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 Art Deco Missy by NoneMoreNegative, on Flickr Photo of the missus while out Friday evening covering a burly do... Shame I had to crop so tight at the bottom and miss the décolletage, but there was an awful brown faux-marble bar just to camera right. Plus point, there was also a big mirror above the bar, so I got amazing even light off one diffused flash head; this has a bit burning along the right jaw/hairline to give a bit depth and shape. And just for fun, a couple of the morning after; ladies, I salute the effort you put in to hair and makeup, I could never be bothered   Missy - The morning-after hair (1) by NoneMoreNegative, on Flickr  Missy - The morning-after hair (2) by NoneMoreNegative, on Flickr Bit soft on the second, I was using a 35 mm I've had in the corner of my bag for ever and never bothered with - didn't realise it went down to f2, hello paper thin DOF : o:
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Couple of things from today's hair and makeup stuff. My absolute favourite model came back today, she hasn't been there for almost a year, so I was insanely pleased. I'm trying to get her to come and do a shoot outside of the make up school's stuff - I haven't really done any "fashion story" type stuff, or just a series of full body portraits with a model. If she agrees, I'll be using the massive local park and shooting in the late afternoon. Cheesy as gently caress, I know, but I just fancy it.   
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Apr 15, 2012 22:09
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I shot a wedding on Saturday and they had a jazz band. The singer was taking a break between sets and was seated in this pose. I bounced a bit of flash off the wall to my left and was quite pleased with the way it turned out considering it wasn't much more than a snapshot:
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Apr 16, 2012 05:28
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Here's one from this weekends shoots, taken by my wife   K J Storey by MrsMcZany, on Flickr
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Apr 17, 2012 01:35
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Cyberbob posted:Here's one from this weekends shoots, taken by my wife That is awesome, bob, the only thing I would have done different is to bring the dish down slightly to get the hair lit on the falling curls, but that is only a personal thing. Did a shoot for an actor over the weekend, easily one of the most challenging things so far. All posing guides are out the window on this one and it's all about capturing a range of emotions and the versatility of the actor.  (link for big http://i.imgur.com/KPXcN.jpg)
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Apr 17, 2012 10:50
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AceClown posted:That is awesome, bob, the only thing I would have done different is to bring the dish down slightly to get the hair lit on the falling curls, but that is only a personal thing. Dude's smile shot looks like he's going to come after me :S I don't think this was your issue, but I would have liked to see a genuine big smile in there somewhere. All his faces kind of look the same to me.
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Apr 17, 2012 15:46
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CarrotFlowers posted:All his faces kind of look the same to me. I have no idea what casting agents (or whoever these photos are aimed at) are looking for but I agree with Carrot, it's the same face over and over. Reminds me of that "It's a mystery" girl GIF. Edit - might not be "its a mystery" but this one - http://i.imgur.com/QFXNw.gif Linked for epilepsy. Jiblet fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Apr 17, 2012 |
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Apr 17, 2012 17:40
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m4mbo posted:Playin with garms is fun. Having nice clothes to shoot makes such a difference! I know people hit on the posing guide suggestion, but I wanted to nth it. You need to think about your model as a body in motion. Stress posing that implies movements, or straight up let her move and shoot when it's happening. Someone doing something is automatically more interesting than someone just standing there.
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Apr 17, 2012 17:50
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Jiblet posted:I have no idea what casting agents (or whoever these photos are aimed at) are looking for but I agree with Carrot, it's the same face over and over. Reminds me of that "It's a mystery" girl GIF. It's how he wanted it done, no big smiles (he goes for serious drama work) with only slight subtle changes in expressions to show different moods, I was working under direction from him for the most part. He's had a few shots done before (typically every 6 months to keep them current) and pretty much knew exactly what he wanted.
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Apr 17, 2012 18:16
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AceClown posted:It's how he wanted it done, no big smiles (he goes for serious drama work) with only slight subtle changes in expressions to show different moods, I was working under direction from him for the most part. He's had a few shots done before (typically every 6 months to keep them current) and pretty much knew exactly what he wanted. And that's fair, that's what I assumed happened. If the client is happy, it's a win. However, I wouldn't use that collage of images in my portfolio, personally, because I don't think there's enough variation to really show different moods and show off your skills and without knowing that that's what the client asked for, it looks like the photographer's weakness instead.
