::..:: Everyday people ::..::

digitalpimp

Hello. First time posting my shots here on DGrin. I will be updating this thread every now and then. Hope y'all like the world through my eyes.:thumb

1) Follow the leader.



2) Arrrr!



3) Jawa and the loot.



4) Life's little pleasures.

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r3t1awr3yd

The first two shots, is that artificial darkening? If NOT, amazing flash work! If it is... well, it still looks awesome lol.

lizzard_nyc

I agree the lighting is fantastic, and it doesn't look like flash.
I also enjoyed all the shots in your series.

The only thing is--I don't get your title for #3.

digitalpimp

r3t1awr3yd wrote: »

The first two shots, is that artificial darkening? If NOT, amazing flash work! If it is... well, it still looks awesome lol.

Thank you. That's natural lighting (the sun). What I do is look for deeply shaded places with small streaks of sunlight peeping through anything above. When a person passes by the light, that's when I shoot. Of course, it's all with the help of spot metering and just a tiny bit of vignetting in Photoshop to further darken the shadows.

r3t1awr3yd

digitalpimp wrote: »

Thank you. That's natural lighting (the sun). What I do is look for deeply shaded places with small streaks of sunlight peeping through anything above. When a person passes by the light, that's when I shoot. Of course, it's all with the help of spot metering and just a tiny bit of vignetting in Photoshop to further darken the shadows.

Very very cool. I guess I've just never noticed any places around here where the sun shines through one specific spot. (I bet I'll notice one in the future lol)

digitalpimp

lizzard_nyc wrote: »

I agree the lighting is fantastic, and it doesn't look like flash.
I also enjoyed all the shots in your series.

The only thing is--I don't get your title for #3.

Thanks Liz.

Hahaha. I take it you're not a fan of Star Wars.:D

digitalpimp

r3t1awr3yd wrote: »

Very very cool. I guess I've just never noticed any places around here where the sun shines through one specific spot. (I bet I'll notice one in the future lol)

Yea. Consider it as a new challenge.

digitalpimp

5) Teaism.

Tea is a religion of the art of life. - Okakura Kakuzō


6) He says.. 7) She says..



8 ) Let the sun shine through.

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Flowerman

Welcome
I like all of your shots. IMO they all tell a story which to me is the complete Street PJ experience.
Great capture - very original.
Only nitpic is your signature - I have always hated them. Oh well.
ED

www.photoman74.smugmug.com

bfjr

Like em all Like your style (should do more myself )

Don't like, Framing and Signature and bigger would be cool

rainbow

Welcome to DGrin and to this forum.

I do like your processing and technique to get the wonderful lighting. I will look forward to more photos from you.

Richard

Welcome to Dgrin . I like dramatic light and have done some shooting myself using the technique you described, though I haven't used PS vignetting. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Angelo

fantastic series and your compositions are as creative as your attention to lighting. wonderful concept!!!

Llywellyn

I really enjoyed this series (which surprises me because I don't often find myself drawn to street shots). Your compositions, eye for light, and processing are all very well done and intriguing. I especially love the Teaism shot.

digitalpimp

Flowerman wrote: »

Welcome
I like all of your shots. IMO they all tell a story which to me is the complete Street PJ experience.
Great capture - very original.
Only nitpic is your signature - I have always hated them. Oh well.
ED

www.photoman74.smugmug.com

Thank you.

Yea, I don't put watermarks on my new shots now. Those with are from last year's. Woke up one day feeling stupid slapping 'em on my shots without even having a back up of the original files. Learned the hard way.:cry

bfjr wrote: »

Like em all Like your style (should do more myself )

Don't like, Framing and Signature and bigger would be cool

Thanks for the insight.

rainbow wrote: »

Welcome to DGrin and to this forum.

I do like your processing and technique to get the wonderful lighting. I will look forward to more photos from you.

Thank you. I use spot metering to achieve the lighting effect.

Richard wrote: »

Welcome to Dgrin . I like dramatic light and have done some shooting myself using the technique you described, though I haven't used PS vignetting. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Thanks for the welcome.

Would love to see how you play with lights and shadows.

Angelo wrote: »

fantastic series and your compositions are as creative as your attention to lighting. wonderful concept!!!

Thanks Angelo!

Llywellyn wrote: »

I really enjoyed this series (which surprises me because I don't often find myself drawn to street shots). Your compositions, eye for light, and processing are all very well done and intriguing. I especially love the Teaism shot.

Thank you. So glad you loved it.

digitalpimp

9) Dilly dally.



10) BFFs.



11) She's got it.

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InsuredDisaster

Really good. I like them overall.

digitalpimp

InsuredDisaster wrote: »

Really good. I like them overall.

