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Jesus nothing makes me feel more like a failure with a camera than taking pictures of kids. They're always moving in every direction all the damned time (unless someone's holding them, and even then they're basically worms).
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^^^^ Try having the parent near you and/or one of their favorite toys near/above your camera. Kids photography = animal photography...they have the same attention span imho.thetzar posted:Well, that's awesome. Great light, great model, great energy. When do you graduate from Dorkroom? Love all of them, especially the third one! I would say second/third are stronger than the first but that's my opinion. As for me, I've been playing with the Fuji X-T1 + fujinon 35mm 1.4R lately... lots of fun shooting with it!  DSCF0436 by avoyer, on Flickr DSCF0370 by avoyer, on Flickr
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Paragon8 posted:here's a thing I did. vaguely nsfw depending on your w. What's your lighting setup like for these? Great shots!
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triplexpac posted:What's your lighting setup like for these? Great shots! I'm sure he'll chime in, but I'd guess a mixture of ambient light and on camera flash.
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triplexpac posted:What's your lighting setup like for these? Great shots! it's just on camera flash but I shoot it at a wide aperture so I can get a bit of depth of field to it. That's the nice thing about speedlites is that you can actually dial them down a lot. Just ETTL as well.
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Paragon8 posted:it's just on camera flash but I shoot it at a wide aperture so I can get a bit of depth of field to it. That's the nice thing about speedlites is that you can actually dial them down a lot. Just ETTL as well. Yeah I thought it looked like that, just couldn't be sure. Funny how I spend so much time playing around with off-camera flash, but you can get a cool look with on-camera directly shot at the model too. I'll definitely have to try that out!
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I think a lot of people poo poo on it because of Terry Richardson and his notoriety but virtually every top photographer does it. It's a good thing to have in your pocket. It is always gratifying seeing something shot with it because it's like oh I can do that. When some set ups have like 50K worth of lighting which seems like a pipe dream. That said I was able to play around with a profoto telezoom and I love that light. Where a lot of people go wrong I feel is that they don't do post on it as much as they should.
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Paragon8 posted:I think a lot of people poo poo on it because of Terry Richardson and his notoriety but virtually every top photographer does it. I dig that style, partially because I feel like it really showcases the confidence and chemistry between model and photographer... but mostly because it really jiggles the stick found up a lot of photographers asses.
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David Pratt posted: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): bisticles posted: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. Totally disagree here. The neutral edit makes him look like a zombie. The originals might be touch too contrasty but they're not horrible. The catchlights are interesting and it's a nice change of pace. Could've used a touch more light on the eyes for the girl. But I wouldn't call this level of hard light unflattering at all. It's harder light done well. If anything the white balancing may be off a bit. I'd revisit the editing but the light itself isn't bad.
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Either those are some really big blades of grass, or that's a really tiny man.
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It's lallang, so yeah it's big grass. I still like how it has this weird perspective where you can't really get a grasp of the scale of things on it at all. It's fairly interesting.
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May 23, 2014 16:02
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"What? Heh, I just have, erm, really big pubes"
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I've never tried anything in black & white before. This girl really wanted to do a b&w portrait though, I'm glad she did.
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LargeHadron posted:
They're all technically nice pictures (I'd like to see a little more light on the face, maybe, but that's purely a personal thing). This could be a really neat triptych idea, but I don't think the you/model do a great job of showing real emotion...so it looks like he's about to start smiling sarcastically in every one.
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I was trying something new, I dont think its quite there but its a good start. Untitled by francography, on Flickr
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 Konfirmation by dabrovnijk, on Flickr Konfirmation by dabrovnijk, on FlickrI like the last version more. Is there something that I can do to improve it? I have used the adjustement bruch in LR5, raised the exposure on the face and body, lowered exposure in the hair.
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somnambulist posted:I was trying something new, I dont think its quite there but its a good start. try pushing the whites in the skin more to add more contrast. As is you run the risk of making it look like unintentionally bad kid's portrait photography.
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somnambulist posted:I was trying something new, I dont think its quite there but its a good start. I'm getting a horror movie / this child has seen some poo poo vibe from it.