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Apr 17, 2012 19:25
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AceClown posted:It's how he wanted it done, no big smiles (he goes for serious drama work) with only slight subtle changes in expressions to show different moods, I was working under direction from him for the most part. He's had a few shots done before (typically every 6 months to keep them current) and pretty much knew exactly what he wanted. Just as a small counterpoint, I've had shoots like these, where the guy comes in with all these ideas. I had one shoot where the stuff the subject was suggesting was making me cringe and scream inside (I should add that he said "don't worry about directing me, I'm pretty good at this sort of thing" as an opener). After a while, I straight up stopped him and suggested a couple of other ideas and softly convinced him to "just give them a go", ensuring him that we would capture all of his brilliant ideas as well as these other few I thought of. Anyway, as it turned out, he was very happy with my additional ideas, possibly because he didn't look immensely embarrassing in them! Basically, I'm just saying sometimes, force your will on them a little, as long as you still get the shots the client really wants. When they see them they will often agree that your ideas look great.
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Apr 18, 2012 11:56
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I went to my brother's wedding and tried hard not to be "that guy". This was before the photographer showed up, while everything was being set up. First time I've ever told someone how to pose for a picture. Can I get some pointers on how to make this kind of thing a bit nicer in the future? I also could probably use some post-processing tips.
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Apr 21, 2012 19:50
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Alfajor posted:I went to my brother's wedding and tried hard not to be "that guy". This was before the photographer showed up, while everything was being set up. First time I've ever told someone how to pose for a picture. Have him stand in a more solid block of shade and perhaps not pose like a cheerleader? I think the main thing is the light splotches.
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Apr 21, 2012 20:37
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Alfajor posted:I went to my brother's wedding and tried hard not to be "that guy". This was before the photographer showed up, while everything was being set up. First time I've ever told someone how to pose for a picture. That is a very feminine pose for a man.
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Apr 21, 2012 20:38
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AceClown posted:That is a very feminine pose for a man. He's wearing slip on shoes to his own wedding, what do you want from him?
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Apr 21, 2012 23:02
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Alfajor posted:I went to my brother's wedding and tried hard not to be "that guy". This was before the photographer showed up, while everything was being set up. First time I've ever told someone how to pose for a picture. First I'm rarely a fan of mix shade/sun since it gives a leopard effect which is weird. Props on not shooting in the complete sun tho since it seems like it was very bright. The posture is weird for a guy and way too posy... I'd say take a look at male pictures/headshots. Posture for men is usually really simple. Also, tree usually don't work for me, gives a weird "Sears" vibe. Here are a few men I've shot:  IMG_3483 by avoyer, on Flickr  IMG_3741 by avoyer, on Flickr  IMG_1350 by avoyer, on Flickr I find men posture is much "simpler" than women... which makes the whole thing complicated lol
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Apr 22, 2012 02:34
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Ah, well poo poo  I guess I'll have to wait for my other brother to get married to try to not pose him like a chick. Whooops!
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Apr 23, 2012 01:47
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Alfajor posted:Ah, well poo poo I showed this picture to my wife and she said that you should have had him toss his head back to complete the pose.
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Apr 23, 2012 07:56
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Alfajor posted:I went to my brother's wedding and tried hard not to be "that guy". This was before the photographer showed up, while everything was being set up. First time I've ever told someone how to pose for a picture. Yeah, he looks like a guy who's being a good sport and let himself get over-posed. Just a couple of pointers, find SOLID shade to shoot in, come in at an angle, not 90 degrees to him and the tree, and use books/pages of poses to come up with ideas that you can quickly demonstrate yourself. If someone immediately jumps to modelpose then tell them to relax and then take the shot. People who are nervous about photo shoots tend to fall into the best poses and expressions right after they're told "Ok, let's take a break"
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Apr 23, 2012 18:43
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Had a shoot with a family last Saturday. Not done processing but here are a couple  IMG_4327 by avoyer, on Flickr  IMG_4390 by avoyer, on Flickr  IMG_4374 by avoyer, on Flickr  IMG_4535 by avoyer, on Flickr (used the last one for my website's background... I think it works well http://iamnophotographer.com/ )
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Apr 24, 2012 04:55
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I can't believe I still haven't gotten my new camera in the mail. I'm running out of old photos to edit! Hobo Chic by Myotomy, on Flickr  Untitled by Myotomy, on Flickr  Untitled by Myotomy, on Flickr  Untitled by Myotomy, on Flickr RangerScum fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Apr 24, 2012 05:00
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RangerScum posted:I can't believe I still haven't gotten my new camera in the mail. I'm running out of old photos to edit! I don't know whether or not you wanted c&c, but I had to say this about this photo - her neck with all those shadows makes her look really really old. The whole area looks "rough" to me; blotchy in a way. However, it's nothing that PS can't fix.
