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I mostly do portraits these days, here are a few of them that I liked.    
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Sep 10, 2009 12:37
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Yeah, and it's miles better than the cookie-cutter pictures above it.
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Sep 11, 2009 01:28
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In what way did I say gently caress you get out? I said that the last one is much better than the others, which are plain and lack any distinguishing characteristics. It is a pretty good picture, but the ones above it are terrible, I'm sorry.
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Sep 11, 2009 06:49
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Hot Cops posted:yes you chose a funky frame of the person with their face covered (!!!!!!!)  (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Sep 14, 2009 19:55
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brad industry posted:You know I like your work, but anytime anyone tries to get you to articulate what you're doing you avoid it with responses like this which is pretty lame. It seems a bit funny that people suddenly care about that sort of thing in a thread that has thus far been 100% about gear/technique and had a very strong 'commercial' bias.
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Sep 14, 2009 22:51
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^ The first and third of those are part of an ongoing series that I am working on that centers around the primacy of subject-viewer contact and model as object. It's not entirely defined yet, and won't be for a while. How is the framing bad? The expressions aren't great? I think you're looking for an entirely different type of photo altogether, or have an ill-defined idea of what a portrait is. 365 Nog Hogger fucked around with this message at 23:19 on Sep 14, 2009 |
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Sep 14, 2009 23:11
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benisntfunny posted:I asked you why you thought they were good. I'm curious is all. All three of these look like your subject didn't want to be in the photo. I have an ill-defined idea of portraits? Not really, I generally think having my subject's face be seen by the camera is a good start. This is exactly what I'm talking about. You seem to have it in your head that a portrait is about very specific things (Subject face? Check. Happy? Check.) to produce a very limited photo.
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Sep 14, 2009 23:58
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 He used to be a photographer in the Navy during the 70's, and was impressed by my Yashica-D. They were at the beach to work some crabtraps.  I quite like this one, though when I print it I might preflash the paper a bit to give it a touch more whiteness. Paragon8 posted:Why is it I'm somewhat abelivient about every portrait I go out of my way to take, but fall in love with the pictures I just snap on the spur of the moment? You're probably over thinking in those serious settings, and are more in touch with your emotions with spur of the moment stuff. This usually translates to more 'human' responses from subjects, and technique that is a little looser. 365 Nog Hogger fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Dec 2, 2009 |
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Dec 2, 2009 06:45
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Well, if you're going for a standard holiday portrait for the christmas card deal, you've pretty much got it. I'd advise lighting it a little less, it's too bright and evenly lit for my eye. I think they would look much better if the wall wasn't lit to the same degree, I don't want to see the wall right there. Sports portraiture? 
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Dec 8, 2009 07:56
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Glad you like it, this is my last portrait from the coast, Ektar for portraits: eh.
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Dec 9, 2009 09:04
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 TeMpLaR posted:Can I have some critique on these two pictures? They are for the hoodies you get if you donate enough money for a charity event on Saturday. I was going for an 'American Apparel' feel. Have you ever seen an American Apparel ad? Because these are to them as Old navy is to AA.
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Dec 10, 2009 04:02
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Why? Making portraits of strangers can be very interesting, provided that you make interesting photos. Following a formula from a website, which has been repeated ad nauseum, will give you nothing of value.
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Jan 22, 2010 04:34
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Going out and doing it your own way, without that crutch of instructions, will help you much more in the long-term. The pants-making GBS threads is important, getting out of your comfort zone, not gradually extending it. Asking the first person for their photo will be such a rush that you'll most likely flub the picture completely, and you'll probably love it.
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Jan 22, 2010 05:01
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XTimmy posted:Some basic understanding of what techniques and setting work best in certain environments can save a lot of time and frustration over the few things that can actually be learned through reading. This is almost 100% based on your locations, and your intentions, which aren't things you can read about (unless you happen to be taking pictures at a tourist location or something). By all means, prepare. Scout your locations, get to know the light, get a feel for the people there, think about the shots you want to make before you make them.
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Jan 23, 2010 22:14
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 I like this one. 
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Jan 30, 2010 22:20
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Glad you like it. How about something grainless?
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Jan 31, 2010 01:48
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So you're shooting for a 'low-budget-internet-porn-circa-2002' kinda vibe, huh?
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Mar 29, 2010 08:22
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dik-dik posted:I really like these recent ones. I'm definitely a fan of high contrast stuff when done well. Could someone advise me on blowing out the background hotshoe flashes? Is it doable or should I just go for AlienBees? There's a lot of distance between a good high contrast portrait and most of what's been posted lately, which have just looked like Mall Portraits.
