Uh-oh, the first test shoot!

mr peasmr peas Registered Users Posts: 1,369 Major grins
edited April 3, 2008 in People
Okay, its my turn to dip into the people forum. I slowly gathered my home-studio gear for the past few months and I started putting them to use these past few days. Basically I used 2 large strobes, 1 hand-flash, home-made light scrim & striplight & diffusers on the shoot with Herron but on my self portraits, just the striplight and one strobe.

Please note, we're both not photogenic, but we did our best to look great for the camera hahaha..

Mr. Herron:

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Self-Portrait:

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*Gangster!

Constructive criticism are welcome! Interested in what you guys and gals think. Let loose. Thanks

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2008
    Nice shoot!

    I think you've chosen your lighting wisely. The first series is perfect as a potential shades ad thumb.gif
    Maybe a wider lens and even shallower DOF with the OOF dude to emphasize the product.

    The last two are a bit too dark to my taste, but you were probably going for it, so that's ok, too. Love the reflection though.

    BTW, very cool proof stamp!thumb.gif
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  • mr peasmr peas Registered Users Posts: 1,369 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2008
    Thanks Nick! Yeah I was looking for the dark look to it, almost a silhouette for mine. I was using a wide-angle on that held sunglass shot and the first one. The rest the 50mm 1.8. So hard to shoot with a shallow lens, or rather more cumbersome, to get a good DOF I have to walk to the strobes and adjust them down and I'm just lazy to walk over, haha.

    Thanks again, and the about the stamp, its in braille, so you can 'feel' my fotos, haha..
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2008
    mr peas wrote:
    Thanks again, and the about the stamp, its in braille, so you can 'feel' my fotos, haha..
    Laughing.gif, I figured the braille part out on my own, but the explanation makes it even cooler! thumb.gif
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  • heatherfeatherheatherfeather Registered Users Posts: 2,738 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2008
    Really great job! My favorite is the 2'nd self portrait. I like the dramatic lighting- lazy or not!

    Pink sunglasses?mwink.gif You guys are really sure of your manhood!rolleyes1.gifLaughing.gif!
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  • shatchshatch Registered Users Posts: 798 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2008
    Great tone and use of light. I think the series is more than worthy of the "People" forum. Well done.
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  • mr peasmr peas Registered Users Posts: 1,369 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2008
    heather- darn skippy. pink is manly rolleyes1.gif. thanks for looking, the 2nd one is my fav too.

    shatch- thanks, these were just one of the better fotos trust me, there's some weird ones that came out im just not too eager to show, haha. thanks again for looking!
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2008
    These are cool ! thumb.gif
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  • TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2008
    thumb.gifthumb.gif on 1 & 2, & the second #2
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  • eL eSs VeeeL eSs Vee Registered Users Posts: 1,243 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2008
    Very nice, mr peas! You've done a fine job of showing that "non-photogenic" people can indeed be photogenic. thumb.gifthumb.gif

    Nice sharp, well lit shots. I'm impressed.
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  • mr peasmr peas Registered Users Posts: 1,369 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2008
    Thanks Lee, Awais, Aaron! Your feedback is much appreciated!
  • mr peasmr peas Registered Users Posts: 1,369 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2008
    Okay okay.. last update I promise! rolleyes1.gif

    Did some post processing on some of these suckers, don't really do this stuff often, but I figured if I'm going to do portraits I might as well put a Midas touch to it. Let me know what to guys and gals think.

    Thizzout!
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    Shadez!
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    PPInfo: re-processed from raw to give more highlights, high-pass filters in color blend mode, desat, and a touch of unsharpmask, 3 layers, 40-40-100% opacity;..i think its pretty late and i can't remember everything i did, hahah...
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