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I am left cold by sunglasses. Skin deserves some smoothing approaches. -
Sweet. What, no tattoos either. Seriously, a charming subject delicately photographed, John. -
A flashbulb photo from the scrapbook. A Graflex chrome flash gun with a number 5 bulb mounted on a Century Graphic, with 105 Trioptar lens. Today,heck I might be using an umbrella and a Quantum Turbo, blah blah. But for the subject I doubt it would be more appealing. I could be wrong. Strong and punchy.. Kid has grown up.Cat has gone to kitty valhalla.
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Flash does not have to be invisible. Complement the overall light. Getting the speedlight off the camera. a good start. Agree that the flash should not call attention to itself, hard to deny. Sun is the ultimate single source. Big, diffuse and directional. When you don't get sun you improvise. Direct flash used to be more common and less distasteful. Because of the shadows on the wall thing first of all. Shadows. bad. Eyelids closed, way bad. Use flash like garlic seasoning, sparingly. A shadowed courtyard for a group, not bad. Flatness of light, so so, so help it out... Add some flash, maybe a little better depends on taste. Interesting. Never has flash been easier or so apparently disliked. Funny. Modern cameras w communication capability do a super job of balancing flash and ambient and think for you. A flash bracket used to be part of the average kit, getting direction to side. Not so much anymore. . Little pop over covers to a speedligtht to diffuse and spread?. Ooh. I do not think so, tried them, minimal help.not sun sub.. (Peter Gowland did some great show- and- tells for Vivitar Old but useful. Look him up) If a wall reflector fills the bill use the wall. It is cheap and available. Subject is as broad as photo itself. A full semester thing.
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There are discrete ways to use flash to augment the natural light. For a live performance it is dicey unless the rehearsal director is explicitly on board. Photographers should, in my opinion, use whatever combination of light sources do the job with the foregoing caveat clearly observed of course.... Meaning, not to get into specifics of all photos, the sun can be a back light for a portrait and a reflector can fill in the shadows in a face. Or a small fill light flash can do the job. It is the quality of light not just the ability to expose it to make a decent rendering I guess I am saying... For some years I let the yellow zone on my thyristor 285HV add a little sparkle to eyes. Wedding pros suggested same and it was acccepted, or at least I did not getting any resistance .... In a performance on the other hand another story, and I learned to brace against a wall or use a monopod and just let the tungsten floods on the stage do their thing. No,I have no resistance nor shrink from a flash is my bottom line advice to anyone. ( bulbs bursting yeah was a problem once and they found a way to fix that. ( I even burned a few fingers with those guys) That said, I would hate to have a Solti or Koussevistsky give me hell too...might put me off my bratwurst for good. Being a music lover. But Lennie might have been agreeable for a ten minute flash number with him leaping off the stand in the Tchaikovsky Fourth. I rather think that today's shooters have not the savoir fair to use flash smartly and wisely to supplement or be a key light to get the photo at all...So many abjure flash.. Not I. Army Strings small venue, good spots, who needed flash anyway..but I have an accumulated stable of flash equipment over the years. enjoy its capability, and encourage beginners to use it as an 'available light.' And even mix light sources. Be brave young men and ladies...
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"Monochrome: Painting in Black and White"
GerrySiegel replied to Didier Lamy's topic in Casual Photo Conversations
We reached a great peak of skill in the period when color was costly, slow film stock, hard to get looking right and even harder to print in magazines. Gregg Toland caught the world in black and white. David Lean did it in B and W and in color. So it is not hard to think in both ways and even master the transition when it came. I go for both. Would Schindlers List have been better in color, doubt it. Was Psycho color version an improvment, doubt it. Would Chinatown have been better or more noir in monochrome, kind of doubt it... How you see is deeper and obviously personal. And related to the subject at hand too, (I would argue that color is hardly a distraction- whatever that means, and will have to be shown that part. Arguable I guess, a case can be made but a thin one in light of current materials and techniques of capture) There is certainly an extra personal factor. What the expectation of viewers, friends and your audience seeks. -
Kind of a puzzling proposal to get my head around. My camera has different varieties of monochrome. All to my knowledge balance to a built in RGB balance. And convert raw info into what the engine is told to make the JPEG look like. If I get it at all and I think I do...( one can still fuss with the resulting JPEG and substantially so by the way... So I would reply that the camera does the conversion to its formula. And if this is the reality, to white balance which is a color correction to a standard as I perceive it, is a moot t idea. Which is why I shoot color, convert and use the scales to emphasize or downplay a certain chroma combo. No is the short answer from this stance.
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Where pigeons once roosted. West End, Boston. ca 1957 .
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Time Photographing vs Time Post Processing.
GerrySiegel replied to Sanford's topic in Casual Photo Conversations
I will save the revelation for my shameless memoir, Sanford Edelstein, you joker you. -
.... useful in a bouquet with cut stems and a bride to match....Bronica SQ A 80mm, Vivitar 285 HV
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I have two backup drives.
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I wonder if you sought that reddish tone on the model skin. It jumps out at me as a little too tungsten for the WB. I could be wrong. Defiinitely needs some highlights in dark hair...a reflector or spot is an idea. Kind of a brown mass as it is. good luck , good model, not an easy task to get it all perfecto..L0( -
A rather pleasant casual portrait. I you are seeking ideas, I can only suggest a little white in the eyes would bring it to life. But is successful as is. Ziggy. Depends on how you see her and what you wanted to show about her personality. I think it works. Would do as part of a series even better. Maybe. -
Cigar prop is suggestive but fails to add an erotic element. I would suggest employ some other fuzzy dolls. Something to hug is not a bad idea. A thought if it works it works and if not it costs little. I used a plastic skull once and the model found it amusing. Skin tone seems kind of dark for her natual skin, something you need to be apprised of, Eye shadow pretty strong for glamor look IMO. Best wishes. -
Awaiting the mooring in Pozzuoli Italy in 1959. A happening for this sleepy village north of Napoli. Kodachrom slide cy.
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Grand opening of new deli at supermarket. Samsung Rugby III. Moana from Storybook events. HI model agency
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The thing that makes me this thread kind of interesting. To think of how we look at these instruments. The handheld touch screen phone with the Wi Fi and Blu Tooth is an all purpose little computer that is now de rigeur for the commuter or business person. it can help one find the way to a coffee shop, keep your best friend;s telephone number, decipher the price of an article on the shelf, recognize faces and so many things. And takes calls no less and text messages...and stores em... It can also take pictures. Ta Da. Pretty decent ones at that. None of my cameras make calls, keep track of plane schedules and don't do anything but make photos. Poor camera. But it does that very well indeed. Is it vanity that says we like our specialized instruments, for me, I think so. " Nurse, get me the thoracic retractor. No the one for the sternum, not the lower ribs." I do not just use what I have on my person. And do not tell, I have heard some bloke still carries his Luna Pro in a little bag. Poor guy stuck in the last century. But, and I say this with interest, if Sony produces a small point and shoot that will clip onto a belt and go anywhere and not make my cargo shorts too bulky I would be interested. I thought this new Sony Xo would do the trick, but it gets lousy reviews. So I look for the specialized picture making device that is super mobile and part of my routine. Never forget spectacles, wallet, watch, and let us see...what else.. what can be a habit and still be a real camera.
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In the wee small hours, when we clean the grille
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