Any photographers in here?
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IAMHOLLYWOOD
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cornflaykes
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Messin around and shot my son at 3200 iso (by mistake) and did some pp. What you guys think? It gives it that soft approach.
FunkyBuddha
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Okay, here's some of my "tilt shift" work...
Yes yes..I have started a fad in this thread it seems. Lets see more!!
Once I get some more time off and a better camera I'm going to go out and get some more. Those shots were taken with a point-and-shoot Olympus that is about 6 years old. I've got my sights set on a nice Canon here in the near future. Any suggestions on where to get a good price on camera equipment?
IAMHOLLYWOOD
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The blur behind these cars looks a little too fake. Nice cars though.....
Actualy, those other pics were posted long ago. I remember commenting about how they reminded me of highly detailed scale models.
Right, it's the going from a super hard focus to ultra soft that makes it look fake.
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James,
I'm catching up with this thread so I'm sorry if you've already discussed the details of this pictures. What equipment did you use (camera, lighting, location). The pose and model's expression are excellent. What does your Post Processing work flow look like?
One major beef with the finished image is the use of soft focus or similar effect. I mean, this is not 1989 and you are not shooting for a hair metal band. You probably spent thousands of dollars on camera gear to achieve the sharpest image possible. I just think you do yourself a disservice by using this technique on top of the really great capture.
Other nits I have with the post processing: I would spend some time and clean-up the sclera (whites of the eyes), whiten the teeth, and recreate the key light reflection in the model's right eye. I'd also hit those lips with the dodge tool to brighten the reflection. Here's a before/after comparison with the changes I've described. They are totally natural looking and not extreme, which I think is important.
Also, if your original image does not contain the far right bits of hair that are cut off in the linked image, then I would consider a tighter crop. Either of the ones indicated in red below would work.
Finally, unless you intend for your images to bee seen on multiple pages when printed don't size your image so big that people have to scroll. I mean, who has 2200 vertical pixels on which to view the linked image. This one is only 600 pixels high and allows the viewer to get a much better feel for the overall composition.
Seriously good work here that blows most of what you have on your website away. You should consider replacing most of your portrait stuff with studio shots like this one.
Good luck!
James,
I'm catching up with this thread so I'm sorry if you've already discussed the details of this pictures. What equipment did you use (camera, lighting, location). The pose and model's expression are excellent. What does your Post Processing work flow look like?
One major beef with the finished image is the use of soft focus or similar effect. I mean, this is not 1989 and you are not shooting for a hair metal band. You probably spent thousands of dollars on camera gear to achieve the sharpest image possible. I just think you do yourself a disservice by using this technique on top of the really great capture.
Other nits I have with the post processing: I would spend some time and clean-up the sclera (whites of the eyes), whiten the teeth, and recreate the key light reflection in the model's right eye. I'd also hit those lips with the dodge tool to brighten the reflection. Here's a before/after comparison with the changes I've described. They are totally natural looking and not extreme, which I think is important.
Also, if your original image does not contain the far right bits of hair that are cut off in the linked image, then I would consider a tighter crop. Either of the ones indicated in red below would work.
Finally, unless you intend for your images to bee seen on multiple pages when printed don't size your image so big that people have to scroll. I mean, who has 2200 vertical pixels on which to view the linked image. This one is only 600 pixels high and allows the viewer to get a much better feel for the overall composition.
Seriously good work here that blows most of what you have on your website away. You should consider replacing most of your portrait stuff with studio shots like this one.
Good luck!
Thanks for the tips. Most of the items your pointed out were done only not quite as far as you pointed out. I also get the same effects as you did only use different actions to get there.
She wanted the super soft/smooth/fake looking skin so that's what I gave her. On most of them erased the noise softening (which is mostly what I used to smooth the skin -noise ninja) on the hair so it would not overly soften it. As we shot 100+ images that day that I was editing, I spent more time on some than I did others.
As for the cropping, I don't mind the tighter crop, but the one that goes right across her chest I don't like. I've done that before ad had people comment negatively on it.
What did you use to whiten up the eyes and teeth?
Lastly I was shooting with a 5d, 24-70 and 70-200 and 3 Elinchrom D-lite2's. 2 on the background and one on her. I used either a silver white umbrella or large octobox softbox. don't remember which. I ran out of stands and grips to set up a reflector on her right side to reflect a little more light. I'm not sure what the reflection is in her right eye. The only light I had no that side was a backdrop light which she should have been far enough in front of to not catch. She must have been back a bit.
