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Do sports portraits count?  PTA bout-39 by sildargod, on Flickr PTA bout-68 by sildargod, on Flickr PTA bout-82 by sildargod, on FlickrFor some reason my screen at work has utterly destroyed all the colour in these and made them look extremely grainy and killed all of my levels. Is it just my screen?
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Hey I love my medium format but my fastest MF lens is 3.5 so I don't feel bad at all about dicking around with digital panoramas.
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This talk of faux-MF panoramas has me thinking... I have a request to do a portrait for a client who wants to use a city street as the background. I have this great spot picked out that, that will have a nice "busy uptown district" feel to it, especially around sunset, where I'll get headlights, streetlights, and storefronts being all bokeh-tastic. Thing is, she wants to be off to one side of the shot, not near the center, and in the style of a panoramic, since it's going to be the header for her website and I'm worried about getting weird side-of-the-lens distortion. Do you think it'd be smarter to just shoot the background myself, light her in a more controlled environment and composite her in with Photoshop and ReMask? Is there any trick to shooting a subject off-center in a wide shot without making them get all wonky in the shot? I was planning on shooting the background at 50mm on FF if that helps. an AOL chatroom fucked around with this message at 21:02 on May 5, 2014 |
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May 5, 2014 20:51
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that sounds like a lot of extra work. you shouldn't get bad distortion on a 50mm and its fairly easy to correct in post. alternatively you can basically shoot it as a panorama and stitch her in rather than compositing her into a wide shot.
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May 6, 2014 01:26
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sildargod posted:For some reason my screen at work has utterly destroyed all the colour in these and made them look extremely grainy and killed all of my levels. Is it just my screen? Haven't seen the originals, but everything seems fine to me. They look good too.
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May 6, 2014 08:17
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May 6, 2014 12:31
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triplexpac posted:Did some shooting this weekend, including my first time using studio lights Pretty decent job for your first time, but I don't like what the shadows do to the shape of her face in this one.
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May 6, 2014 13:14
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triplexpac posted:Did some shooting this weekend, including my first time using studio lights
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May 6, 2014 14:11
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Well I think it's cool.
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May 6, 2014 17:49
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triplexpac posted:Did some shooting this weekend, including my first time using studio lights Love it. My question; The colors, did you tweak them?
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May 7, 2014 03:49
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May 7, 2014 13:53
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My wife and I was drinking at a bar during the early afternoon - And while we did get incredibly drunk we didnt even got the cops called on us. I gues we're just not cool enough.  Anyway I was loving around with my camera and took this one of her which I think turned out pretty nicely. One thing that might've been good would be if I got both eyes in focus.  Louise og ĝllet by AFBK, on Flickr
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May 11, 2014 19:43
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 I took this one for my photography class, we were learning off-camera flash, but I took one without using the flash, and I liked how it turned out. Here's one using the flash: 
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May 11, 2014 21:25
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Been so busy with event-type gigs lately that I haven't been able to get into the studio and do anything creative. Had some available time last night, so I called up and a friend and asked "Want some new pictures?" No lights, minimal processing, just a cloudy day at 135mm f/2. 
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May 12, 2014 01:00
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I dont like shooting people, but I think this one came out ok: Strange places by Mijaeus, on Flickr
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May 12, 2014 22:32
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El Laucha posted:I dont like shooting people, but I think this one came out ok: I don't care for the excess ground at the bottom, but it looks really good!
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El Laucha posted:I dont like shooting people, but I think this one came out ok: I think this is extremely supercool, elongated crop and all.
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May 13, 2014 01:49
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El Laucha posted:
 I took out my lighting equipment and got some practice trying to overpower daylight for an assignment, also did some shooting at night:  _MG_9551.jpg by Photografaffer, on Flickr _MG_9589.jpg by Photografaffer, on Flickr
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May 13, 2014 03:05
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Some album covers: Unique Man by TomOlson, on Flickr R.O.E. by TomOlson, on Flickr
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May 13, 2014 03:30
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Loving "Unique Man", that's just an awesome photo. I was going through some of your Flickr stuff and was thinking "Huh, this guy's photos remind me of that game Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl"... then I realised, that's actually Ukraine, and it probably just looks like that over there.
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Jimlad posted:Loving "Unique Man", that's just an awesome photo. I was going through some of your Flickr stuff and was thinking "Huh, this guy's photos remind me of that game Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl"... then I realised, that's actually Ukraine, and it probably just looks like that over there. 
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Bit of a tangent, but I'd never seen your landscape, RangerScum. Some really nice stuff there, powerfully romantic quality to them. Do these count as portraits?   I feel like they're missing something in terms of atmosphere. Maybe I've looked at them for too long.
