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EL BROMANCE posted:It’s a pretty insane contrast to the amazing photos of Obama on the campaign trail and in the White House over the years. https://www.instagram.com/petesouza/ Pete Souza is a pro follow on Instagram. He was the photographer following Obama's Senate term and he became Chief Official White House Photographer when Obama was elected president. Now, with his backlog of amazing photos, whenever there's a controversy around Trump's response to an issue, Pete Souza posts a photo of Obama's response during a similar incident. https://www.instagram.com/p/BXVtsozlC3Q/?taken-by=petesouza quote:Phone call 2009 to Prime Minister al-Malaki of Iraq. The administration accurately provided read-outs to foreign leader calls. I don't recall if he ever talked on the phone to the head of the Boy Scouts. https://www.instagram.com/p/BYa1hvfl6Zb/?taken-by=petesouza quote:President Obama with a victim of Hurricane Sandy. There are no Democrats or Republicans hurting in Houston; there are just Americans. At a time like this, it shouldn't be about selling baseball hats or commenting on crowd size. It's about helping our fellow human beings. Pets too. This storm is catastrophic, not epic. Thousands of people are affected. Please consider donating to the many charities doing good work in Texas and other states to come. I am donating to the Red Cross and other local charities today but please feel free to comment on other worthy charities that you would recommend to me and others. (UPDATE: As one of your fellow followers points out, The NY Times has a good list of how to help victims and avoid scams. I posted the link in my profile. But keep suggesting others.) https://www.instagram.com/p/BXtstU_FQEW/?taken-by=petesouza quote:So glad that my former boss used this photograph on Twitter in quoting Nelson Mandela to comment on the awful events today in Charlottesville. "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." - Nelson Mandela https://www.instagram.com/p/BaZDA5AFeCy/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza quote:From 2011: President and Mrs. Obama in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery. Section 60 is the area of the cemetery that holds the remains of troops who died in Iraq and Afghanistan. EDIT: Welcome to the new page. 
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EL BROMANCE posted:It’s a pretty insane contrast to the amazing photos of Obama on the campaign trail and in the White House over the years. I was checking the latest uploads and... yeah  President Trump's Trip to Asia by The White House, on Flickr President Trump's Trip to Asia by The White House, on Flickr President Trump's Trip to Asia by The White House, on Flickr President Trump's Trip to Asia by The White House, on Flickr President Trump's Trip to Asia by The White House, on Flickr
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Nov 13, 2017 22:42
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SOOC is totally fine everyone, it shows you what it was really like to be there. I guess they have multiple lovely photographers because that series is attributed to an Andrea Hanks.
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Nov 13, 2017 22:57
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The series perfectly captures the feeling of, "excuse me, could you please take my photo? Just press the button right here." President Trump's Trip to Asia by The White House, on Flickr
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Nov 13, 2017 23:02
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goes to show that all of you could be white house photographers
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Nov 13, 2017 23:27
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xzzy posted:SOOC is totally fine everyone, it shows you what it was really like to be there. she's the ~official~ FLOTUS photographer
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Nov 13, 2017 23:45
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Being the White House Photographer would be so awesome and terrifying. These people don't seem to care much.
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Nov 14, 2017 00:44
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A Handed Missus posted:I was checking the latest uploads and... yeah All tagged 'Winner'.
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Nov 14, 2017 00:45
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It takes some talent to take a picture of an well-dressed, attractive lady (who is also a very experienced model) in an iconic location and make her look like poo poo.
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Nov 14, 2017 01:52
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xzzy posted:SOOC is totally fine everyone, it shows you what it was really like to be there. I know this administration isn't exactly known for it's adherence to rules but they may not be legally allowed to post process them. I know Peter Souza was on record saying that he wasn't allowed to delete photos because every exposure is considered a matter of public record so it stands to reason that post processing might also be verboten. (Also the president pretty much only hires sycophants with no talent so it doesn't help that they suck as well as not being allowed to do stuff).
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Nov 14, 2017 02:16
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Some of those Great Wall shots look considerably lightened in the shadows, so I think they’ve been post-processed, just...badly.
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Nov 14, 2017 03:03
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Even if there is a no edit rule they're still bad because you know they're taking thousands of exposures and the ones that made it to Flickr are the best of the bunch.
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Nov 14, 2017 07:01
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Wow those are all pretty bad. Only the last one (on the wall) is a just-OK conventional normie "vacation shot" and it's still no great shakes for a number of reasons.
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Nov 14, 2017 16:05
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melania is slowly transforming into karl lagerfeld
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Nov 14, 2017 16:22
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Helen Highwater posted:It takes some talent to take a picture of an well-dressed, attractive lady (who is also a very experienced model) in an iconic location and make her look like poo poo. I can't put my finger on what is wrong with it. Known Lecher posted:Some of those Great Wall shots look considerably lightened in the shadows, so I think they’ve been post-processed, just...badly. Could be that. She just looks dead inside.
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Nov 14, 2017 16:46
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spog posted:I can't put my finger on what is wrong with it. In the "just OK" photo the composition is still shot to hell. Although it's the best of a bad lot she's still icy and might as well have been photoshopped into the scene. At least with some of the panda ones she seems stoked to be with a real live panda.
