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Cross-posting from the MF/LF thread. My friend bought some LED panels so I decided to try and shoot a quick casual portrait of another friend who came over to his house as well. One thing about using LED panels with my Hassy is that you don't need to bother with a flash sync cable anymore, and you can see how the light will be right in the viewfinder, instead of having to test with another camera or Polaroid.  Alva by alkanphel, on Flickr
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alkanphel posted:Cross-posting from the MF/LF thread. Love, love, love this. There's just something about the color and texture of his skin, and the wonderful light falloff around him.
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Paragon8 posted:
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Someone stop me before I shoot again. Untitled by thetzar, on Flickr
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I had a photo booth set up at a wedding, and this guy wants his photo taken. His name is Johnny. He is awesome. Johnny by francography, on Flickr
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Feb 26, 2013 08:20
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Crosspost from the medium/large format thread. Made a paper negative exposure with my view camera and printed it today. The yellow color is from staining the paper with tea to age it. Vintage Margarita by McMadCow, on Flickr
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Feb 27, 2013 23:28
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McMadCow posted:Crosspost from the medium/large format thread. Made a paper negative exposure with my view camera and printed it today. The yellow color is from staining the paper with tea to age it. I really like this photo - though I wish there was a bit more "allure" in her expression. Still, very awesome A new one: 
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Feb 27, 2013 23:49
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I posted it on PotD, but I seem to get much better feedback in here when it's people specific. Steph on Green #2 by Rick0r McZany, on Flickr
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sw1gger posted:I really like this photo - though I wish there was a bit more "allure" in her expression. Still, very awesome Everything you shoot is awesome. Cyberbob posted:I posted it on PotD, but I seem to get much better feedback in here when it's people specific. Pose feels awkward to me and doesn't really fit her expression. I think arms down would have looked better. I get what you were going for, but she just looks like somebody has tried to rob her in the middle of a hedgemaze.
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Feb 28, 2013 03:53
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sw1gger posted:I really like this photo - though I wish there was a bit more "allure" in her expression. Still, very awesome I love this, but the distortion on her face is a little jarring. :/ Still, looks great. Love the light.
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somnambulist posted:I love this, but the distortion on her face is a little jarring. :/ Still, looks great. Love the light. One of my first times ever really shooting with a wide angle lens(I need to do it more). That said, I was aware of the distortion, and even have an edit in here with it toned down, but after I compared the two the more distorted version added a cartoonish element to it which I kind of preferred. I appreciate the input! mr. mephistopheles posted:Everything you shoot is awesome. Wow, thanks!
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sw1gger posted:One of my first times ever really shooting with a wide angle lens(I need to do it more). That said, I was aware of the distortion, and even have an edit in here with it toned down, but after I compared the two the more distorted version added a cartoonish element to it which I kind of preferred. I appreciate the input! I can see that point of view. It's not "bad" , but since ive been using my tilt shift lens 24/7 since i got it and ive been trying my hardest to remove distortions, it popped out at me like a punch in the face. Haha. Really neat photo though  To contribute, messing around with Tilt (i promise i wont overdo it! i'm just experimenting right now) He is a friend visiting from Hawaii that works at Hanauma Bay , he's a bit of a hippie so I saw the lights streaming down the tree and loved how organic it looked. Too bad I didnt notice the stupid trash can till after -_-  351B9245 by francography, on Flickr somnambulist fucked around with this message at 04:56 on Feb 28, 2013 |
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Feb 28, 2013 04:48
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sw1gger posted:I really like this photo - though I wish there was a bit more "allure" in her expression. Still, very awesome This is awesome but it looks like her right foot is floating, the shadow seems a little off.
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Feb 28, 2013 09:27
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sw1gger posted:A new one: I love the hell out of this.
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sw1gger, did you ever post any tutorials of your setups and/or post anywhere aside from that one on the 500px blog? Pretty sure you promised us that at one point. 
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Spedman posted:Now that you've said that, I'd be interested in seeing some that work if your okay with posting something. Sure
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William T. Hornaday posted:sw1gger, did you ever post any tutorials of your setups and/or post anywhere aside from that one on the 500px blog? Pick a photo and I'll get it done!
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Awesome. Thanks. I always liked it when people posted tutorials in the post-processing thread. Anything with floating people and/or objects would be cool. Or where there's like glowing stuff. Or even just where you're pushing sliders around would be informative too. Whatever you think is interesting and informative.
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Um, is there anyone in the thread of the opinion that this is bad work?
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Gazmachine posted:Um, is there anyone in the thread of the opinion that this is bad work? haha, I'm sure you'll find someone now. I think I might still be afraid of the post processing = bad mindset that used to be standard for the dorkroom. I remember a dude got run out of here a while ago who shot similar work to me.
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I wouldn't call it super original, but you're deluded if you think it's bad.
