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11/16/2007 12:58:21 PM · #126 |
Originally posted by Bernard_Marx:
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Do any of you have any portraits taken with the methods described above (strobes with CTO gels combined with hot lights)?
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I haven't used CTO gels to balance hot lights, but I frequently use gels when shooting outside. As Gordon described above, I'll use a gel on my flash and then adjust the white balance to suit my needs. Setting the white balance for tungsten in the woods and then letting everything in the back shift of a darker blue green can make the subject really pop while setting a more interesting mood.
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11/16/2007 02:03:59 PM · #127 |
Setting the white balance for tungsten in the woods and then letting everything in the back shift of a darker blue green can make the subject really pop while setting a more interesting mood.
I'll have to try that. I remember being told to do that by a professional some months back and I never did adjust my white balance. Thanks for reminding me.
One more I did several months back. A beautiful young model to work with.
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11/16/2007 02:08:58 PM · #128 |
Well, I have enjoyed the strobe+gel conversation. Thanks.
I would encourage those who post here to describe their equipment setups and settings etc. etc. whathaveyou. |
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11/16/2007 02:37:15 PM · #129 |
Originally posted by Nusbaum:
I haven't used CTO gels to balance hot lights, but I frequently use gels when shooting outside. As Gordon described above, I'll use a gel on my flash and then adjust the white balance to suit my needs. Setting the white balance for tungsten in the woods and then letting everything in the back shift of a darker blue green can make the subject really pop while setting a more interesting mood.
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Very interesting. I too will have to try this. And thank you for posting the representative. |
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11/16/2007 02:59:08 PM · #130 |
And here is a recent outtake.
Would anyone care to make suggestions on what they might have done differently?
BG - Big black muslin.
Light - 580EX on camera as master. Gary Fong diffuser domed. Pointing at subject. 430EX as slave on stand with shoot-thru brolly. Set above the subject's head and angled down. White reflector on camera right.
Lens - Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II.
Settings - f8 at 1/250 (I think). ISO is always 100.
Subject - Fake blood and eye makeup. I sprayed him down with Pam to get that sweaty look!
Edit - I did my usual edits. Then I created a grunge layer and backed it way off (grunge light).
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11/16/2007 04:20:11 PM · #131 |
If you wouldn't mine telling me how you do this I would greatly appreciate it. Ive been trying to figure it out myself, but that hasn't worked so far. Thanks!!!
Originally posted by timfythetoo:
Originally posted by timfythetoo:
Another from this morning. Unfortunately my choices in models are limited. Most of my test work is done with my kids. Fortunately for me they are usually more than willing.
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And a tweak on the background using a texture overlay -
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11/16/2007 04:28:06 PM · #132 |
Originally posted by bennettjamie:
If you wouldn't mine telling me how you do this I would greatly appreciate it. Ive been trying to figure it out myself, but that hasn't worked so far. Thanks!!! |
I edited my details. I found the texture layer from the overlay thread going on in side tournaments right now. If I am not mistaken there is a tutorial type description somewhere in that thread. Definitely more details about it in man of the images posted. Let me know if you need more help. |
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11/16/2007 04:28:28 PM · #133 |
SB-25, shot through an IKEA umbrella, up high to camera right.
SB-25, shot through an IKEA umbrella, up high to camera right.
Unfortuantely I have yet to buy a real photographic umbrella. £1.99 from IKEA is a pretty good alternative tho! |
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11/16/2007 04:33:38 PM · #134 |
Thanks for all the comments guys, I really appreciate it.
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11/16/2007 09:40:38 PM · #135 |
One more from today, and it's one that I feel sadly missed it's mark. It was a spur of the moment attempt at a particular pose that I wanted to try (baby feet in mom's hands), but we were dodging 2 5-yr olds, a 4-yr old, a 3-yr old and an 11-month old while trying to do this. *lol* Not the serene and calm setting I'd have liked.
Anyhow - sat mom on a stool next to my west-facing living-room window a little before noon today, draped a navy-blue shirt over her lap, and had her hold her daughter's feet.
I have :
converted from RAW
selected background, desaturated and darkened
selected the dress, used levels to ditch the drab look, and removed colour to get rid of a blue cast on the edge.
used hue/sat layers to convert to B&W
duplicate layer applied in "screen" mode at 60%
applied a vignette
Anyhow - this is the resized and web-saved version of what I came up with.
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11/16/2007 11:27:02 PM · #136 |
| This is a cool thread. going to keep my eye on this one. I would love to join but don't have a lot of time to goof off on here. |
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11/17/2007 12:19:06 AM · #137 |
Originally posted by kashi:
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This is my version of "baby's feet with parent's hand"
I laid him on a receiving blanket in direct sunlight (hence the strong shadows), and held his foot with my left hand while trying to take the picture with my right. He looks serene and sleeping, but he was wiggling pretty good. I look at it now, as a photographer, with a more experienced eye, and wish I would have done some things differently, but I also look at it as a father, and wouldn't change a thing. |
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11/17/2007 10:42:12 AM · #138 |
ok, so here is some of mine.
this one is new
and these are some older ones
 
