Your mom will hate it.

Cason

I've been trying to see what the hype is about the urban, grunge, retro look. The kids seem to love it. It's growing on me.

I had a great time with these two. It helps to have fun subjects.

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7 ( I chopped her leg off!)

codiac2600

Great shots and such an awesome location to shoot! I've been looking for a spot like that for ages... grrr!!

Ok, photos... ummm... I love'm!

#1 has great composition
#2 has a fun angle that totally works
#3 has the fun element we so eagerly seek
#4 has a stunning look from her
#5 has an awesome look from the beat up old train car
#6 has anothe great look
#7 has a missing leg!

The only bad things are the missing leg and hand in one shot.

What do yo uuse to acheive the grungy look? The one I use makes it end up too gritty, while yours has a more cross-processed look. Please share!

My grunge effect:

joshhuntnm

I love them! (and I am 50!) except #2.. . . the WB seems a bit off on it. The rest are great!

Swartzy

Yea man...I love them! Mom won't most likely but you're right...kids love that stuff (older one's too) I really like the different style of processing here....radical.

len20

These are great. I aspire to break into this level of portraiture.

My $.02 - while I like the composition in #1, her expression is a little weird to me. It doesn't seem quite natural.

dawssvt

Wow... Those are great! I think this type of picture is going to continue to get more popular.

Scott_Quier

len20 wrote:

My $.02 - while I like the composition in #1, her expression is a little weird to me. It doesn't seem quite natural.

And, that may be the whole point?

To the OP - these are great! really like them. I think my favorite has to be ... hmmm can't choose between #4 and #6. Oh well...

Cason

Thank you for all the comments!

codiac2600...I was tired of the same locations everybody (including myself) around here uses. I just got off my butt and went driving. The tracks are not too far. However, the old junk yard, (bus and truck) was about 45 minutes away. #1 was a house that had burned down. We drove past it and I said turn around! When I get home, I will give details on the processing.

joshhuntnm...Desaturation is what is throwing the WB off.

Swartzy...

len20... She has braces. She wanted to smile; however, I'm sure she was trying to hide them. Pretty common.

dawssvt... I do too.

Scott_Quier... thank you!


This is to go along with that "in your face" look. I need to work on the merge for the train track picture.



Thank you for looking!

Rhuarc

Wow, great compilation there at the end! Really like how you were able to blend several images together with other overlays and things! How about a screenshot of what your layers in Photoshop looked like for that one?

Great work!

Agnieszka

Oh, I LOVE these!! Very nice!!

Scott_Quier

RTP wrote:

This is to go along with that "in your face" look. I need to work on the merge for the train track picture.

I would think an appropriate gradient mask on your "background" layer and another on the train track image would solve the problem nicely. Maybe?

dogwood

Nice photos but...

... living in the heartland of the ol' grunge movement back in the day (Portland is actually where Kurt Cobain met Courtney Love) I would hardly call these grunge. Guess I just see way too many tats, piercings, and streaked/dyed hair on a daily basis!

But they are nice photos!

BriShay

I love them, 2,4,6 are my faves, but i do love them all! Bravo!

jgaines911

Great location and very nice post processing. Like the ones on the tracks the most.