*INSERT SWEAR WORDS HERE*
Did you get a grant or did you just save up like crazy?
I got a couple of nice paid gigs , plus I was saving for 6D...
Finally came to my senses and decided that a better light is far more important than a few extra megapixels...
I'm still planning to get it eventually, though :-)
*holds out hands for D3.*
*holds out hope*
*holds...*
oh screw it I can barely afford my food and petrol.
What should I invest in first? In your opinion? The hot glass or the software? I know they go together but I can get a nice 35-55 [I can't remember] for 100 and a few filters and another toy and some left over cash OR go buy aperture/postprocess software?
Yes sir, a vast improvement especially considering that is non-diffused light in Tawny's shots.
You know, it's really funny...
Cause originally (i.e. even aforementioned three months ago) I was blindly following the "diffused light is always better" mantra and tried to use umbrellas/brollyboxes regardless :bash
Then it kinda dawned on me (I blame Joe McNally's book ) that if I want to match the sun the first thing I need is a 1/4..1/2 CTO gel and, secondly, my light can be harsh since the local sun is harsh, even during the sunset. So I stopped carying that extra stuff, and the image quality has actually improved...
I'm not sure if it works in more cloudy/overcast areas, but I'm not shooting there anyway:-)
In any case - it helps to stop and look at all those written and non-written laws, rules and mantras from a side and check if they actually make sense in your particualr scenario...
*holds out hands for D3.*
*holds out hope*
*holds...*
oh screw it I can barely afford my food and petrol.
I hear you... $4.80+ here. Yet I'm driving about 300 miles (and even paying some cover fee:-) in two weeks for a couple of REALLY nice shoots...
What should I invest in first? In your opinion? The hot glass or the software? I know they go together but I can get a nice 35-55 [I can't remember] for 100 and a few filters and another toy and some left over cash OR go buy aperture/postprocess software?
So, you're not only nikonian girl, but a mac user too? Come on, I'm a windows canonite male shawinist mongrel, why does my opinion matter at all?
On a serious note: it's a tough call. It all depends on a multitude of factors (fund$, and I mean, fund$$$$$ being one of them). I know I will sound academic when I say
Light
Glass
Body
Software
and it was, in fact, almost exactly the opposite the way how it worked for me (I started with lights, though, many thanks to Shay! )
Not sure if it helps...
So, you're not only nikonian girl, but a mac user too? <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/eek7.gif" border="0" alt="" > Come on, I'm a windows canonite male shawinist mongrel, why does my opinion matter at all?
At least you know I'm a girl. <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/rolleyes1.gif" border="0" alt="" > Nikon/Mac is > you. I supposed you're going to tell me next you're a Panasonic/Samsung lover too. Sony/LG > you. I love my Mac Bookpro, once I get my video cord I'll have a 42" 1080p monitor. I'm going to rule then
>.>
<.<
and then play some crazy awesome games.
I'm hoping to set up an Alice in Wonderland shoot next. Can't wait. *wants to hear back from model* Schedules suck.
and it was, in fact, almost exactly the opposite the way how it worked for me (I started with lights, though, many thanks to Shay! )
Not sure if it helps...
Heh, when I started it was
Glass
Body
Software
Light
Now that I know better it's
Light
Glass
Software
Body
I hear that although exposure must be perfect, excellent lighting can even make a Nikon image look halfway descent.
I use mac and pc. Both the same to me. Just different keys.
Canon 40D : Canon 400D : Canon Elan 7NE : Canon 580EX : 2 x Canon 430EX : Canon 24-70 f2.8L : Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L USM : Canon 28-135mm f/3.5 IS : 18-55mm f/3.5 : 4GB Sandisk Extreme III : 2GB Sandisk Extreme III : 2 x 1GB Sandisk Ultra II : Sekonik L358
And your posts are like walking thru sideshow alley with all the grotesques and animation!!
But, please, I beg you, don't go too much further without lifting the surface of your images and seeing what's underneath, cos it's what's underneath that gets on top.
Nik, I don't like any of these images, really, but Nik I'm the color of a pond with a green algal bloom over your technique.
And while I don't think these images go quite as far as your battery pack, I am left choking on YOUR dust!!
If you'll forgive me for saying so, you think you are getting your ride on the female model, but no, you aren't. You are getting your ride on rearranging your view of the world. One day, indulge me further, I predict that you will do away with the model clothes prop, and put some real meat on the barbie. Sorry, can't predict exactly what will be on the menu, but I know we won't choke on the wrapping.
