New Backdrop

Dramatapix®Dramatapix® Registered Users Posts: 430 Major grins
edited December 24, 2006 in People
Oooooooooooooo ... Just got a new solid black heavy backdrop for my home studio today. Thought I would take a pic of my favorite subject (my daughter). I like this backdrop a lot better than the textured muslins.

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My Gear: D200, D80, 50 f/1.4, 28-75 f/2.8, 55-200 f/4-5.6, 18-55 f/3.5-5.6, 70-200 f2.8, (4) White Lightning Ultra 1200's, SB600, (2) Lightspheres, 17" Macbook Pro, 24" Apple Imac, Thinkpad T42, Epson R-260, PSCS2, Adobe Lightroom, Apple Aperture, PS Elements 4

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  • 3rdPlanetPhotography3rdPlanetPhotography Banned Posts: 920 Major grins
    edited December 22, 2006
    Very nice... I love my solid black as well. Just so much you can do with it...

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  • Dramatapix®Dramatapix® Registered Users Posts: 430 Major grins
    edited December 22, 2006
    kc7dji wrote:
    Very nice... I love my solid black as well. Just so much you can do with it...

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    Wow... great picture and B&W conversion. What do you use for your conversion??? This is my biggest challenge as most of my portraits are for theatrical headshots and black and white is preferred.
    My Gear: D200, D80, 50 f/1.4, 28-75 f/2.8, 55-200 f/4-5.6, 18-55 f/3.5-5.6, 70-200 f2.8, (4) White Lightning Ultra 1200's, SB600, (2) Lightspheres, 17" Macbook Pro, 24" Apple Imac, Thinkpad T42, Epson R-260, PSCS2, Adobe Lightroom, Apple Aperture, PS Elements 4
  • 3rdPlanetPhotography3rdPlanetPhotography Banned Posts: 920 Major grins
    edited December 22, 2006
    Thanks my friend. I convert them in Photoshop by going to the Channel Mixer and selecting Monochrome. Then I just slide the sliders around until I like it. I love the black and white myself more than anything else.


    Dramatapix® wrote:
    Wow... great picture and B&W conversion. What do you use for your conversion??? This is my biggest challenge as most of my portraits are for theatrical headshots and black and white is preferred.
  • Dramatapix®Dramatapix® Registered Users Posts: 430 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2006
    Sure has been a great Christmas for me this year... started my new business (albeit part time), got a whole studio full of lights from a friend who's dad had left it to her, added on new lenses and studio equipment, and this weekend I bought my new D80!!!! Wooo hooooo

    Hope you don't mind me sharing one of my first pics from the new camera.

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    My Gear: D200, D80, 50 f/1.4, 28-75 f/2.8, 55-200 f/4-5.6, 18-55 f/3.5-5.6, 70-200 f2.8, (4) White Lightning Ultra 1200's, SB600, (2) Lightspheres, 17" Macbook Pro, 24" Apple Imac, Thinkpad T42, Epson R-260, PSCS2, Adobe Lightroom, Apple Aperture, PS Elements 4
  • kygardenkygarden Registered Users Posts: 1,060 Major grins
    edited December 24, 2006
    Congrats. If I had the spare money, I'd have a D80 just for the heck of it. I've heard nothing but good things about it. While the D200 I have is probably more than I "need", I only like the D200 over the D80 because of all the external controls I have access to that the D80 doesn't have. Well...there are some other things I like about it too...but I sure keep seeing lots of great D80 pics out there. Kinda makes me a little jealous sometimes...Laughing.gif

    Have fun!
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