Girlfriend was home for the weekend, figured I would go on a picnic and break out the 85 1.2
Canon 40D, 85 1.2 at 1.2 midday under a pavilion.
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Girlfriend was home for the weekend, figured I would go on a picnic and break out the 85 1.2
Canon 40D, 85 1.2 at 1.2 midday under a pavilion.
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Awesome bokeh, magical rendering of colors ofcourse VERY sharp portrait.
Wonderful pic Joel. Thanks for sharing.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2759/...81bc7e05c4.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2490/...9a3e42f5a8.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2521/...2ff93ffb11.jpg
These are some of what I'd consider my best from recent senior portrait shoots. Watermarked only because they are senior pictures :)
I forget the strobist info. Sorry.
Comments/critiques welcome :) But these are already the final edits haha.
Enjoy, and great shots everyone!
-Rodger
Hi Rodger,Quote:
Originally Posted by Rodger
I love the lighting and the shots in general for the first 2 pictures. 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. 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. Other then that I really like your work.
Fred~
I agree....good stuff Rodger!
And I'll contribute a couple from my last maternity shoot...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/...9fde922922.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2674/...e3fea0efc8.jpg
You can click on them to see how they were lit and see others from the same shoot.
My favorites from senior pictures this yr, nice work as always Sean!
Canon XTi Sigma 50-150mm
65mm 1/400s f/4 ISO 100
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._3959682_n.jpg
125mm 1/1250s f/2.8 ISO 100
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._3003276_n.jpg
taken with 50mm f/1.8
1/100s f/1.8 ISO 200, fill flash used
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._4185573_n.jpg
Thanks for the comments guys!
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Originally Posted by Fred Doane
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!
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Originally Posted by Fred Doane
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
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Originally Posted by Rodger
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 changedthe powerat 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.
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Originally Posted by Sean Setters
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
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Originally Posted by Rodger
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:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2671/...681134e354.jpg
@f/5.0
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2590/...1087775ff7.jpg
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.
http://sleekupload.com/uploads/5/_mg_5174.jpg
http://sleekupload.com/uploads/5/_mg_5178.jpg
http://sleekupload.com/uploads/5/_mg_5170.jpg
And totally unrelated to the above, a random shot from a week ago.
http://sleekupload.com/uploads/5/img_0510.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3487/...d093fc113e.jpg
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
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Originally Posted by devsalvi
Or, if you slide it to the right, it gives a bit more of a Dave Hill style. Not totally, but a bit.
-Rodger
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. [:D]
Sunset brings peace into an otherwise ferocious creature, my wife :P
Cheers!
Dev
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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.
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<td width="30%"]Exposure:</td>
<td>0.017 sec (1/60)</td>
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<td width="30%"]Aperture:</td>
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<td>0.00</td>
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<td>100</td>
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<td>0 EV</td>
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Oddly enough, I took a self-portrait last night...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2464/...1bef1cfcae.jpg
strobist: 1 Vivitar 285, camera left, 1/4, shot into a silver reflective umbrella. Flash triggered via Cybersyncs.
Nice border!
Curious as to where you got it. A sequence of slightly different images in the same movie film border might be fun :)
-Rodger
Nice border!
Curious as to where you got it. A sequence of slightly different images in the same movie film border might be fun :)
-Rodger
Hi Rodger,
dont mean to speak for Sean, but i found free actions for PS cs4 where u can select multiple pictures and create the film reel effect above.
Cheers!
Dev
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Originally Posted by Rodger
Actually Roger, it's a totally customizable filter that comes standard in GIMP. I just found it the other day when I wanted to edit a picture on my girlfriend's laptop (she doesn't have Photoshop). I'm not a huge fan of GIMP--but only because I'm so used to Photoshop. However, it can work wonders in a pinch.
In GIMP--->FILTERS--->COMBINE--->FILMSTRIP
Where can I get these actions from? :)
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Originally Posted by jcmeza_21
I don't know where devsalvi got the actions he was talking about, but GIMP is a free alternative to Photoshop. You can find out more about it at GIMP's homepage. It's got a few nice standard filters and it also provides a few different options for converting images to black & white.
Quote:
Originally Posted by jcmeza_21
This is one place.
Adobe photoshop actions
cheers!
Dev
Here are a few of my recent portraits...
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The flower one has a wierd green cast for some reason (not the case in the original file, just uploaded strange), other than that I was pretty happy with these this month. Don't have the details in front of me at the moment. I can post them later if anyone wants them.
The second one's good, but I like the first one best. Well done...
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Originally Posted by devsalvi
Thankyou! Those are some sweet actions!
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<div>benluebbert, I also like the first one best.</div>
<div>I'm not a huge fan of the cold colors in the third, but to each his own!</div>
<div>-Rodger</div>
Here's a self portrait I did on of the first nights I got my CTR301Ps.
430Ex 1/2 through 4-6" Cinnamon Toast Crunch Snoot.
F8.0, ISO 100, 1/200th (is there anyway to get lightroom to put all the exif in a photo? this one didn't have ISO I had to look at the original raws. You can't see it but theres a Litre of Russian Standard of my right kneed (it's shining a bit).
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(i'll just jump the gun and say, no i'm not promoting anything in this)
[quote=Rodger]
Quote:
Originally Posted by devsalvi
You are welcome.
Cheers!
Dev
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<td width="30%"]Exposure:</td>
<td>0.001 sec (1/1250)</td>
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<td width="30%"]Aperture:</td>
<td>f/2.8</td>
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<td width="30%"]Focal Length:</td>
<td>50 mm</td>
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<td width="30%"]Exposure:</td>
<td>+0.55</td>
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<td>ISO Speed:</td>
<td>200</td>
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<td>Exposure Bias:</td>
<td>0 EV</td>
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<td>Flash:</td>
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Off, Did not fire
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Here is a shot from April of 2009 edited with one of the photoshop actions I found on that page. I added the noise and the vignette after the action was done.
-Rodger
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Originally Posted by Rodger
Roger - See if you can soften the transition in the vignette. When I put a vignette in a 15mp image, I usually max out the limitations of CS2 by using a 250 pixel feather to transition into the vignette. The transition to vignette in your image looks like a line drawn in the sand (otherwise I really like it).
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rodger
Hi Rodger,
Usually after running the action i do a ctlr+alt+z which opens up the individual steps(separate layers) before the layers are combined. Then you can change / tweak the settings on each layer and then merge them again.
Cheers!
Dev
I just couldn't help myself...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2606/...2ce8aa1f9b.jpg
Me neither, Sean... me neither.
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Sorry to break the trend haha.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2598/...6c5db33654.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2494/...83414169f6.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2473/...c55285757f.jpg
These are from my school's homecoming this past weekend (I go to a small private school without a football team so we have our "homecoming" after everyone else). I didn't like these until I used the vintage look from a photoshop action. They're still not the greatest portraits, but they're kind of fun. haha.
Oh yeah, balloons are cheaper than flowers (her idea!).
-Rodger
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rodger
To be honest I really like the second one with the exception that the girl's eyes are closed, it's a nifty composition