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    Has Canon ditched the fast lenses

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    <p>The new EF-S lens announcements are annoying since I shoot with a 5D, but you have to cater to your consumer. Though, with a 4-5.6 lens it's much harder to focus in low-light.</p>

    <p>I heard the reason they're not announcing new lenses (35mm 1.8 please?) is because they're having some problems at their lens factories and are concentrating on putting out the new announced lenses before they start making a demand for new lenses they can't provide.</p>

    Match that "vintage hippie" look

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    <p>You don't need a plugin. No professional retoucher uses plugins. This is all done in curves. And don't kid yourself, Frank - a magenta fill or red fill on Soft Light at a low opacity can sometimes do the trick. Also, solid color fill layers set to difference mode at a low opacity works too. Curves works... just work with the ends of the curve to pump red/magenta into the shadows.</p>

    Trying to get this look:

    in Lighting Equipment

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    <p>I believe the OP said he used a fill light right where he wrote: </p>

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    <p>it was with Paul C Buff octa, but I did use fill light</p>

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    <p>And I believe the OP wasn't trying to mirror the other picture, he was talking more about the body-length highlights and dramatic shadows... because anyone can change a white balance, and shoot on a different background... thank you for adding nothing to the discussion, Dan.</p>

    <p>Anyways, I tried a few things this week... The two lights didn't work out so well. I got something interesting... but not the effect I was looking for. If you keep a softbox to the side the shadow is at 90 degrees and not on the background, but it's hard to control and the bare bulb for added highlights didn't work. </p>

    <p>This is with the bare 86" PLM. It's so wide that it wraps too much and you can't get those black shadows.<br>

    <img src="https://static.beyondtherack.com/collateral/mystree2/splash_banner_mystree2.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="230" /></p>

    <p>Then I tried a regular silver bounce umbrella (42") up close... Was way too much light on her face so her body was lightened in post:<br>

    <img src="https://static.beyondtherack.com/collateral/jessicasimpson15/splash_banner_jessicasimpson15.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="230" /></p>

    <p>I'm thinking that Demarchelier used a big gridded octobox. I've watched a few of his behind the scenes videos on YouTube, and the shot he did with Emma Watson used it.</p>

     

    Trying to get this look:

    in Lighting Equipment

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    <p>Hey guys, I actually have the 86" PLM... our studio ordered it early so I got one of the first ones. I've been trying to shoot with it bare to increase those speculars, but it definitely doesn't give me those results... although I'm certain there is a lot of dodging and burning going on.</p>

    <p>Let me know when you get that Profoto, Rob!</p>

    Trying to get this look:

    in Lighting Equipment

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    <p>Hey everyone, I'm interested in this look I see in a lot of look books and a few editorials. I see Mario Testino and Patrick Demarchelier use it lots. Here's an example: http://fashiongonerogue.com/gisele-bundchen-vogue-china-february-2011-patrick-demarchelier/</p>

    <p>Now, I realize that he is working with Gisele Bundchen, and the shoot was in Vogue so it's retouched at The Box in NY, and he has a big team of makeup artists, etc... but what I'm talking about is the dark shadows along with the strong specular highlights for the full length. As far as I can see in the above photos it's only one light source (catchlights) and there's a big soft shadow on the wall.</p>

    <p>So, I'm thinking the source is big, and it must be relatively close to account for the fast falloff. Is it a big silver umbrella, or a $5000 deep-dish parabolic?</p>

    <p>This is the closest I've gotten, and it was with Paul C Buff octa, but I did use fill light:<br>

    <img src="http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg618/scaled.php?tn=0&server=618&filename=fooam.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640" alt="" width="640" height="427" /></p>

    7D vs. 5D Mark II...I know it's been done to death...but...

    in Canon EOS Mount

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    <p>Like Peter I have both cameras... I use the 7D for most of the catalogue work I do and the 5DII for anything else. Sometimes when my 5D isn't available and I use my 7D I still get results I'm happy with, but I always wish I had my 5D. Whenever you open up a shot taken on the 5D in Photoshop you immediately notice the difference in the details, the contrast and the color. It's just that much better.</p>

    <p>Are you going to notice the difference in pictures of your kids? Not really... I take pics of my daughter in P mode most of the time, lol... or with my iPhone. But your vacation pics and landscape pics will be amazing.</p>

    AlienBee Beauty Dishes

    in Lighting Equipment

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    <p>If you're planning on doing any type of people photographing you should definitely learn to set your WB properly... ASAP!</p>

    <p>I find the white dish to be much more versatile. I only use my silver one when I'm outside because it's so much more powerful. However, I like using the bare white beauty dish often and the silver one gives off crazy speculars.</p>

    Plagiarism or what?.

    in Portraits & Fashion

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    <p>I disagree. Any photo from any city street will have numerous advertisements and logos in it. What if you took a picture of someone wearing a Nike t-shirt? Would you have to blur the logo?</p>

    <p>If you're selling the image... it's a different story, I'd think, but don't quote me on that. But to post on a forum you're not infringing on the artist/company's property... since it's published in public.</p>

    <p>If you filled your frame SOLELY of the ad and said "hey everyone, check out this portrait I took of this male model"... then yeah, that's a problem... but if you get a McDonald's sign in one of your shots, you don't have to send them royalties if you're subject is clearly a street performer.</p>

    <p>Long story short... Take whatever you hear on a forum with a grain of salt... The most common complaint you'll hear from lawyers is that everyone else thinks they're one despite the years of school and practice, and you can quote me on that!</p>

    Fashion photography and gels

    in Portraits & Fashion

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    <p>Hey Evan,</p>

    <p>Gels can definitely be useful in fashion lighting, however, in these examples the effect you are seeing is not caused by gels. It's just split-toning by using curves, or a color balance layer and adding some cooler tones in the shadows and midtones.</p>

    Lighting Tips Needed (photography student)

    in Lighting Equipment

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    <p>My suggestion would be to try all 3, and see what you like about each one. Personally, I don't like using the speedlite too much, I always find things come out dark. </p>

    <p>I use a bare beauty dish a lot... I'm sure even with the diffuser you can get that kind of look, just with softer shadows. </p>

    <p>I took this one with a speedlite on-camera: http://mkfoto.com/post/1398864352/photo-by-marlon-kuhnreich-model-pier-olivier</p>

    <p>This is with a beauty dish with diffuser: http://mkfoto.com/post/2351546480/photo-by-marlon-kuhnreich-model-alisa-major</p>

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