[PIC_THREAD] People, Portraits, Street

Clown · 16 Feb 2013 at 18:09

Too dark.
Too soft.

Too uninteresting.

Tomorrow will be hard...

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Rojin · 16 Feb 2013 at 19:28

So basically you're saying you're a boring moody wimp?...

An Exception · 16 Feb 2013 at 19:31

Devrij · 16 Feb 2013 at 21:39

Dark Passenger

Was messing about with a flash that I had to manually fire with the test button. I'd really like some studio gear to play with, but hey ho. My gf said I was weird when she saw this

GSXRMovistar · 16 Feb 2013 at 21:52

One from today whilst out walking the dog:-

Leah - Belhus Woods 02 by AndyBakerUK, on Flickr

Clown · 17 Feb 2013 at 08:20

Rojin said:
So basically you're saying you're a boring moody wimp?...

My brother is

I have a shoot tomorrow with a couple DJs. I hope I don't waste their time.

Columbo · 17 Feb 2013 at 14:18

A few from yesterday in Sheffield.

Oh really! by m.ww, on Flickr

Don't watch me eat! by m.ww, on Flickr

Romantic tram lines by m.ww, on Flickr

An Exception · 17 Feb 2013 at 14:37

I like no.1, something about it reminds me of forums.
No.2 lacks interest for me personally, but 'interest' if very subjective. Composition however is very strong.
Love the composition of no.3, and the subject matter...

Columbo · 17 Feb 2013 at 19:08

An Exception said:
I like no.1, something about it reminds me of forums.
No.2 lacks interest for me personally, but 'interest' if very subjective. Composition however is very strong.
Love the composition of no.3, and the subject matter...

Thanks.

I agree that No 2 is definitely the weakest, I only processed it because just after I'd snapped the shot I got the middle finger making it even more of a keeper for me.

GSXRMovistar · 17 Feb 2013 at 21:23

A few more from yesterday's walk:-

Leah - Belhus Woods 03 by AndyBakerUK, on Flickr

Leah - Belhus Woods 07 by AndyBakerUK, on Flickr

Leah - Belhus Woods 09 by AndyBakerUK, on Flickr

An Exception · 17 Feb 2013 at 21:31

No. 2 is fantastic, though the cross processing is a little strong for me.

-|ScottFree|- · 18 Feb 2013 at 05:54

ElDude · 18 Feb 2013 at 09:47

I love that one too! Again it's like a post war or even 1920s postcard look with that dreamy look. It's definitely a style used for the actresses around the 40s though, well the pose definitely is

DJ_Switch · 18 Feb 2013 at 13:27

ElDude · 18 Feb 2013 at 15:47

148A1437 by Niall Allen, on Flickr

Oddly, despite me being very unhappy with most of my recent stuff I've had 3 offers of work lately. One for something golf related, one for a band and another for a chef. I decided I suck too much still and passed them onto a professional photographer.

Still I suppose that means there's hope yet

Brabbinho · 18 Feb 2013 at 16:47

DSC_1474.jpg by JTFB Photography, on Flickr

GSXRMovistar · 18 Feb 2013 at 20:44

An Exception said:
No. 2 is fantastic, though the cross processing is a little strong for me.

Thanks, may revisit and see how it looks toned down a tad.

-|ScottFree|- · 18 Feb 2013 at 21:06

Thanks for the kind words E|Dude...

Clown · 19 Feb 2013 at 22:09

This thread is so good! I don't really contribute much here mainly due to lack of opportunity. I'm also nervous about posed shots so I tend to turn down opportunities when I get them.

I'm going to go on a mad spamming spree but I've made the pictures really small so hopefully it's not too intrusive. I've chosen to post these photos here but there are more in the set here: CLICK HERE!

I can narrow them down even more if I wanted to. I think my favourites are 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27 which is basically half of these images.

I could do with a bit of feedback because I am such a novice at this. I don't really know how to direct. I don't really know what I'm looking for. I sort of just made them stand there while I chatted to them and pressed the button. I had two external flashes with umbrellas and I sort of just did trial and error. Looking through this thread and then comparing them to mine, I feel like my skill level really shows. I went for basic and safe processing - little bit contrasty and a little bit vignetty. Ahhhh this people stuff is hard! I find the candid thing much easier.

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Ksanti · 19 Feb 2013 at 22:29

I really like that set, Clown, particularly 24 and 25 as the low key look really suits strong, single lighting setups - more so than the two of the girl. Not sure on the green screen half background? I really like it in the black and whites and I guess it gives you control over the background tones in a b/w conversion though in a way that shooting black or white backgrounds doesn't (may steal that idea actually), but in the colour images it feels like a behind the scenes of a tv set?

A couple from a test/meetup today, first time shooting with the D800 properly, first time I'd ever used the Siggy 35. Still not really used to the perspective just yet, and I don't think it works incredibly well for outdoor location work but I'll get used to it I think. The 50 was certainly more forgiving of lazy composition but I've seen what 35s are capable of when you get it right, and given the build quality I'm very happy I went with the 35 over a 50. Only one of the photos I'm using in the album from today is from the 35, but I guess that stems mostly just from not being familiar with the length in the same way that I'm used to the 85.

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