My favorites from senior pictures this yr, nice work as always Sean!
Canon XTi Sigma 50-150mm
65mm 1/400s f/4 ISO 100
125mm 1/1250s f/2.8 ISO 100
taken with 50mm f/1.8
1/100s f/1.8 ISO 200, fill flash used
Thanks for the comments guys!
Fred Doane: It must have taken a lot of patience to get the dog facing the same way as the senior in the first pic, I just love it.
Haha the shot with the dog is one of those that just kind of happened actually. The dog got excited and came running into the frame. She reacted with a smile and intinct had me snapping the photo. Everything kind of just came together to create one of my favorite frames from the shoot!
Fred Doane:I like the concept of the 3rd shot and the background but I would have liked to see the seniors eyes a little more and not have her feet cut off in the shot.
Good point. Chopping feet off is something I have to work on. Or rather, not chopping feet off. Either way that sounded kind of morbid.. Halloween anyone? lol
Sean, I envy your strobist info!! haha I'm on a school computer and they don't display embedded images I'll see your pictures when I get home. I'm sure they're amazing though! Question: Do you write down the info on each picture during a shoot? Or at least enough to give you an idea? I'm changing angles, lighting, exposure so much that it'd be a pain to write that down all the time. Just wondering.
-Rodger
Rodger:Do you write down the info on each picture during a shoot? Or at least enough to give you an idea? I'm changing angles, lighting, exposure so much that it'd be a pain to write that down all the time.
Nahh. I typically don't do a whole lot of diffent setups, and I usually keep the lighting fairly constant for that series until we move to a different location. I get the light dialed-in in the beginning and keep shooting with it fixed while making only minor adjustments along the way. As far as remembering the power of the flashes--it's 90% memory, and 10% analysis. Most of the time I remember what the power was, however, if I changed the power at some point through the series I'll compare it with the other pics to determine the exact flash output used on that particular shot.
If I rememember to, I'll take a setup shot. Setup shots are important because a flash at 1/4 power shot through a modifier will look completely different depending on the distance from your subject. But, alas, most of the time I forget.
Sean Setters:But, alas, most of the time I forget.
Haha same. As my first year shooting anything for profit, I'm such a jumbled mess of adrenaline/nerves/excitement haha. Setup shots typically fall through the cracks. Oh welll.
And I was right earlier. I love the first image! Very nice work Sean!
Rodger:And I was right earlier. I love the first image! Very nice work Sean!
Really? Because I think I like the second one better.... :-)
Canon 450D, Sigma 10-20mm 4-5.6 EX @ f/4.0
Sorry I could not resist:
@f/5.0
Today in photo class our teacher busted out the studio lights, really old and cheap ones to add, for our reallyreally inexperienced class. I'm pretty much the only one that knows what I'm doing, has experience and actually has a DSLR and a pro film camera. Anyways, I was helping people out with setting up the lighting and whatnot, and decided to move in someones shoot. I just stood behind the person doing the shoot and did my best to get a good shot. About 80% didn't come out how I liked, either she wasn't looking right, the lighting was off, or just bad framing/angle. These are the few that actually came out decent.
note that I wasn't directing the shoot, I was simply snapping shots when I could. And others managed the lighting. Everything was taken with my Canon 350D and 85mm f/1.8 @ f/2.8.
And totally unrelated to the above, a random shot from a week ago.
Canon 50D, 17-55mm f/2.8 IS
f/4, 1/250 sec, ISO 200
strobist: 1 Vivitar 285HV, camera left (behind subject), 1/16 power, shot through a 16" Alzo softbox. Flash triggered via Cybersyncs.
Hi all,
This may not be an appropriate place for this post but why not if it can help with PP of portraits.
Just a new (noticed only now) thing I ran into. If you use photoshop cs4 for processing raw images, in Adobe camera raw, there is a control called "Clarity". If you move the slider to the left, it makes the picture creamier and gives the skin a soft look. Thought I will share it here :)
Cheers!
Dev
devsalvi: If you move the slider to the left, it makes the picture creamier and gives the skin a soft look.
Or, if you slide it to the right, it gives a bit more of a Dave Hill style. Not totally, but a bit.
homeless people always make very interesting subjects. yesterday i was in LA , wandering on Venice beach when i bumped into this guy. He was so funny to me that i coul not not take a shot of him!
i did not even ask his name so i am going to call him the funny and thirsty guy !
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Hi, for a second I thought the photos were premeditated until I read your description.
Very nice.
Sunset brings peace into an otherwise ferocious creature, my wife :P
Camera:Canon EOS 40D
Exposure:0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture:f/2.8
Focal Length:35 mm
Exposure:0.00
ISO Speed:100
Exposure Bias:0 EV
Flash:Off, Did not fire
Self portrait.