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Santa is strapped posted:I don't know whether or not you wanted c&c, but I had to say this about this photo - her neck with all those shadows makes her look really really old. The whole area looks "rough" to me; blotchy in a way. However, it's nothing that PS can't fix. I'll always take c&c without any complaints. Though the only shadows on her neck are on the right side from her chin, so I'm not sure which part you're talking about. The wrinkle lines in her skin? Also the skin might look blotchy if viewing a small version of the photo, if you look at the full-size you'll see that the makeup artist put on some gold glitter stuff. I am not sure how sold I am on how good it looks, but ah well.
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RangerScum posted:I'll always take c&c without any complaints. Though the only shadows on her neck are on the right side from her chin, so I'm not sure which part you're talking about. The wrinkle lines in her skin? Also the skin might look blotchy if viewing a small version of the photo, if you look at the full-size you'll see that the makeup artist put on some gold glitter stuff. I am not sure how sold I am on how good it looks, but ah well. Ah, I looked at your original and noticed the glitter. It was sloppily applied to her neck (unless that was the intention, in which case it was not obvious), which added to the blotchy feel that I was talking about. By shadows I meant the different shadows around her collar bones. Also, like every normal person, she has lines around her nose and under her eye. I hope you don't mind, I took your photo and edited the following: - removed the eye and nose lines for a smoother cheek area - smoothed out her neck by removing the messy glitter lines and neck lines - slightly lightened her collar bone shadows as to not be too pronounced It's a quick edit, and I could have spent more time around her eye lines, but I wanted to show you what I was talking about. 
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Also RangerScum, be careful about having your model look into the camera with eyes that are turned too far to one side. The guideline is generally to see whites on both sides of the pupil, but the idea is that eyes turned too far off the axis of the head tend to look awkward, as they do in this shot.
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Apr 24, 2012 18:17
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I would have never guessed it was glitter until you said it, it just looked like sloppy concealer or makeup being applied and looked like weird bruising. Your makeup artist did great with the cool eye makeup, but should know how badly applied glitter will look on camera. Also agree with the smoothing of the lines on the face, if you're going for a beauty shot. As it is with the glitter and imperfections on the skin, it kind of looks like a sickly/almost zombie shot. The purple shadows on the collar bone combined with the yellow tone of the skin (from the glitter) really add to that effect.
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McMadCow posted:Also RangerScum, be careful about having your model look into the camera with eyes that are turned too far to one side. The guideline is generally to see whites on both sides of the pupil, but the idea is that eyes turned too far off the axis of the head tend to look awkward, as they do in this shot. Word, that was something I noticed when I was editing these shots- It bugged the hell out of me. These are all from over a year ago though and the positioning of the eyes is something I always make sure to pay attention to now, good point though! CarrotFlowers posted:I would have never guessed it was glitter until you said it, it just looked like sloppy concealer or makeup being applied and looked like weird bruising. Your makeup artist did great with the cool eye makeup, but should know how badly applied glitter will look on camera. Also agree with the smoothing of the lines on the face, if you're going for a beauty shot. As it is with the glitter and imperfections on the skin, it kind of looks like a sickly/almost zombie shot. The purple shadows on the collar bone combined with the yellow tone of the skin (from the glitter) really add to that effect. I've worked with the MUA several time now and he usually does a good job, but I think he was a bit off that day. The purple around her eye made it look like she had a wicked shiner in all of the shots that weren't close up, so that was another thing I had to deal with. Santa, nice edit job, I will probably clean it up a bit tonight. It really is a shame about the eyeballs though, it pretty much disqualifies it from going into the portfolio. Wamp wamp.
