Official BeyondUnreal Photography Thread

[OO7MIKE]

I did one last photo shoot with Barbie. I was fortunate to have about an hours time with her just a few days before she left for Taiwan.

I miss her already!

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[Juggalo Kyle]

East coast sky?

West.

 

[Kantham]

I did one last photo shoot with Barbie. I was fortunate to have about an hours time with her just a few days before she left for Taiwan.

I miss her already!

My fav shot definitively is #2. :3

 

[OO7MIKE]

These where from a shoot done over the week end. Shots 1-6 are of a few friends who volunteered. Shots 7-12 are of me and will be a Christmas gift to my fiance. I know she will dig it.

Sometimes you get good photography ideas from the movies. There are a few movie influences in here.

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[TomWithTheWeather]

Haha awesome. Guns always make for cool pictures.

 

[Jackal]

lol those are the **** 007Mike. Very well done. I like them all alot.

 

[drakon]

@6. Someone's been working out, and I don't mean the dude

 

[sid]

007Mike, The first pic is freaking awesome!

 

[OO7MIKE]

Thanks for the feedback guys.

Hoping to get my fiance in a themed shoot next month... but there are many more shoots to do until then. More Valentines day shoots on there way!

Lighting for the shots:
Sunlight - Usually behind the subject for the rim light effect
Two flashes - One on the left and one on the right. 5-10 Degree angle to the subjects front. Not in perfect parallel to each other. Flashes are controlled via wireless trigger.
Bounce dish was used sometimes for fill.

 

[SnaKe-Fu]

Those are really cool 007Mike! The only thing I would have done is made the guy wear better shoes. That's just me nitpicking though. =)

 

[sid]

Meet Hazel

for better quality visit my picasa page

 

[Kantham]

Man I swear OO7MIKE has almost the same shape, and look than some guy I used to work with.

 

[Plasmadaemon]

3rd shot - Simon Pegg's 'Hot Fuzz' still?

 

[phatcat]

MIKE, my bro loves your pics!

however, he can't stand the bald dude with the gun.
Because he is obviously left handed, which would make the use of that gun very difficult.

(I think he may be handist)

 

[Igoy]

007MIKE- I LOVE the new shots! The backlighting on the 1st one is awesome. I want to experiment with backlighting but don't really have a lighting kit or flash to work with. Any suggestions?

 

[BillyBadAss]

Nice shots Mike. I need to take a lighting class. That stuff is beyond me.

Recent Pic:

Are You Awake?

 

[WaitForTheRain]

Hey, BBA, is that photo (and the other framed ones on your flickr) actually done on a polaroid camera, or is the frame just photoshopped in?

I've got a cheapish polaroid that I haven't used for years due to the expensive film, but I would quite like the oportunity to use it more often. The prints from mine definately aren't as vibrant as those from yours though, but is that due to the camera, film, or postprocessing of the picture? - Obviously I can't expect amazing print from a cheap camera, but I wanted to know your opinion on what would affect the quality most, seeing as not many people seem to use instant camera's that much.

 

[Lizard Of Oz]

Meet Hazel

for better quality visit my picasa page

Me Like. (specially #1)

 

[BillyBadAss]

Hey, BBA, is that photo (and the other framed ones on your flickr) actually done on a polaroid camera, or is the frame just photoshopped in?

I've got a cheapish polaroid that I haven't used for years due to the expensive film, but I would quite like the oportunity to use it more often. The prints from mine definately aren't as vibrant as those from yours though, but is that due to the camera, film, or postprocessing of the picture? - Obviously I can't expect amazing print from a cheap camera, but I wanted to know your opinion on what would affect the quality most, seeing as not many people seem to use instant camera's that much.

No those are real Polaroid shots. I shoot them with a SX-70 camera. It's a SLR polaroid camera. How bad ass is that right?

The film is expensive, but I have a stash of it and you can buy it in bulk off Ebay. I do Photoshop color, constrast, and levels a bit, and sometimes saturation, but this shot just needed the constrast brought up a bit. I basically didn't do much to it. I also used a tripod as I shot it in low light without a flash. I shoot with 600 film and use to 2 ND filter to compensate for the exposure difference between Time Zero Film which is what SX-70s are ment to use. 600 film is a faster film, so i have to dim the light with the filter. Basically like sunglasses for my camera.

Don't count out cheap cameras just yet. They usally have very interesting qualities that people would normally count as a flaw.

 

[WaitForTheRain]

Ok, cool. My camera uses 600 film, which is still available to buy online, and I'd like the chance to get some more use out of it, but with film at that price, you can't really afford to make too many mistakes, which Is one of the major drawbacks. My camera isn't really designed for photography, seeing as you have no control over the aperture or shutter speed, so using in some situations may be a challege, but I'm still willing to give it a go.