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Gazmachine posted:Bit of a tangent, but I'd never seen your landscape, RangerScum. Some really nice stuff there, powerfully romantic quality to them. Thank you very much! As for your question of what they're missing- I think the second one is fine as is, but the first one is too bright. Not overexposed, but there's way too much light on the outside of the house or whatever. I'd have it be as dark as possible with the only light coming from inside the room and lighting up the edges of the building surrounding the window.
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Yeah, it's too clean isn't it? I played with only a bit of lighting at first, should've stuck with it.
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May 14, 2014 15:58
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That's such a real smile. I love it. She reminds me of a model I like to shoot with frequently. My only complaint is the dark line in the bottom-left edge of the frame. Gazmachine posted:
I feel like what you're missing, particularly in the second one, is some contrast and perhaps some vignetting. The scanlines are cool, but the image doesn't feel distorted enough.  recline by loganrcorsautI know this is very very grainy. I was shooting in the dead of night, so I was at 1600 the whole time. I like the texture very much. This model was excellent. Neowyrm fucked around with this message at 05:09 on May 16, 2014 |
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May 16, 2014 05:05
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here's a thing I did. vaguely nsfw depending on your w. Also typing in BBcode makes me feel like a hacker.
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Paragon8 posted:here's a thing I did. vaguely nsfw depending on your w. Well, that's awesome. Great light, great model, great energy. When do you graduate from Dorkroom? These are some people pictures. I've started playing around with selectively applying color temperature, which I picked up from this guy, who is way better than I am.  Untitled by thetzar, on Flickr  Untitled by thetzar, on Flickr  Untitled by thetzar, on Flickr
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Paragon8 posted:here's a thing I did. vaguely nsfw depending on your w. Great series.
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From March, but it took me way too long to develop + scan + dust + process these negatives. Untitled by Isaac Sachs, on Flickr  Untitled by Isaac Sachs, on Flickr MrBlandAverage fucked around with this message at 21:49 on May 18, 2014 |
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May 18, 2014 21:39
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thetzar posted:Well, that's awesome. Great light, great model, great energy. When do you graduate from Dorkroom? haha thanks. I'm a lifer. How can I leave a place where Ansel Autisms posts? TheAngryDrunk posted:Great series. Thanks. It's funny I spent nearly 600 bucks on studio hire and light rental and shot what I thought was my best work to date. Nobody wanted it, and then a set I shot in my living room of just a model friend with no makeup artist gets a tonne of attention. go figure.
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I graduated from college this week and took some class pictures: 12 by juliancallan, on  23 by juliancallan, on Flickr 2 by juliancallan, on FlickrMore up on Flickr. Used a coupe of Kino Flos and some dif, happy with the results.
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What were these for again? Why kind of mood were you going for because the lighting is just putting me off in a weird kind of way.
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Paragon8 posted:haha thanks. I'm a lifer. How can I leave a place where Ansel Autisms posts? No pressure to perform usually results in better work, at least as you're getting your feet wet. Eventually you'll have the confidence to do the same kind of work with the pressure of having spent money on lights and studio rentals. I'd be curious to see that other set though - it might just be that you had a MUCH better model for this shoot. Whirlwind Jones posted:What were these for again? Yeah same. The lighting is really harsh and unflattering.
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1st AD posted:No pressure to perform usually results in better work, at least as you're getting your feet wet. Eventually you'll have the confidence to do the same kind of work with the pressure of having spent money on lights and studio rentals. http://www.smread.com/ first three and the ones with this model http://www.smread.com/lingerie#12 and http://www.smread.com/against-the-wall#3 and the next four after this. I have no idea what to host images on since waffle images went down.
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May 19, 2014 00:52
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Just for people in the class to have. Not for anything professional.
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May 19, 2014 00:54
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Paragon8 posted:http://www.smread.com/ first three and the ones with this model http://www.smread.com/lingerie#12 Yeah your model in the new set is a lot better, seems to be way more self confident and energetic. Also, your style of shooting probably benefits more from an off the cuff shoot than one in studio.
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Whirlwind Jones posted:What were these for again? I think maybe it's the harsh light with shadows under the eyes, and somehow the catchlights give them a sort of glassy look. I think it looks pretty cool, but it's definitely more triumphant movie villain than happy graduate.
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Quantum of Phallus posted:I graduated from college this week and took some class pictures: I think you should stop cranking your contrast slider because it's loving up their skin tones and making them way too red.
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I agree with the comments about the colour. Here's a more neutral edit (hope you don't mind, will take it down if you do): 
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Definitely like that version better. Seems like it was a good shoot, maybe just got sucked a little deeply down the editing hole. I'd like to see it taken down even a little more, just to tame the hotspot on his cheek and teeth. I do really like the interaction between the background hue and the muted skintones, though.
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