 
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11/17/2007 10:46:13 AM · #139 |
I was doing this a while back, though the info is still good.
(I teach a class at the studio based off of some of these now)here
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11/17/2007 09:47:28 PM · #140 |
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Portrait lighting included 4 lights, two to the left and two to the right, in a square format with the lights in each corner of the square. I was going for a high key look and wanted some really bright whites to contrast with the pink tutu.
edit for sloppy fingers
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11/17/2007 11:20:33 PM · #141 |
Here's a couple of recent shots from me...
 
Both taken for another photo competition, and both using my new home-made softbox as the only significant light source.
The are slightly out of the standard definition of a portrait shot, as they include some action or activity. Technically speaking, do they still qualify as portraits? I don't know.
I have some more, but I can't show them yet. :) I'll also be doing some portraits for some relatives sometime in the next month, and they will be more in the line of static portraits, so I'll be doing some research on posing and arranging people before then. Should be fun.
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11/18/2007 08:50:36 AM · #142 |
This one is new
I love full-frame face shots. You might want to clean up all of the dust - especially behind the subject's left-side lens. Those are simple clones. There is also an odd reflection in the top corner of the other lens with some blue coloration - I'd clone that away as well.
I love the grungy chair and bg in the bottom pic - is that in studio?
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11/18/2007 09:02:45 AM · #143 |
A few from yesterday. Austin has an annual studio tour - 120 studios open their doors to the public. I walked around a few of them and took some portraits of the artists, with their art. This is the sort of portraiture I really enjoy - just using the light that I can find in a place I haven't been before and working with people I've just met.
  
  
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11/18/2007 09:09:05 AM · #144 |
Excellent work, Gordon. Those look awesome! :)
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11/18/2007 09:29:45 AM · #145 |
6th street in Austin, last night. Think I'm going to start on a pizza theme...
All 50mm f1.4, at 1.4, on a 1dII, ISO 3200
  
  
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11/18/2007 10:54:30 AM · #146 |
Originally posted by latentflip:
Unfortunately I have yet to buy a real photographic umbrella. £1.99 from IKEA is a pretty good alternative tho! |
Doesn't look like you need to spend any more!
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11/18/2007 11:05:20 AM · #147 |
Originally posted by latentflip:
Unfortuantely I have yet to buy a real photographic umbrella. £1.99 from IKEA is a pretty good alternative tho! |
Do you have a picture of said IKEA umbrella ? I'm curious as to what it is exactly that you are using.
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11/18/2007 11:22:52 AM · #148 |
Pictures taken today.
It's tipping with rain here so I thought I would try and figure out how to use my new lighting kit :- )
 
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11/18/2007 06:04:12 PM · #149 |
Originally posted by kashi:
Originally posted by latentflip:
Unfortuantely I have yet to buy a real photographic umbrella. £1.99 from IKEA is a pretty good alternative tho! |
Do you have a picture of said IKEA umbrella ? I'm curious as to what it is exactly that you are using. |
This looks exactly the same as mine, I will take a setup shot tomorrow :). |
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11/19/2007 09:19:26 AM · #150 |
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I did these over the weekend. My personal best so far.
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