jasonwilliamsphotography 0 Posted February 10, 2006 I love the hair, great shot! Boy you are a night owl or early bird! Link to comment
jimbakerphotography 0 Posted February 10, 2006 I love the overexpousure! White on white is great. I did a little bit of overexposure for a shot with my mom for her portrait for photo.net I read an article that on popphoto that said it helps get rid of harsh lines that age likes to put on people... i'm doing a lot of shooting this weekend, I put up some shots from last nite that I did for a friend in VA, and today I'm going to NC to shoot some for my neices again. I've been messing around a lot more with photoshop too (i finnaly got it for my mac) please check back and let me know what you think. great shot! thanks for all of your help on my photos. (how'd you break your arm?) :( jim baker Link to comment
kslonaker 0 Posted February 11, 2006 I like this one, too, Jayme - the large space in front of him works out well. Link to comment
tom t 0 Posted February 11, 2006 Me too I like this a lot. The white space to the left is a bit too much for me - I'd crop a bit. But I agree you need some white space there. Tom Link to comment
pturton 10 Posted February 11, 2006 Jayme, Excellent presentation. I like the balance you have achieved with the composition. Link to comment
bens 0 Posted February 11, 2006 outstanding, great clarity, perfect control of the tones, enjoyable composition, fine expression, great light -- really a pleasure to see such a distillation of various things you have tried over the past two years in this photo. Link to comment
jayme 0 Posted February 12, 2006 Thanks all. If any of you noted the white vertical line on his forehead, this is a scar. Bumped his head & had several sutures a while back. Not a dodging/burning line. I left the "battle scar" for realism :) Link to comment
colin carron 58,916 Posted February 12, 2006 A fine shot. The high key exposure works well giving the shot a delicate feeling. Link to comment
stevegriffin 0 Posted February 13, 2006 Another great shot Jayme. Maybe a little too much white space... but it does kinda work... Link to comment
jayme 0 Posted February 13, 2006 Thanks Steve. You may be right. I was wavering on 2 different crops. Here's the example of what I was thinking & obviously I chose the top crop. But it could have gone either way, I believe I tossed a coin :) I got tired of trying to decide & my husband was of no help on the subject. He just wanted to know if it would fit in a 4x6 frame......yuck! :) Actually, I think I decided the way I did because I came to see the "Hair" was the subject :) LOL Fixed by his father! Link to comment
sherwinjames 0 Posted February 14, 2006 Jayme, I really like this one, especially the empty space on the left (in the direction of the boy's glance). Great contrast as well. Link to comment
kleintje 0 Posted February 15, 2006 Jayme, having looked at the two crops, I think you decided on the best of the two. The lower one to me divides the photo too much in two equal spaces, one with the boy and one empty, while here with the larger empty space (combined with the look on his face) it makes you wonder more what it is he is actually looking at. And I just love this high-key effect! How do you do it (if I may ask)? Do you have a lot of PS afterwards? (getting my first DSLR in a few months from now (countdown has started!) and I guess I might be able to persuade my nephew into modelling for a few minutes... ;o) Link to comment
warren williams 0 Posted February 15, 2006 Jayme, there is nothing to fault in this shot. It's absolutely exquisite in every way and fully deserving of top marks. Brilliant. Well done.Warren Link to comment
jayme 0 Posted February 15, 2006 Warren- thank you, I always appreciate your input! Isle- Hardly any PS work involved at all. This is what I like about the process. What you have to do is set your lights to a normal seamless white highkey setting, (I use a 4 light set up 2 on the nackground/ 2 on the subject)Then I increased the 2 on the subject (they are set @ 45 degree angles & 3 feet from the subject) I increased them so they were equal but caused the image to be over-exposed. It must be shot in RAW. Once in the computer, I adjust the RAW file 1-desaturated 2-played with the exposure/brightness/shadows. It's similar to developing it yourself in a darkroom. I adapted this technique from an article I found that was written back in the 60's for film photogs to create the infamous "white on white" images of that era. Really prett fun technique. Also, as an added benefit, the technique lends it'self to the old technique of hand-coloring. I have been doing the hand-coloring in the computer, but I wanted to learn how to do it with Marshall's oils. So now, I print the image on a high grade Espon matte paper & use Marshall's oils to hand-color. Really neat process. Link to comment
frank_p 0 Posted February 15, 2006 Beautiful portrait and excellent execution. Moreover, I like the way these comments evolve into something really useful. Thanks Jayme, thanks photo.net. Link to comment
jayme 0 Posted February 15, 2006 Thanks Frank- I personally, think sharing & learning is the point. It might not be the most popular thought, but that's what my comments & my images are about. I really dislike snooty photographers who treat others like they are better or smarter than everyone else. I find it aggravating & plus it intimidates people into never asking a question again or adding their 2 cents. I've learned more from others 2 cents than anything else. So........ feel free to add your 2 cents anytime! Link to comment
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