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 09/20/2008 09:48:51 PM · #76
Well finally I get to post a few more:

Portrait 2:



Portrait 3:



Portrait 4:



Portrait 5:



Portrait 6:



Portrait 7:



Portrait 8:



Sorry to post all at once, but I'm a time challenged procrastinator. :D

Hopefully I will get to do some more commenting this evening.

09/21/2008 04:36:58 PM · #77
Ok, not really managed to shoot any more portraits yet ... but here is an environmental portrait I took today
09/21/2008 09:20:32 PM · #78


I'm not 100% happy with these, I am working with a new Flash diffuser, and I'm not sure I softened the shadows enough. I got tired of the Fong Dong and am going to sell it as soon as I get the handle on the new diffuser.

Matt
 09/21/2008 09:43:30 PM · #79
Originally posted by MattO:


I'm not 100% happy with these, I am working with a new Flash diffuser, and I'm not sure I softened the shadows enough. I got tired of the Fong Dong and am going to sell it as soon as I get the handle on the new diffuser.

Matt


Not going to comment on each one, but I'm of the opinion that you softened the shadows too much. What you've ended up with here are portraits that are really flat and have no energy to them. No dynamic. Take your self-portrait in your profile for instance. A great use of lighting and shadow there. In these, there's just not a lot of anything IMO to really grab me.
 09/22/2008 10:18:20 PM · #80
09/22/2008 10:34:14 PM · #81
Portrait 05 - Cartesia III


09/23/2008 12:51:37 AM · #82
Number 6


Number 7 (Kinda weird how that worked out. . .)


Number 8
09/23/2008 09:38:19 PM · #83


#6 - I know. Honest, this is the last child portrait. I swear.
 09/24/2008 09:00:59 PM · #84
*gives the thread a shake*
 09/24/2008 09:04:07 PM · #85
Originally posted by K10DGuy:
*gives the thread a shake*


And here's what fell out...
09/26/2008 10:14:32 AM · #86
I haven't been as active as I thought I would be... but here's one from today. I suppose I could post some outtakes later.


09/26/2008 10:28:55 AM · #87
I've actually got #s 9 and 10 taken; I'm still "working" on them, though. :)
 09/28/2008 12:49:57 AM · #88
Anyone around... ? I think the comment well has dried up.
09/28/2008 01:37:36 AM · #89
I might pathetically fail to complete the side challenge. We shall see, but the month is drawing to a close pretty quick.
 09/28/2008 01:52:21 AM · #90
I'm going to fail it. I gave up trying to get people to pose for me, it was getting too frustrating and irritating.

I'll go back to my once every 6 months family photo shoots I guess.
 09/28/2008 02:00:12 AM · #91


I'll get caught up on comments before the month is out. I have some portraits tentatively scheduled for tomorrow so I should have more to post.
 09/29/2008 12:35:09 AM · #92
Portrait 07:



I have more I shot today but I probably won't have time to process them before the end of the month. This has been quite the learning experience!
 09/29/2008 08:05:44 AM · #93




Message edited by author 2008-09-29 08:32:20.
 09/29/2008 09:14:32 AM · #94
Portrait 9:
09/29/2008 10:16:48 PM · #95








Alright, I finished it. So I had to use the kids to do so, but I'm not going to feel guilty about that. Andie was on her game today!

Oh, and a bonus shot to show that Little Miss Moody *can* smile now and again:



Message edited by author 2008-09-29 22:24:19.
 09/30/2008 09:06:41 AM · #96
Well I have two other images that I would prefer to use, but I can't post them, until the next two challenges are completed, as they would give my entries away. This is not quite the head and shoulders portrait....but it was an image that I considered for Free Study.
Portrait 10:
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09/30/2008 10:16:09 PM · #97
Ok, I'm a slacker. Here are my final 5 now. I'm only just getting in by the end of the month, and that's only on server time!






Now to make some more comments...


09/30/2008 10:54:53 PM · #98

Number 9


Number 10
 09/30/2008 11:23:22 PM · #99
I guess that I am not much of a "people shooter" either. Even with the easy task of getting 10 good people shots in a whole month, it just didn't happen. It's been a work a lot month, and I have not been in the right groove to get people to do much more than a few candid shots.
Thanks for comments, and I hope that some of the ones that I made during the first week or two were helpful.
I will be seeing some of you in the upcoming macro S C. I am a lot better at getting macro shots than at getting people shots, so I may do ok with that S C.
10/01/2008 11:19:54 AM · #100
With the end of this side challenge, I want to take some time to thank everyone for their wonderful comments and contributions. It was a pleasure to see some wonderful and interesting works. I hope I was helpful in some of my comments, or at the very least, that some insight was offered somewhere. I know that I got some great comments that opened my eyes to some things, and the confidence boost was great too.

Congratulations to everyone that finished, and to the others, keep trying! We procrastinators need all the help we can get. lol.
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