Hey thanks.

digitalpimp

12) Chernobyl baby.



13) ¡Viva la Revolución!



14) Two-face.



15) OmNomNom.

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michswiss

Hi there. It would be really helpful if you would have separate threads for any new photos you'd like to share. Otherwise, it gets very cumbersome to follow or comment on.

digitalpimp

michswiss wrote: »

Hi there. It would be really helpful if you would have separate threads for any new photos you'd like to share. Otherwise, it gets very cumbersome to follow or comment on.

Hi. Sorry but I don't think I can do that. I have 60+ threads to maintain all over the web and doing that would be the death of me. So sorry. Hope you understand.

digitalpimp

16) Top gone.


17) Inny-minnie-miny-moe.


18) Nappy wappy.


19) Twinkle in your wrinkle.

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digitalpimp

20) Not a care in the world.



21) The rope trick.



22) Aura power.



23) Taking love to new heights.

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digitalpimp

24) The criminal mind.



25) Alienated.



26) Toothache.



27) Hopscotch.

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Wil Davis

Nice job, but I'd rather not have to wade through tons of stuff to see the latest…

…why not set up galleries, and just post links?

I'm not a great fan of vignetting, in my view it's way overdone at the best of times; it seems to be a common feature of the pictures you've posted here; the danger is that it becomes a cliche… (see also rounded corners…)

I feel the same about titles; IMNSHO I think that the pictures have to speak for themselves, and to title a picture is to admit that the picture has not worked and needs an explanation.

Thanks for sharing your ideas!



- Wil

BTW: Welcome to DGPF!

Richard

Wil Davis wrote: »

Nice job, but I'd rather not have to wade through tons of stuff to see the latest…

…why not set up galleries, and just post links?!

Better still, start a new thread each time you have new pics to share. Some Dgrin members have slow Internet connections and a thread with many images can take a long time to load.

InsuredDisaster

Richard wrote: »

Better still, start a new thread each time you have new pics to share. Some Dgrin members have slow Internet connections and a thread with many images can take a long time to load.

DigitalPimp wrote:

Hi. Sorry but I don't think I can do that. I have 60+ threads to maintain all over the web and doing that would be the death of me. So sorry. Hope you understand.

The guy has more than 60+ threads all over the internet requiring frequent oil changes and tire rotations! He doesn't want to end up with 70+


I will say Mr Pimp, when I first started this thread, I really liked what I saw, though I agree that there does seem to be a lot of vignetting done PP which after seeing so many times in one thread does lesson the impact by the 5th page or whatever we are on now.

digitalpimp

Wil Davis wrote: »

Nice job, but I'd rather not have to wade through tons of stuff to see the latest…

…why not set up galleries, and just post links?

I'm not a great fan of vignetting, in my view it's way overdone at the best of times; it seems to be a common feature of the pictures you've posted here; the danger is that it becomes a cliche… (see also rounded corners…)

I feel the same about titles; IMNSHO I think that the pictures have to speak for themselves, and to title a picture is to admit that the picture has not worked and needs an explanation.

Thanks for sharing your ideas!



- Wil

BTW: Welcome to DGPF!

Hi Wil,

Thanks for the insight. I'm really big on vignettes and I don't know why haha. I'm always for 'different strokes for different folks', so they're gonna stay there until I get sick of 'em.:D

And as for the titles--yes, I want to inject (forcibly) to the viewers what I see in my photos because I believe we all have different interpretations to what we see. For me, street photography is a very complex artform. It's not posed, not deliberate, not intentional and not rehearsed, and I try to make them so by helping the photos through titles. Paintings have titles, songs have titles, sculptures have 'em as well. Photos? Why not?

Nathan

Richard wrote: »

Better still, start a new thread each time you have new pics to share. Some Dgrin members have slow Internet connections and a thread with many images can take a long time to load.

Answered by InsuredDisaster. I have a very slow connection as well.:cry

digitalpimp

InsuredDisaster wrote: »

The guy has more than 60+ threads all over the internet requiring frequent oil changes and tire rotations! He doesn't want to end up with 70+


I will say Mr Pimp, when I first started this thread, I really liked what I saw, though I agree that there does seem to be a lot of vignetting done PP which after seeing so many times in one thread does lesson the impact by the 5th page or whatever we are on now.

Thanks bro. I'm actually glad you got to page 5 . Honestly speaking, I'll call it quits by page 3. I'm serious.

digitalpimp

28) It's all about the swagger.



29) Here comes the sun.



30) Shopaholic.



31) Tweak.



32) Sink or swim.



33) Oversize.

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Flowerman

I don't like them - period. Too much manipulation for my taste - So long for a while, untill you get tired of posting.
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