It's being able to jump the next gap, whatever the gap is in - equipment or inspiration.
If you'll forgive me for saying so, you think you are getting your ride on the female model, but no, you aren't. You are getting your ride on rearranging your view of the world. One day, indulge me further, I predict that you will do away with the model clothes prop, and put some real meat on the barbie. Sorry, can't predict exactly what will be on the menu, but I know we won't choke on the wrapping.
I'm lost. Are you saying she should just get nude and deal with it? Or are the dwarves marching over the hill? Or did Johnny fall down the well?
Meat? Prop?
I r lost.:cry
*cough*
Canons suck.
*cough*
Nikon Optics, better
*cough*
I'm lost. Are you saying she should just get nude and deal with it? Or are the dwarves marching over the hill? Or did Johnny fall down the well?
Meat? Prop?
I r lost.:cry
*cough*
Canons suck.
*cough*
Nikon Optics, better
*cough*
Lost? How hard are you to find?
In any case, we seem to have a fertile mix of metaphors.
Yes, I would have done it naked, at least the first 3, which are the ones that count, not the same way as Nik, but with a metaphysicality to match the awesome setting.
Yes, I would have done it naked, at least the first 3, which are the ones that count, not the same way as Nik, but with a metaphysicality to match the awesome setting.
Here in US you usually don't get a home run on a first date
Here in US you usually don't get a home run on a first date
It wouldn't be glamour and fashion photography without clothes.
The costumes make it fun.
However, there are all sorts of styles and flavours and it'd be a boring world if it were all the same, just not my cup of tea.
Even if she were nude I still think there should be draped fabrics and maybe a softer prop to lay on... like a lounge chair or a couple of beanbags
or something.
A comfortable model is going to make good pictures. Lesson #1 by Nikolai.
It wouldn't be glamour and fashion photography without clothes.
The costumes make it fun.
However, there are all sorts of styles and flavours and it'd be a boring world if it were all the same, just not my cup of tea.
Even if she were nude I still think there should be draped fabrics and maybe a softer prop to lay on... like a lounge chair or a couple of beanbags
or something.
A comfortable model is going to make good pictures. Lesson #1 by Nikolai.
Well, of course!
But it's obvious, isn't it, that Nik has really no interest in clothes.
When he comments himself on these photos he is careful to distance himself from the wardrobe items and decisions.
His currently favored color is orange, which is most often nowadays worn as a warning signal. What danger is he signaling to us? That he is having ""bad" thoughts? And why was another recent model shoot full of decaying metal and chains, on a ship going nowhere? Along with, always, (over)exposed female model muscle?
Oh I put it to you, this has nothing to do with glamor!!
What Nik is really wanting to do in these pics is show us a mating between someone and something. The "someone" is him - the model is his avatar. The "something" is - ?
If we wait he might eventually show us. If, that is, he can get the "model" sufficiently comfortable"!!
I like the shoots, without the number 8.
I don`t like the hand cutted and also don`t like feet cutted.
I think cutting the feed is more bad than the hands ;-)
But the rest of the pics are perfect.
I also like that girl with this great body. But I am to far away, to ask you, who she is :-)
I would appreciate, if you do more shoots with her :-)
Very female and nice body.
I like the shoots, without the number 8.
I don`t like the hand cutted and also don`t like feet cutted.
I think cutting the feed is more bad than the hands ;-)
But the rest of the pics are perfect.
I also like that girl with this great body. But I am to far away, to ask you, who she is :-)
I would appreciate, if you do more shoots with her :-)
Very female and nice body.
Comments
Yes sir, a vast improvement especially considering that is non-diffused light in Tawny's shots.
dak.smugmug.com
Finally came to my senses and decided that a better light is far more important than a few extra megapixels...
I'm still planning to get it eventually, though :-)
*holds out hands for D3.*
*holds out hope*
*holds...*
oh screw it I can barely afford my food and petrol.
What should I invest in first? In your opinion? The hot glass or the software? I know they go together but I can get a nice 35-55 [I can't remember] for 100 and a few filters and another toy and some left over cash OR go buy aperture/postprocess software?
*
http://member.onemodelplace.com/member.cfm?P_ID=214042
Cause originally (i.e. even aforementioned three months ago) I was blindly following the "diffused light is always better" mantra and tried to use umbrellas/brollyboxes regardless :bash
Then it kinda dawned on me (I blame Joe McNally's book
I'm not sure if it works in more cloudy/overcast areas, but I'm not shooting there anyway:-)
In any case - it helps to stop and look at all those written and non-written laws, rules and mantras from a side and check if they actually make sense in your particualr scenario...