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I wrote a simple posing guide for clients on my blog, what do you guys think about it? http://www.davidchildersphotography.com/Blog/Posing-Guide-How-to-feel/quote:The first thing my portrait subjects always say is, "I'm the least photogenic person ever." Of course, they're being modest or just have a normal aversion to being in front of a camera, but with a few simple tips they always end up taking great portraits. I'm going to share a few of these tips, so the next time you find yourself in front of a camera you can use them to look your best.
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Reichstag posted:Your white balance seems a bit off.
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Apr 27, 2012 00:15
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Reichstag posted:Sweet, a portrait of Missingno.
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Took some pictures of friends of mine. I'm self-conscious that they are too similar to the dime-a-dozen cheeseball engagement stuff people are always posting on Facebook. If so, what would be a more interesting way of shooting a couple? DSC09419 by Large Hadron, on Flickr  DSC09366 by Large Hadron, on Flickr  DSC09480 by Large Hadron, on Flickr  DSC09794 by Large Hadron, on Flickr I have some of the girl alone that I think turned out pretty well. I might post them eventually, I don't want to flood the forum.
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Her smile looks very unnatural and forced, as does his, in fact. Background choice and comp is good and what the subjects would want and expect but she really needs some direction or something to snap her out of the corpse face she's pulling. It's probably something as simple as getting her to close her mouth and relax*. Get her out of her photo face and these could turn out a lot better. He has a bit of a photo face but it's not as bad and looks fairly natural in some of the shots. EDIT:* Getting her to relax is not that simple, but it is worth working on.
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I love the colors, the locations, the exposure... even the posing starts out great, but they need to be addressing one another, not the camera. That's what comes across as off-putting to me. As it is, their smiles say little, since they are faking a smile, so let's see them interacting a bit more.
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LargeHadron posted:
3rd photo: Remove the blue recycle bin in back of her arm. Also, it looks like a plastic bag is in the far right frame. Other than that I think this is a nice photo. 4th photo: looks better, the only thing I would say is that the hand placement looks a little awkward but posture and smiles look good. Practiced a few office shots in preparation of photographing everyone in our agency in the coming month. I was a little frustrated with the first shots but as I got rolling I started liking it more as I got comfortable with the lights and directing my co-worker. I feel comfortable with where these landed and I thought she did a great job considering she had no idea she was getting into. I realized that these were taking a darker approach to corporate head shots but my partners were pleased with the results. A few things: 1 - I realize I was shooting with a pretty slow shutter speed, around 1/50th, usually around the same as my focal length. I'm still not certain if the softness is me missing focus or if I have a soft copy of my Tammy 17-50. I am going to try to look into this but the office said I can rent lenses if I want. I also realize I was wide open so it probably isnt as sharp as it could be. 2 - I'm only using 150 w/s lights but its really difficult to balance them with ambient light because they are so bright. These were only shot with one light and a 24/36 softbox, I was sort of hoping I had used my beauty dish instead to leave a better catch light in her eyes. 3- Shooting 45 people in my office in multiple locations like this is going to be a logistical nightmare.  IMG_9474 by derick.adame, on Flickr  IMG_9476 by derick.adame, on Flickr  IMG_9478 by derick.adame, on Flickr Verman fucked around with this message at 23:16 on Apr 27, 2012 |
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bisticles posted:I love the colors, the locations, the exposure... even the posing starts out great, but they need to be addressing one another, not the camera. That's what comes across as off-putting to me. As it is, their smiles say little, since they are faking a smile, so let's see them interacting a bit more. That's a good critique, next time try to have some shots when she's looking at him (tell her to relax her face) and him looking at the camera. Gives a sense of "capturing a moment"
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I definitely need to think more about facial expressions. My instinct is usually to just say "look here and smile."
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Apr 29, 2012 05:36
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Slightly different tones, crops, and poses. Can't decide which I like more. Thoughts? Silhouette d'Amour is Gothic by Rick0r McZany, on Flickr  Silhouette d'Amour is Gothic by Rick0r McZany, on Flickr Bonus:  Silhouette d'Amour is Gothic by Rick0r McZany, on Flickr
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Cyberbob posted:Slightly different tones, crops, and poses. Can't decide which I like more. Thoughts? Number 3 is her most flattering, number one is best shot overall.
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Cyberbob posted:Slightly different tones, crops, and poses. Can't decide which I like more. Thoughts? I like everything about these, I have nothing bad to say The finish is awesome too.
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