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Great shot, Thomas! Love the pose. Love the starkness as well. The single eye peering out as us. I also like the cropping, having her in the lower right hand. Very well done. I shall visit the rest of your work. Though I've been shooting for many years, I just shot my first studio work this last week. Feel free to visit my site if you wish. All the best, Paul. -
Wonderful shot, Massimo! Good composition, good color, love the depth of field. You may try and darken it a bit, that may make it a bit more dramatic. But nonetheless, it's a wonderful shot as it is. Well worn hands. I'm certain they can tell many stories.
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Just getting back from some time off. Spent a week in Central California in a makeshift studio
shooting my friend, Jen. She's a woman of many faces. Comments and observations always
welcome. Thanks in advance. I hope to be participating much more in the weeks and months
to come. It's good tobe back.
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Just getting back from some time off. Spent a week in Central California in a makeshift studio
shooting my friend, Jen. She's a woman of many faces. Comments and observations always
welcome. Thanks in advance. I hope to be participating much more in the weeks and months
to come. It's good tobe back.
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Just getting back from some time off. Spent a week in Central California in a makeshift studio
shooting my friend, Jen. She's a woman of many faces. Comments and observations always
welcome. Thanks in advance. I hope to be participating much more in the weeks and months
to come. It's good tobe back.
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Just getting back from some time off. Spent a week in Central California in a makeshift studio
shooting my friend, Jen. She's a woman of many faces. Comments and observations always
welcome. Thanks in advance. I hope to be participating much more in the weeks and months
to come. It's good tobe back.
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Thanks for taking the time to visit and comment, Neil. I do have several versions of the image. I was drawn to this one in that I wanted the focus to be Jen's eyes. I'll be posting other versions of it as the days go by. She does have a captivating face. She is wonderful in front of a camera. Thanks for the comment. -
Thanks for the feedback, Landrum. I agree with the shadows on the bridge of the nose, I'll have to dodge those out. But my opinion on the blown out highlights is different in that I have a perfectly exposed version of this image. Shooting a perfectly exposed image is not that challanging for me (anymore). To push the envelope a bit, create something different other than the well established, well exposed, average image is something that I'm striving for as of late. I intentionally set out to blow out much of this image as can be seen in the calves, shoulders, face, etc. It was meant to be more an abstract image than a true portrait. But nonetheless, I sincerely appreciate anyone who takes the time to visit and more so, takes the time to comment. After all, we will all take a look at at the same image and see all the wonderful potential with out own eyes. Much thanks!
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Playing around with some filters. I think I'll be posting the straight on shot as well. Thanks in
advance for any comments.
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Once again, my lovely wife Terry sitting for me to test some lighting. I'll be moving into the
studio to do some work in the coming year, something I've always wanted to do. Comments
always welcome and appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Thanks, Micki! She is lovely and actually, very easy to work with. She performed on stage for many years touring with Broadway Musicals like Annie, 42nd Street and Cats, so she's pretty comfortable in front of the camera. I am beginning to grow more comfortable working on images with Photoshop. For years I was concerned about what people would think. I just turned 52, you would assume one would not care what people think at that age but we human beings can be quite complicated. Nonetheless, your kind words are greatly appreciated. -
When you don't have a model all the time and you have to run out and stand in front of the
camera and don't have the luxury of seeing through the view finder, well, this is the result.
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My wife, Terry, always willing to help me test those strobes...
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Testing those lights can make a man tired...
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Hi Randy: Thanks for comment. It's always my pleasure to give my opinion to someone just starting out whenever I can. But keep in mind, it's just my opinion. You'll get many other opinions from many other artists. It's like buying a tie, give 50 people money to go out and buy a tie and 50 people will come back with 50 different ties. I tend to listen to those who like the same tie I do or like ties that I'm attracted to but would never have thought of buying. In other words, chances are we'll be attracted to things that are close to our own taste or things we'd like to try but haven't yet but aspire to. As far as this photo being soft, yes, it was intentional on my part in that I can make it very clear and sharp but didn't think it was appropriate for the subject matter. I've added some Photoshop filtering to it to give it a bit of a painterly look. As far as your question regarding the cameras: Sometimes, we are as good as our tools will allow us to be and sometime it's good that our tools limit us so that we push the tools to their limits and don't rely on them too much. It's a balancing act. It's like in carpentry, you can't build certain things without certain tools. When I was younger, I was always disappointed I couldn't take those wonderful wide open panoraminc vista saturated picutres with my 35 mm SLR until I found out they were shot with large format cameras on tripods and long exposures, etc. I had to shoot within the limitation of my equipment. Get the best you can within your limits, push it to its limits and grow from there. Just keep shooting.
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Hi Theo: Thanks for the comment and the effort. My originals seem to end up so faded when I upload them to PhotoNet that I end up saturating them a bit before I upload them. I have to admit I did want this image a bit more saturated than the original and it probably ended up appearing much more red on your monitor. Keeping in mind none of our monitors will ever match, we really never know what some of our images look like on the other end. The image you were kind enough to make for me is very close to the originals I shot so at least we're on the same track in that regard. Bottom line? Thanks for taking the time and always good to hear from you. Doesn't Kerry have an amazing face?
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Ended up taking some Easter Dinner portraits of some friends. Starting to do much more
indoor work. I've known Kerry over twenty years, always thought he had a great face. He's an
amazing musician. Thanks for any thoughts...
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Thanks, Kent: Good hearing from you. I've been wanting to explore working with my images in post but feared what people would think. Isn't that amazing? I'll be 52 come the 13th of April and I'm still worried about what people will think. When will it ever end :-) Thanks for the comment.
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Bridgette: You are so right about the giggles! These girls were made to be in front of the camera. I should pretend I had to work hard to get these shots but I sooooo did not! They love the camera and they came to life when the lens pointed at them. I guess I should take some credit for my technical expertice that I didn't shoot them overexposed or out of focus but for the most part, the girls made these shots. Thanks so much for the comment. Judging from you work, you know how to photograph kids. You do a fantastic job. I'll be leaving a comment on your portfolio as well.
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A real departure from my normal work. Comments and observations always welcome, thank
you in advance.