So, you're not only nikonian girl, but a mac user too?
On a serious note: it's a tough call. It all depends on a multitude of factors (fund$, and I mean, fund$$$$$ being one of them). I know I will sound academic when I say
- Light
- Glass
- Body
- Software
and it was, in fact, almost exactly the opposite the way how it worked for me (I started with lights, though, many thanks to Shay!Not sure if it helps...
>.>
<.<
and then play some crazy awesome games.
I'm hoping to set up an Alice in Wonderland shoot next. Can't wait. *wants to hear back from model* Schedules suck.
*
http://member.onemodelplace.com/member.cfm?P_ID=214042
#'s 2 and 5 are absolutely wonderful !!!!
Thank you for sharing these photos ...
http://wildwally.smugmug.com/
Heh, when I started it was
Glass
Body
Software
Light
Now that I know better it's
Light
Glass
Software
Body
I hear that although exposure must be perfect, excellent lighting can even make a Nikon image look halfway descent.
I use mac and pc. Both the same to me. Just different keys.
dak.smugmug.com
>.< There's no flipping difference between Canon and Nikon diffs! Spec for Spec a camera is a camera is a camera.
I love the war though. Bicker on !!!!
*
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And your posts are like walking thru sideshow alley with all the grotesques and animation!!
But, please, I beg you, don't go too much further without lifting the surface of your images and seeing what's underneath, cos it's what's underneath that gets on top.
Nik, I don't like any of these images, really, but Nik I'm the color of a pond with a green algal bloom over your technique.
And while I don't think these images go quite as far as your battery pack, I am left choking on YOUR dust!!
If you'll forgive me for saying so, you think you are getting your ride on the female model, but no, you aren't. You are getting your ride on rearranging your view of the world. One day, indulge me further, I predict that you will do away with the model clothes prop, and put some real meat on the barbie. Sorry, can't predict exactly what will be on the menu, but I know we won't choke on the wrapping.
It's being able to jump the next gap, whatever the gap is in - equipment or inspiration.
Isn't nonsense a lot of fun?!
http://www.behance.net/brosepix
Meat? Prop?
I r lost.:cry
*cough*
Canons suck.
*cough*
Nikon Optics, better
*cough*
*
http://member.onemodelplace.com/member.cfm?P_ID=214042
Lost? How hard are you to find?
In any case, we seem to have a fertile mix of metaphors.
Yes, I would have done it naked, at least the first 3, which are the ones that count, not the same way as Nik, but with a metaphysicality to match the awesome setting.
You can't speak when your mouth is gagged.
Neil
http://www.behance.net/brosepix
The costumes make it fun.
However, there are all sorts of styles and flavours and it'd be a boring world if it were all the same, just not my cup of tea.
Even if she were nude I still think there should be draped fabrics and maybe a softer prop to lay on... like a lounge chair or a couple of beanbags
or something.
A comfortable model is going to make good pictures. Lesson #1 by Nikolai.
*
http://member.onemodelplace.com/member.cfm?P_ID=214042
Maybe... but where's the game if there is no bat and ball and no home plate?
Neil
http://www.behance.net/brosepix
Well, of course!
But it's obvious, isn't it, that Nik has really no interest in clothes.
When he comments himself on these photos he is careful to distance himself from the wardrobe items and decisions.
His currently favored color is orange, which is most often nowadays worn as a warning signal. What danger is he signaling to us? That he is having ""bad" thoughts? And why was another recent model shoot full of decaying metal and chains, on a ship going nowhere? Along with, always, (over)exposed female model muscle?
Oh I put it to you, this has nothing to do with glamor!!
What Nik is really wanting to do in these pics is show us a mating between someone and something. The "someone" is him - the model is his avatar. The "something" is - ?
If we wait he might eventually show us. If, that is, he can get the "model" sufficiently comfortable"!!
Neil
http://www.behance.net/brosepix
I don`t like the hand cutted and also don`t like feet cutted.
I think cutting the feed is more bad than the hands ;-)
But the rest of the pics are perfect.
I also like that girl with this great body. But I am to far away, to ask you, who she is :-)
I would appreciate, if you do more shoots with her :-)
Very female and nice body.
BR
JH
Thank you for C&C, JH!