sara2

Thank you for the feedback. Is there a good flash for close up portraits? I have seen some close up portraits done where it looks like they have a cateye catch light in their eyes. Is that the Nikon flash?

Thanks

Hi again. Click on the (link) and it's the first picture in the album.

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I just can't get this right. Here's another link :)

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Here is a better link

<a href="http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc276/ayourartisan/?action=view&current=FILE0052.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc276/ayourartisan/FILE0052.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

I was thinking about getting the Sigma ring flash. I would like to use it for

close up portraits (outside and inside.) Any thoughts on it? Do you think it

would be a fun and useful item to have? And how close does the subject need to

be to the lens? Thanks for the feedback! I will post a photo that I thought

the flash would help with.

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src="http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc276/ayourartisan/blogd.jpg"

border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

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sara

Hi! Thank you all for the great ideas for photoshop, I needed all of it. But what I was looking for was the detail on the print itself. I thought I have seen prints that the surface had a texture on it. Almost like a canvas but more with paint brush lines. I might be out of my mind but if anyone understands what I'm looking for -that would be great.

But thanks again for all the good photoshop stuff I'll be using it.

Sara

What is the name for prints with the finish that looks like it was painted? Is

it just the canvas prints our is there another form that really shows more

detail? And if anyone knows a good printer or any printer who do it, can you

give me names? And...:) Who prints and embosses the studios name on prints?

Thanks for any help,

Sara

Sorry it took so long to get back to you (been out of town.) The grain in the shadows come when I'm using soft boxes in the studio. I used 1 light box and my camera is set to 1/100 f11 with a 50mm lenes and the iso is on 200. I think I might need to play in the studio a little bit more and stop being so lazy. When I do I'll get my settings right.

Thanks for all the feed back!

Sara

I'm trying to print a 16x20 family picture. The problem is that the frame has

a 1/2" border that cuts into the picture 1/2". The client does not want any

thing to be lost under the matte (hands or feet.) So I have been trying to

border the picture a 1/2" so that would be the fill under the matte. I'm

thinking that it's pretty simple in adobe photoshop but I just can't get it.

Any suggestions would be more then helpful.

Thanks

Sara

When I take in studio shots I find that the shadows have too much grain and it

doesn't give the photo a very clean look to it. I'm thinking it's the iso

(which I have at 200) Should I have it at higher speed? Any help would be

great! Thanks, Sara

This might be just a wrong thing to do, but I just love the coloring

and texture of Andrzej Dragan work. Does anyone have ideas on how he

does it. Filters, Lighting, Painting, Sharpening?

Thank You so much for the information. I have been trying to play with it for weeks and now I have some rules to follow. I should have ask this question forever ago.

A Big, Big Thank You to all of you.

I'm trying to achieve keeping the white in a sepia setting in ps.

What I'm doing now doesn't work the greatest. I'm useing the photo

filters (sepia) in ps. Then I play with the highlight and shadow

settings, but doing that still leaves me with the whites taking on a

unnatural tone. I have tried to paint white into the picture and the

replace color setting in ps (but that usually changes the whole

pictures color). Any ideas to what I'm doing wrong?

A example would be something like the wedding picture on the home

page of photo.net.

Thanks for any help!

I am going to buy a better lens for taking portraits (I do a lot of

seniors). I'm looking at the Nikkon DX's 55-200mm 4-5.6 or the 18-

55mm 3.5-5.6. I'm thinking the 55-200 will give me more freedom, but

I might be missing something. (If I'm even looking at the right type

of lens in the first place) And if anyone knows if there is a good

filter to use when taking seniors (skin problems) to help me with

less work on photoshop after the session, Please let me know! Kind

of a long question, but anything will help!

thanks

Looking for a wide angle lens for my Nikon d 100. I'm looking for a

19-35 Af zoom (or something in that realm) and the phoenix ones come

up all the time. Sigma comes up a lot, but it's more like a 28-80mm

zoom and that might be too much with my digital. I photograph

weddings and I have read that the 19-35 is a good size for the job,

but the 28-80mm might be too big. Any help with anything would be

great! Thanks!