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Apr 3, 2010 03:05
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 Really loving 4x5 chromes.
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Apr 10, 2010 06:47
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torgeaux posted:Is the haloing around him and what looks like intense over-sharpening part of the concept?
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May 3, 2010 02:42
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May 6, 2010 02:46
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squidflakes posted:So Holga and Lomo making digital cameras now? Nikon D100 and a Nikkor 50 1.8 AF-D.
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May 6, 2010 18:25
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May 12, 2010 07:40
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Paragon8 posted:Honestly, I can kind of dig it. In these... Not quite all. Right now I'm experimenting with them to see how far I can take that aspect without it taking over the entire concept, so obviously too far right now. The series' main concept is the formation of new identities for people through avatars in popular culture, and how social (digital) media eases that by obfuscating things and encouraging selective editing of our own lives. You can't tell in the second picture, but it's a t-shirt with stallone as rambo, in the same cutout fashion as the bruce lee one.
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May 12, 2010 20:55
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I'd like to go to art school maybe sometime. Also, by avatars I mean the personas people construct based on archetypes in popular culture.
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May 13, 2010 05:13
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What makes a good portrait?
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May 25, 2010 02:47
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 From today.
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Jun 2, 2010 09:19
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I want to say you might react differently to it in person, the scan loses the richness of it. I can see what you're saying though, maybe I should have reflected a little light into his face, just to even it out. Another day, another instant print. I am loving this stuff, however, I have run into a problem. I have no way to store them when 'in the field.' The print is particularly vulnerable to dust and smudging when it's freshly peeled, and I don't have anywhere to put it. 
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Jun 3, 2010 09:03
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AtomicManiac posted:This one is for Reichstag: Thanks.
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Jun 4, 2010 00:29
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Jul 8, 2010 09:59
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Image preview mode where blown out areas blink black and white on the display window.
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Jul 26, 2010 21:13
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 My favorite from today, still in love with closeups on 4x5 instant.
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Sep 2, 2010 04:50
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Crown Graphic with a Wollensak Raptar 135/4.7 on fp-100c45.
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Sep 2, 2010 05:01
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Another one I'm pretty happy with. Haggins posted:I don't get what you're trying to do with this photo. Comment on the subject's involvement and entanglement with nature by evoking the image of classic pastoral nudes. But also what Paragon said. Captain Briney: Those are kind of terrifying.
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Sep 3, 2010 23:28
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I took my Bessa and Nokton to a Tea Party rally as a form of local safari. 
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Sep 13, 2010 09:37
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For promotional photos about music I think a little emotion might be a good thing, as is he kind of looks like a drum machine personified. Yet another picture of the same person.  There are time, like this, that I really like my Kiev, but it can be a handful on occasion.
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Sep 24, 2010 03:11
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He is awkward and scrunched up, and I'm glad it makes you uncomfortable. I promise this is my last picture for at least a page and a half. 
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Sep 24, 2010 22:53
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poopinmymouth posted:This owns. The one thing I dislike is the blur of the trees against the sky is kind of busy and grating. It could be sharpening on the bokeh, or just a lens with unpleasing blur, but my fix would be to mask out all sharpening effects from there, and if it's still there, duplicate the layer, use the blur > lens blur with an 8 bladed curve aperture setting just high enough to get rid of the grating look, then mask it all out, and mask back in just on the edges of the tree. I don't think that's what's distracting there at all, it's the extreme contrast that's drawing your eye to it. Nobody likes recovered highlights, but a little burning there, and some dodging of the trees (and perhaps lower overall scene contrast) would control it nicely.
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Nov 22, 2010 11:47
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AIIAZNSK8ER posted:I'm having trouble figuring out the no smile portrait. Sometimes getting a smile turns into a cheesy or poo poo eating grin. Part of it is getting the subject to relax, but also getting them to express some kind of emotion other than boredom. What sort of direction have you guys had success with? I deal with business owners, so I tell them to think about how they feel when they land a new contract/client or their latest shipment gets out the door. Or when they hear positive feedback from a happy customer. It tends to help, but I look at other business portraits and there's a sense of power and confidence that comes from the 'no smile' look. Wait.
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Dec 6, 2010 21:02
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Yes. Maintaining a position is also kind of taxing after a bit and people tend to settle into more stoic expressions.
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Dec 6, 2010 22:03
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