily a photography issue and more of a personal issue. It all depends on the situation, the person and your relationship with them. I've had to deal with it once and the guy basically said to me before we started that "my eye can look a bit off from certain angles, so can we keep that in mind?" so I kind of got a get out of jail free card on that one. It's something that needs to be brought up sensitively but assertively, so that you can spend time getting it "right", or indeed if they're cool with it, just getting on with the photo. I wouldn't recommend altering it in post, especially without their input, because they might be quite insulted by the notion that it needs fixing.
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mobby_6kl posted:I've asked for some tips on shooting basic headshots for a company address book before (thanks everyone, by the way) and there's something I didn't think of in advance but could have, given the number of people. How do you generally deal with people who have strabismus or other disorders that cause their eyes to not be properly aligned? Something to minimize it during shooting, or "fixing" post? Or nothing, even? I ask, "Do you prefer one side of your face over another?" since I know plenty of people prefer one over another. I personally generally prefer my left side.
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People made me good food (homemade pasta) I took pictures of their girl as payment.  abi2 3 par king colliwog, sur Flickr The stupid white thing on the right was corrected, just need to reupload it. Destroy me! KingColliwog fucked around with this message at 05:05 on Feb 1, 2012 |
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^^^^ The face seems a little over exposed and the expression seems quite strained. I usually hate photographing kids as they always have that "photo smile" which is basically a toothy grimace. Pagan posted:Put the "weird" eye away from the camera, and use short lighting. psylent fucked around with this message at 05:57 on Feb 1, 2012 |
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KingColliwog posted:People made me good food (homemade pasta) I took pictures of their girl as payment. It's just the tiniest bit overexposed on her face. Not a lot but the tiniest bit. The composition is fine but her expression is incredibly forced. It's hard to critique a shot like this because I'm sure her parents love it. What I would ask you is what you would like it to look like? Are you planning to go down the route of kid-tography, or portraiture as a whole, or is this a one off?
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psylent posted:^^^^ Hahaha, about the expression yeah it's "awful", but I had no time to make her relax and get shots of her where she would actually laugh and give me a real actual smile. Didn't help that she was scared of the flash for a good 20 minutes. Guess I went a little too far on the post processing because it's not over exposed originally. -- Gazmachine posted:It's just the tiniest bit overexposed on her face. Not a lot but the tiniest bit. Thought I managed to walk on the fine line between "high" exposition and over exposition, guess I went a little too far. I'll try to knock it down a little bit. Yeah her parents will love it, but I posted here to get photographers opinions. Because parents will put anything better than snapshots done inside using P&S with flash on in the "drat that's an awesome picture" category. I'm really happy they like it and feel flattered that they decided not to go get some "professional" ((I don't understand why people would ever pay for that overpriced mall photography) photography done this year and just frame some of my shots, but I'm not crazy and know I still have long way to go before I great portraits. And I would like it to look mostly like that, but with a better expression and a better setting I guess. But then I'd like it to be better than that! And yeah, I'm heading down portrait lane and kid/baby photography and pregnant woman are going to be my best bet if I want to make some money from that in the close future. Here's a less processed version that isn't overexposed (feel like there's too much red in her face, just over her upper lip mostly):  abi2 by king colliwog, on Flickr
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True story: point a camera at my kids and their first instinct is to show every one of their teeth. A couple pictures where they didn't:  IMG_1132 by CougVandal, on Flickr  IMG_1087 by CougVandal, on Flickr Nukular Winter fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Feb 1, 2012 |
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Nukular Winter posted:A couple pictures where they didn't: Sanguis Bibimus Corpus Edimus Prode Corpus Satani! Ave!
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Ha! I told him to give me the "mean mug", that's what he came up with. (Also, nice post + custom title)
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 Oscar (1 of 4) by Rick0r McZany, on Flickr  Oscar (2 of 4) by Rick0r McZany, on Flickr  Oscar (3 of 4) by Rick0r McZany, on Flickr  Oscar (4 of 4) by Rick0r McZany, on Flickr Technically one of my most challenging shoots. Balancing an ever changing sunset with strobes, with the ambient blaze of the fire. Not. Easy.
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Those are great action shots bob, this first and the third are especially BA.
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This looks very challenging technically and I would have taken the easy way out and shot the sunset and the performer separately and then composited them together.
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Remo posted:This looks very challenging technically and I would have taken the easy way out and shot the sunset and the performer separately and then composited them together. For me, compositing would be way more of a pain than practical lighting. Really nice shots, but why did you put him so far on the right in the first shot. He's looking out of the frame? I keep wanting to follow his gaze right, and there's nothing to balance him on the left. The final shot is fantastic.
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The post processing thread seems to be dead, so I'm asking here instead. I'm not sure about the rules of posting other people's pictures, so please let me know if I'm breaking any rules. Ok, so I found this picture... While it's not a very interesting picture, I need some help in describing the tone of the picture. It seems to be a mixture of yellow and cyan, but I'm really not at all sure. How would you describe it? I'd like to create this tone in a portrait, but it's not a "classic" retro tone, is it?  The photographer in question is http://amyschuffphotography.com/
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Mathturbator posted:The post processing thread seems to be dead, so I'm asking here instead. I'm not sure about the rules of posting other people's pictures, so please let me know if I'm breaking any rules. I don't know if this is the right place for this but I think that a slight overexposure, desaturation, lower contrast, up blacks, slight yellow layer.
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Not done any portrait stuff for a while, how's this looking? Jade by AceClown79, on Flickr
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Cross-posting from SAD. Shot a studio portrait for this girl who is a DJ in her spare time. Kendra by alkanphel, on Flickr
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alkanphel posted:Cross-posting from SAD. Shot a studio portrait for this girl who is a DJ in her spare time. I think it's pretty cool, I'd like to know why did you frame her at the wrist? Seems unconventionnal
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xenilk posted:I think it's pretty cool, I'd like to know why did you frame her at the wrist? Seems unconventionnal
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