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whatever7
Jul 26, 2001

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Thoogsby posted:

Shoot with a real background?

bobmarleysghost posted:

Also a MUA helps if you know someone (looking at the older man's haircut)

Thanks, I will work on those next time.

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Helen Highwater
Feb 19, 2014

And furthermore
Grimey Drawer
In the first two (not so much with the whole family portrait) the subjects look super-awkward. The first one is especially bad for that - the guy looks nervous and he's fiddling with his glasses which makes the whole shot look forced and tense.

365 Nog Hogger
Jan 19, 2008

by Shine

This is great.

Bang3r
Oct 26, 2005

killed me.
tore me to pieces.
threw every piece into a fire.
Fun Shoe

thetzar posted:

One more, trying to steal Bang3r's light.


Untitled by Jason, on Flickr

I quite like that, steal away!


And something from yesterday.. I guess it's a portrait in a sense?


Paranoir by bang3rachi, on Flickr

Strip boxes forever!

And one more from the last shoot.

Anatomie : Andrew by bang3rachi, on Flickr

Bang3r fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Mar 29, 2016

iSheep
Feb 5, 2006

by R. Guyovich

Thoogsby posted:

that rules

365 Nog Hogger posted:

This is great.

Thanks!

bellows lugosi
Aug 9, 2003

Bang3r posted:


And one more from the last shoot.

Anatomie : Andrew by bang3rachi, on Flickr

Why have him slightly off center? Either crop the left or add similar padding on the right imo

Subyng
May 4, 2013

thetzar posted:

A couple recent people.


Untitled by Jason, on Flickr

Owns.

Friends or strangers?

Bang3r
Oct 26, 2005

killed me.
tore me to pieces.
threw every piece into a fire.
Fun Shoe

ansel autisms posted:

Why have him slightly off center? Either crop the left or add similar padding on the right imo

I thought about doing that but I like to have things a bit off sometimes.

iSheep
Feb 5, 2006

by R. Guyovich

thetzar
Apr 22, 2001
Fallen Rib

Subyng posted:

Owns.

Friends or strangers?

Thanks! Co-workers.

Negative Entropy
Nov 30, 2009







Vietnam with friends.



Cambodia in reflection.

Erostratus
Jun 18, 2011

by R. Guyovich
I finally got a decent shot out of my Pentax 67, what a learning curve:

Richard by Kyle Sonnenberg, on Flickr

vxsarin
Oct 29, 2004


ASK ME ABOUT MY AP WIRE PHOTOS

Erostratus posted:

I finally got a decent shot out of my Pentax 67, what a learning curve:

Richard by Kyle Sonnenberg, on Flickr

I'm curious what you are finding difficult about the 67.

Fake Edit: Nice shot.

Sludge Tank
Jul 31, 2007

by Azathoth
11x11 inch clear glass ambrotype, reverse painted with black acrylic. bit sloppy but new to this size so hopefully technique will improve over time

bobmarleysghost
Mar 7, 2006



bobmarleysghost fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Apr 3, 2016

thetzar
Apr 22, 2001
Fallen Rib

I dig the idea and the light, I just wish something more were happening with her hands/fingers. More dangly, less claspy.


Untitled by Jason, on Flickr

iSheep
Feb 5, 2006

by R. Guyovich

Sludge Tank
Jul 31, 2007

by Azathoth
local duo again

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Helen Highwater
Feb 19, 2014

And furthermore
Grimey Drawer
Kakhaber Tsiskaridze

Kiev 88, Arsat 80mm f2.8. After show meet&greet.


img306.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr

bobmarleysghost
Mar 7, 2006



thetzar posted:

I dig the idea and the light, I just wish something more were happening with her hands/fingers. More dangly, less claspy.


Untitled by Jason, on Flickr

Yea you're right, it looks odd. also her hand doesn't look like it's dangling naturally.
Gotta keep an eye for those details.

Your photo is pretty good though, great light, very clean. Very nice.

dakana
Aug 28, 2006
So I packed up my Salvador Dali print of two blindfolded dental hygienists trying to make a circle on an Etch-a-Sketch and headed for California.

This makes me think of a bizarro Wizard of Oz and I like that about it.


2016-03-20_Lilly-Maternity_0045 by Nicholas Kneer, on Flickr

2016-03-20_Lilly-Maternity_0011 by Nicholas Kneer, on Flickr

2016-03-20_Lilly-Maternity_0082 by Nicholas Kneer, on Flickr

thetzar
Apr 22, 2001
Fallen Rib

Really fun.



