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OO7MIKE

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My fellow photographer and I got together with the intent of doing head shots for our wedding website. While we got some good shots, we had more fun after the serious shots where done. For being photographers, its very hard to get good shots of ourselves.

I went for a very rugged film noir sort of look. It's a very new experimental processing i've been working on and I am totally loving!

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Lruce Bee

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Same here - an over-processed image looks interesting amongst a selection of standard photos but seen side by side you see them as a collection of hackneyed images only instead of something that surprises you.
I think someone has already mentioned that Gears of War & UT3 suffered from the same fate with overuse of bloom etc - what should be a cool visual asset becomes something almost despised - it's weird.

Edit - 2nd shot looks weird Mike - Guys head is sun-tanned but his hand is almost pure white.

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I just bought a Canon 450d, really pleased with it so far.

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The easter eggs are made from real eggshells and wood, not chocolate :(
 
OO7MIKE

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Lruce Bee said:
Edit - 2nd shot looks weird Mike - Guys head is sun-tanned but his hand is almost pure white.

Lruce
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Your right, that does look a little off. I just know is hand was over exposed in the shot, probably why I didnt do anything about it. I'll have to work on that some more.
 
Crotale

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Nice one BBA. What filter/lens do you use to get that style, as I've noticed a similarity in most of your photos?
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First up for me is the Rock'em Sock'em Robots at the New York New York Casino. I forgot to enable the flash, so it's a bit darker than I would have liked, as they are featured in a black curtained area. The second photo is an HDRish shot with the Eiffel Tower and Pranet Horryrood in the background as shot from the New York New York entrance. I left my tripod in the car, so these are freehand shots.

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BillyBadAss

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Crotale said:
Nice one BBA. What filter/lens do you use to get that style, as I've noticed a similarity in most of your photos?
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First up for me is the Rock'em Sock'em Robots at the New York New York Casino. I forgot to enable the flash, so it's a bit darker than I would have liked, as they are featured in a black curtained area. The second photo is an HDRish shot with the Eiffel Tower and Pranet Horryrood in the background as shot from the New York New York entrance. I left my tripod in the car, so these are freehand shots.

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I am using a Canon 1.4 50mm lens with no filter. The style comes from Photoshop post processing 32 step technique.

I think I like it better without the flash. It makes it more dramatic. I think the flash would of taken that all away. I try to use a flash as little as possible.
 
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Dont remember if Ive posted this one before.
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Im not sure I understand, can you please elaborate, itll be a great deal of help. Thanks :)
 
Zur

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I think he means you should center on the subject if the resolution allows it. In other words, a close-up in cinema speak.
 
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Oh I see, thanks Azura. Whatever photography Ive done till now has been done through my stock lens for the D40 hence the lack of zoom but I guess for the respective image this should suffice,

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OO7MIKE

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sid said:
Im not sure I understand, can you please elaborate, itll be a great deal of help. Thanks :)
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Your new crop is much better but the composition is off. Your subject is too centered. Although it calls immediate attention to your subject but (and i mean no disrespect) the composition is amateurish. Its a commonly learned trade to center your subject. Your parents did it, their parents did it. You looked at all of the family photos when you where young and learned to do this so instinctively you do this without even thinking about it. It isnt always easy thing to unlearn and it is what sets Joe Average from a Pro.

Your subject should almost never be centered. Rule of thirds is a well established way to compose your subjects and make them interesting. Turn on your TV or fire up your favorite movies.. you will notice that in almost every scene your favorite actor or actresses has been framed on one side or the other. It really depends on what side they are facing. There are of course exceptions to the rule which can be fun to play with.

I'm not saying you can't take photos of your subjects with them in the center, (especially when your subject is a fast moving bird and your focus point is in the center) just understand that you will need to fix your composition in post to make it more interesting.

Here are three examples of how to fix it using the Rule of Thirds with an 8x10 crop:

Example 1: This shot has the "dead space" or empty space in front of the subject. Now the subject looks like it is moving forward in motion instead of standing still. Good composition but not great.

Example 2: This shot has a tighter and more balanced composition than example one, however it has too much dead space in front of the subject.

Example 3: With some digital rotating you have instantly solved the angle/direction problem with the subject, thus allowing for a tighter portrait crop which allows only a small amount of dead space in front of the subject. This image can be further cropped on both the top and the left sid but we are already loosing so much resolution. Over all the composition is much more interesting and your photo is more filled with the subject than dead space.
 
Zur

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I like n°3 the best. That thirds rule makes sense in that it should give some perspective (think vanishing point). On another note, have you ever used the golden ratio in any of your work ?
 
OO7MIKE

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Azura said:
On another note, have you ever used the golden ratio in any of your work ?
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Just look at my website! I pimp the golden ratio on my front page. I don't use it otherwise. Although very pleasing to the eye I find it as impractical as cropping my photos to 16x9. People love their 8x10s
 
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Hey thanks man, that really helped, my bro too had sometime back tried to explain me the concept of handling space but your effort seperates the 'dos' from the 'donts', the third one there makes it so much clearer, really really appreciate it :D

How about this one?

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Thankyou sir, may I say that the pic with the dog is really cool too :)
 
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