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Nov 14, 2017 17:25
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Karl Barks posted:melania is slowly transforming into karl lagerfeld
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Nov 14, 2017 18:16
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These guys are just a complete waste, especially when the press photographers do a much better job. e: oh come on not even trying here  President Trump's Trip to Asia by The White House, on Flickrand there's a bunch of other lovely pics of the same scene aaaaaahhh (also tagged winner  )
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Nov 14, 2017 22:33
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I did a thing
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Nov 15, 2017 03:21
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Aww you overdid it, they're gonna change their permissions once they notice.
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Nov 15, 2017 03:28
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I don't think they'll notice. If they do I'll just post  on every image they put up.Edit: NVM there's no commenting, I'll just start tagging them in photos titled "THE PISS TAPE IS REAL:
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Nov 15, 2017 03:38
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I made the mistake of joining a photography group on Facebook and this guy asked for CC. Apparently, the people saying that the subject wasn’t presented well were wrong because the LIGHTS are the subject and the couple is only supporting the subject. This was paid work for the couple by the way.  Edit: with a poo poo ton of people saying it is perfect art making me feel like I am in bizarro land. rio fucked around with this message at 06:05 on Nov 15, 2017 |
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Nov 15, 2017 05:55
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Bokeys are always a draw. This sample is fun because it's easy to watch the photo get better as you zoom in on the couple. At least until you get real close and realize what a distraction the lamps are.
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Nov 15, 2017 06:08
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rio posted:I made the mistake of joining a photography group on Facebook and this guy asked for CC. Apparently, the people saying that the subject wasn’t presented well were wrong because the LIGHTS are the subject and the couple is only supporting the subject. This was paid work for the couple by the way. Maybe they met at a chandelier convention?
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Nov 15, 2017 07:04
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rio posted:I made the mistake of joining a photography group on Facebook and this guy asked for CC. Apparently, the people saying that the subject wasn’t presented well were wrong because the LIGHTS are the subject and the couple is only supporting the subject. This was paid work for the couple by the way. facebook groups are only good fopr trolling
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Nov 15, 2017 13:56
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Have they been cut and pasted in by someone who doesn't understand feathering?
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Nov 15, 2017 14:59
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spog posted:Have they been cut and pasted in by someone who doesn't understand feathering? No, even better because it was an intentional lighting decision with how he backlit the couple. Pretty advanced stuff using lighting decisions to make it look like someone was cut/pasted into a scene.
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Nov 15, 2017 21:13
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rio posted:No, even better because it was an intentional lighting decision with how he backlit the couple. Pretty advanced stuff using lighting decisions to make it look like someone was cut/pasted into a scene. Goddamn that's a lot of effort to intentionally emulate bad editing
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Nov 16, 2017 01:37
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It really does look like a bad lasso job.
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Nov 16, 2017 16:37
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I'm convinced it's a cut and paste
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Nov 17, 2017 22:09
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Spedman posted:I'm convinced it's a cut and paste You can kind of see on the hair that is is just lighting and he also posted a shot without the back lighting to show how much better it looked with the backlighting There was a mix of like a hundred people saying how great it was because it was his signature unconventional style and a small amount saying that he should crop it or have not taken the shot to begin with who were basically told that the client hired him knowing what to expect as his style and that the couple were only supporting the subject (which is the lights - seriously, I am not making that up).
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Once a year I do some volunteer event coverage (I also get to eat ridiculously good food & drink during it so there's some quid pro-quo). A new guy was volunteering to shoot some of it as well and I was in the room as he was setting up his gear. He put on his external flash, took a photo of the wall, and muttered that it was way too bright. He reaches into his bag, pulls out a neutral density filter, and pops it onto his lens. An ND filter. On his lens. For a dimly lit indoor gala-type event. He was blasting people with full-power flash all evening. It was incredible.
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Nov 18, 2017 04:46
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you could have at least come and said hello to me, jerk 
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Nov 18, 2017 14:22
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From the KS thread. Want an expensive way for your uninspired photos to look like goddamn rear end ?   quote:Photographers turned to the endless pursuit of sharpness, resolution and speed. That trend still dominates today. However many photographers like yourself have started to realize that high resolution and high specs can not replace the authenticity of analogue photography that’s more personal, original, unfiltered with a timeless 'point of view'. Pinhole photography provides exactly that. After all it is the closest to what a human eye can see.
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Nov 23, 2017 14:31
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quote:After all it is the closest to what a human eye can see. Explains a lot, if their eyesight is that bad.
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Nov 23, 2017 15:08
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In fairness, everything is at the same level of focus.
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Nov 23, 2017 15:16
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$40 for an effect you could get by taping tin foil to your body and poking it with a needle? Good on them for making money from stupid people buying in to a stupid idea I guess.
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Nov 23, 2017 17:59
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$40 for an effect you could get by putting dish soap in your eyes.
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Nov 23, 2017 18:28
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That is some next level pretension.
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 Well I don't know how to get my screenshot to post, but interesting post on one of my FB groups: I am a Pentax owner since I started with photography. Naturally I decided to join this group. Naturally I decided to leave it. Reason: so many photos of naked woman and guns. Bear in mind I am not religious, neither I believe in God. Buy guys but the quality of my work cannot sit beside this type of low quality work. Yeah... no broccoli please fucked around with this message at 07:55 on Nov 24, 2017 |
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