Photography Post Vol. 2

[Carl]

I was referring to the cropping you do with the camera viewfinder, not cropping after the photo is taken.

Ahhh hah! My man! Knows what he's talking about.

[Carl]

Brush fire this afternoon...

[mike lowrey]

almost forgot the photo thread :eek:

couple of old and random pics from London:

[mike lowrey]

some band photos..

[LaughingBuddha]

This thread makes me really want a real camera...

[tweeds]

Carl i really dig your firemen series. the WAYWT shot may be funny (whether stupid or inspired) but these make your foray worthwhile.

the composition of the first shot is lovely, but my favourite is probably the second. the shadow cast by the helmet, the scuffs and dirt on the yellow both lend the photo a tremendous sense of weariness. really emotive stuff.

[mwrenchd]

Didn't click on this thread until Carl's firemen photo prompted me to do so.

There's some great stuff here. I'm not much of a photographer- I just use a point and click. But every now and then I get a lucky shot. Here are a few that were easy to post. Maybe some more later...

Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

Hvar, Croatia

Rockin your ass off

[shoreman1782]

mwrenchd, I saw that last pic and thought "Is he in Brooklyn?" Looks like a suckapants shot.

[NatseOklim]

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[NatseOklim]

Nice photos Tony

Hehe, thanks. I really do like yours, I really wanna get a small manual digicam so I can take more photos. Lugging the digislr around came be cumbersome sometimes.

[shoreman1782]

NatseOklim, where were the pics of the arch and fountain taken? Looks Barcelona-ish...

[NatseOklim]

Dead on, they're at Parc Guell if I remember correctly. Everything after the NY photos was in Barcelona.

[tomenugen]

i guess i was wrong

[will_i_am]

wow. really nice photos everyone.

makes me realize i suck more than i thought.

[sphoxx]

should we/do we have a seperate street style thread?

[mike lowrey]

are those the new cheap monday capris?

[M.O.A]

oh my god, sphoxx is right. we need to start a street style thread. shit would be so dope.

[cheapmuthafukr]

hell yeah... we should start a streetstyle thread. im down... ill take some pics.

[swooc]

should we/do we have a seperate street style thread?

Its rare to see a chick who looks good with a smoke in her mouth.

[cultpop 0217]

Rockin your ass off

lightning bolt fucking rule.

nice stuff everyone.

[Vitamian]

Rolleiflex 3.5F with Schenider Xenotar and Efke 50

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Rolleiflex 3.5F Xenotar with high silver J&C classic film developed by Beutler.

Leica IIIF with Summitar lens and Efke 50

[Carl]

Vita - Nice. Very graphic. What is your connection to photography?

[Carl]

Oh, and, throw some [/img] inbetween those links so you can post the pictures directly

[Vitamian]

It's a hobby so nothing lucrative or commercial in mind. A weekend warrior so to speak, as per one of my favorite photographers, Ralph Eugene Meatyard.

But if I were to pursue a commercial path, I'd be like Guy Bourdin, difficult and disturbing. I'd probably be financially insolvent but aesthetics is too personal an ideal to betray.

[xcoldricex]

guangzhou

[blahetc]

yo carl, you mentioned toning in CS1. What exactly do you mean? Levels/curves? or something else. Just wanna know how you made your colors look like slide film

[Carl]

yo carl, you mentioned toning in CS1. What exactly do you mean? Levels/curves? or something else. Just wanna know how you made your colors look like slide film

Proper technical photography goes along way in the start of having a well toned photo. Knowing to underexpose your photos by at least a full stop to saturate color and to help to create a true black is important.

I shoot all my photos in Raw so they have a larger latitude of range to tone.

As far as toning itself goes, I select a black first (done by using curves and the black dropper tool) in the darkest area of the photo, usually a shadow. I then use curves (levels is inferior in that it takes away information from your photo) and history brush. I usually select small sections of the photo to "work up" which contributes to the over all product. In the history brush i set both my opacity and flow to under 65%. Toning a photo is like cooking, slow and steady always tastes better then quick and hasty.

It takes practice and working on alot of photos before you're able to tone well.