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Outtake from some lookbook thing. Fuji GSWIII. Provia 100 with a '97 expiration date and little to no fridge time that I got off craigslist a few years ago.
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Like it a lot. I'm fine with the shadow, but seeing where the seamless curves to the ground bugs me a little.
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365 Nog Hogger posted:Like it a lot. I'm fine with the shadow, but seeing where the seamless curves to the ground bugs me a little. On the seamless, I am torn about seeing the curve, but it does bother me that it's at an angle...
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notlodar posted:Thanks! I think with seamless stuff it's nice to leave that kind of thing in because it just adds a slight degree of character or else you run the risk of it looking like soulless amazon patented ecomm.
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 Corey by Isaac Sachs, on Flickr We met Corey (a.k.a. Big Bird) at RJ's Drive-In Restaurant in Burns, Oregon. Corey is from Tacoma, Washington, and moved to Burns three years ago. Today was his first day off in 12 days from working the night shift at the local Safeway. He planned to spend his day hunting. He is a proponent of the right to carry arms. "Out here, you need guns. You go out of town and there's badgers, wild pigs, coyotes, bobcats. Badgers are mean, but their legs are short, so they can't jump."  Lynn by Isaac Sachs, on Flickr Lynn owns A Bit of Europe antique store in John Day, Oregon. Originally from northern England, Lynn has owned her shop for 20 years. As she organized a pile of old linens, Lynn commented on how she used to love to throw seven-course dinner parties back in England, where people would stay up till 2:00 am and finish the night with a pot of coffee and some brandy. On having dinners here in the U.S., she says that "people here just want to come over at 5:00, have a hamburger, and leave." On being an antiques dealer, Lynn says: "You don't have to be a thief to make a living. I like to be fair." MrBlandAverage fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Jun 1, 2014 |
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Friend doing some home improvements and I snapped this one.  Jon by Dev Luns, on Flickr
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MrBlandAverage posted:
This one in particular works on a few levels. The (empty) gun rack in the truck. The similar rugged, no-bullshit, two-tone color scheme of both the guy and the truck. Even his hair matches the color of the rust! Edit: My point is that I like the text but this image in particular doesn't require any. feigning interest fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Jun 1, 2014 |
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MrBlandAverage posted:
Love the first one, seconding that it tells the story on its own. The second is technically fine but to me is just "someone's grandma smiling with a cup of coffee".
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I really like them both. The second doesn't just look like someone's grandma holding a cup of coffee. It's a nice portrait, and the books and case in front of her add enough to pique my interest about who she is. I like that's she's got a coffee cup in her hands, I think it'd be a lot more bland if she didn't. Like the stories too 
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That probably sounded harsh, what I meant is she is pulling a smile for the camera kind of face, it would be better with a more natural expression.
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I still disagree. I like her smile, because it feels like she's very welcoming and maybe a tad nervous for the photo, which adds some familiarity to the shot. It does give off a grandmotherly vibe, but not in a bad way.
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feigning interest posted:This one in particular works on a few levels. The (empty) gun rack in the truck. The similar rugged, no-bullshit, two-tone color scheme of both the guy and the truck. Even his hair matches the color of the rust! deaders posted:Love the first one, seconding that it tells the story on its own. The second is technically fine but to me is just "someone's grandma smiling with a cup of coffee". CarrotFlowers posted:I really like them both. The second doesn't just look like someone's grandma holding a cup of coffee. It's a nice portrait, and the books and case in front of her add enough to pique my interest about who she is. I like that's she's got a coffee cup in her hands, I think it'd be a lot more bland if she didn't. Thanks! My girlfriend, an anthropologist, wrote the words. We're thinking about a few possible projects involving portraits and interviews with strangers.
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MrBlandAverage posted:Thanks! My girlfriend, an anthropologist, wrote the words. We're thinking about a few possible projects involving portraits and interviews with strangers. Seems like a really interesting concept. I could go through dozens of those before getting bored I'd think.
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There is something about these that feels like a missed moment, I think it's her expression. Or I am just projecting because it's the same face my girlfriend makes 95% of the time when I photograph her.
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