Katie by Jason, on Flickr

iSheep
Feb 5, 2006

by R. Guyovich

dakana posted:

This makes me think of a bizarro Wizard of Oz and I like that about it.

thetzar posted:

Really fun.

Thanks! :)

Fart Car '97
Jul 23, 2003

thetzar posted:

Really fun.



Katie by Jason, on Flickr

The lighting works really well with the clothes. We'll done.

365 Nog Hogger
Jan 19, 2008

by Shine

dakana posted:

This makes me think of a bizarro Wizard of Oz and I like that about it.


2016-03-20_Lilly-Maternity_0045 by Nicholas Kneer, on Flickr

2016-03-20_Lilly-Maternity_0011 by Nicholas Kneer, on Flickr

2016-03-20_Lilly-Maternity_0082 by Nicholas Kneer, on Flickr

Is the baby in prison?

iSheep
Feb 5, 2006

by R. Guyovich

bobmarleysghost
Mar 7, 2006



365 Nog Hogger posted:

Is the baby in prison?

This is also unfortunate:

Karl Barks
Jan 21, 1981

Mary by Sean Beck, on Flickr

Brendan by Sean Beck, on Flickr

Brother by Sean Beck, on Flickr

emf
Aug 1, 2002



... Mustn't camp angry. Mustn't camp angry. Mustn't camp angry. ...

iSheep
Feb 5, 2006

by R. Guyovich

ahleeshaa
Jan 24, 2007
"dicks"

Untitled by Alysia Spencer, on Flickr

MrBlandAverage
Jul 2, 2003

GNNAAAARRRR
We get it, you vape.

8th-snype
Aug 28, 2005

My office is in the front room of a run-down 12 megapixel sensor but the rent suits me and the landlord doesn't ask many questions.

Dorkroom Short Fiction Champion 2012


Young Orc

The frond on the right is bit distracting and leads your eye out of the frame almost immediately. This scene feels more like a thing you should have shot in horizontal format to give a more balanced look to the composition. On the technical aspects the chroma noise in your midtones is out of control here, did you boost the exposure and/saturation in post?

deaders
Jun 14, 2002

Someone felt sorry enough for me to change my custom title.
I have been taking more portraits of strangers, all on the Rolleiflex.

Kerry, Tuart Hill, March 2016 by Simon Deadman, on Flickr

Joseph, Osborne Park, March 2016 by Simon Deadman, on Flickr

Hayden With His New Coffee Table, Tuart Hill, April 2016 by Simon Deadman, on Flickr

York, January 2016 by Simon Deadman, on Flickr

Thoogsby
Nov 18, 2006

Very strong. Everyone likes me.
Those are killer. How do you approach people? That's the part that scares the hell out of me, people are crazy.

Hokkaido Anxiety
May 21, 2007

slub club 2013

Thoogsby posted:

Those are killer. How do you approach people? That's the part that scares the hell out of me, people are crazy.

People are generally cool, and if you're shooting with a TLR, people are curious. Just ask.

Source: some portraits of strangers I've shot that aren't as dope.

Thoogsby
Nov 18, 2006

Very strong. Everyone likes me.
My experiences with strangers just passively walking around shooting landscapes have been overwhelmingly negative. I think people's relationship with cameras and being photographed varies region to region.

Hokkaido Anxiety
May 21, 2007

slub club 2013

Thoogsby posted:

My experiences with strangers just passively walking around shooting landscapes have been overwhelmingly negative. I think people's relationship with cameras and being photographed varies region to region.

I think that there's a difference between a stranger taking strange pictures and asking someone if you can make a portrait of them, though. I've gotten my share of strange looks and been followed a few times when shooting landscapes, but approaching someone with a smile and explaining that I'd like to photograph them has never even gotten me a polite "no". (not that they are good enough pictures for me to post here).

And the "funny camera" helps, I'm sure. My TLR and my 4x5 strike up conversation and disarm someone a little more than my giant dSLR.

Thoogsby
Nov 18, 2006

Very strong. Everyone likes me.
Yeah, those are good points. I was talking to someone on here recently about which camera gets you the most disarmed response from the average person on the street. I would think it would be any type of view camera / something that looks "old".

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vxsarin
Oct 29, 2004


ASK ME ABOUT MY AP WIRE PHOTOS

deaders posted:

I have been taking more portraits of strangers, all on the Rolleiflex.

Kerry, Tuart Hill, March 2016 by Simon Deadman, on Flickr

Joseph, Osborne Park, March 2016 by Simon Deadman, on Flickr

Hayden With His New Coffee Table, Tuart Hill, April 2016 by Simon Deadman, on Flickr

York, January 2016 by Simon Deadman, on Flickr

I thought Patrick Joust joined the forums for a second here.

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