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evil_bunnY posted:I wouldn't call it super original, but you're deluded if you think it's bad. I know it's not bad, but I'm not getting anything out of posting it here. And thanks I think for the backhanded compliment? Paragon8 fucked around with this message at 12:45 on Mar 1, 2013 |
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It's clearly your professional, gig-getting portfolio, though, so that's fair enough. Do you do any personal work outside of this? What was your route into shooting so much pretty lady content? I'm more curious than anything - I'm going down different roads to that. Besides, I'd just feel awkward and shy myself - I do hair and make up stuff but that's where I stop. EDIT: Who got run out of here? It's bullshit to consider one certain style of inherently greater value over another based on personal preference. Yes, there may be a certain level of fatigue over pretty lady in not many clothes photography, but you can't deny the quality, direction of the models and lighting employed in those shots. Gazmachine fucked around with this message at 12:48 on Mar 1, 2013 |
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Gazmachine posted:It's clearly your professional, gig-getting portfolio, though, so that's fair enough. I'd sort of consider most of what I shoot to be personal work in that my stuff on my site is mostly from testing. My published commercial work is super boring, and a little too small to really make a big deal out of. I do modelling portfolios as well but I don't really put those up anywhere. I primarily assist although that's been changing this year. I assisted mostly fashion and some glamour which is very oriented towards using female models. So just being around that has pushed me in this direction. I remember a professional retoucher got run out of the processing thread or maybe the earlier iteration because the consensus was "hurr why spend more than five minutes retouching a picture when you can gaussian blur it" - I can't remember the portrait dude's username. He wasn't super high level, I think he got a custom title as well. But yeah ever since those two incidents I got the impression that the dorkroom didn't really appreciate that sort of content which is fine. It's cool to talk about gursky and street photography too. Paragon8 fucked around with this message at 12:59 on Mar 1, 2013 |
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Paragon8 posted:I'd sort of consider most of what I shoot to be personal work in that my stuff on my site is mostly from testing. My published commercial work is super boring, and a little too small to really make a big deal out of. I do modelling portfolios as well but I don't really put those up anywhere. I primarily assist although that's been changing this year. I assisted mostly fashion and some glamour which is very oriented towards using female models. So just being around that has pushed me in this direction. I think you might be thinking of Zoowick, the guy who shoots a lot of "high end high school senior photography." I like your portfolio because it really showcases a consistent style, which is something I wish my own portfolio did.
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That behind the scenes is cool- I need to get more movement into stuff I think, remove some stiffness. I used the old "just doing a test shot to get the light right, hold on" on an editorial last week. It was the best shot of the guy from the selection.
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Paragon8 posted:And thanks I think for the backhanded compliment?  I should have said "people who think it's straight up bad are deluded"  RangerScum posted:I think you might be thinking of Zoowick, the guy who shoots a lot of "high end high school senior photography." evil_bunnY fucked around with this message at 15:04 on Mar 1, 2013 |
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It's not even that great, but I'm absolutely in love with this photo.
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Yeah, Paragon, don't worry. Your stuff is pretty excellent. The only 'complaint' I could see coming would be that it's geared towards editorial stuff you see splashed in magazines, and even then, that's a pretty good look to be accomplished at. And even so, your post is quite good.
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Thanks guys, I appreciate it!
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 Mike "Blue Tongue" Buzek by natebol, on Flickr
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Just as an FYI - even after asking a client what kind of retouching they would like for their photos ask again. Especially Asian (especially Indian) clients with dark skin. It'll save you time and a headache.
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sw1gger posted:A new one: The top two thirds of this is great, but the right leg (from our PoV) looks pretty strange and her feet seem really huge to me. Did you comp them in from elsewhere?
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big scary monsters posted:The top two thirds of this is great, but the right leg (from our PoV) looks pretty strange and her feet seem really huge to me. Did you comp them in from elsewhere? Nope. That's the way they are. Problem was I was too lazy to bring my parabolic softbox - so instead settled with my 3 footer one. I considered a crop but whatevs
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also be careful with lining up the skirting board in the background, it looks a bit distorted from where you comped in the paper aeroplane
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Paragon8 posted:also be careful with lining up the skirting board in the background, it looks a bit distorted from where you comped in the paper aeroplane Fixed it in final version But thanks mang! I couldn't believe I had originally missed that but luckily, you're the first person to say anything aboot it
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 ---_08051 by dorkasaurus_rex, on Flickr  _32_0252 by dorkasaurus_rex, on Flickr Check out some of these slick tips for shootin' portraits, you guys! 
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Anyone with a Canon D-SLR can take a portrait... e: is there a male equivalent to portraits like these? Sometimes the huge preponderance of pictures of pretty girls in attractive but unnatural poses gets a bit much for me and starts to seem really weird. I want to reshoot that portrait guide frame for frame with a man doing the same poses and expressions and see if anyone is able to take it seriously. big scary monsters fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Mar 4, 2013 |
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If it helps nearly all those poses are terrible. Shoot high and low is basically the worst advice for shooting anyone who isn't a supermodel. The guide literally says shooting down makes your subject more submissive and innocent which is hilariously terrible. Basically it's a pamphlet on how to model mayhem. I made an effort thread about fashion photography if anyone wants to check it out. Paragon8 fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Mar 4, 2013 |
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I understand that this particular guide is unusually bad, but beautiful woman in unnatural pose with no context is a pretty well represented archetype even in this very thread! That's not to say it's always a bad thing, I've just been thinking recently how few similarly arranged photos of men appear and how strange some popular poses actually are if you stop to consider them at all.
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