Op Wed, 21 May 2008 23:35:45 +0200 schreef Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Thanks, I proposed sunset (I'm a sucker for late-afternoon light), but in class early morning light was suggested to her. Could have saved me some sleep as well. I see a re-shoot coming, I'll post results. Thanks for all feedback. Regards, Lucas > OK, so she's the art director, which makes a lot of difference - you > have to do as she says. But given her target market I still don't > think an indoor chair outdoors is really going to appeal very much to > them. > > Anway, I'd say you need more sun, more light and warmth. Most of the > pictures feel rather cool to me, even those shot in direct sunlight. I > am almost the baby-boomer age, and I have friends & relatives in that > age group, and I find it hard to imagine these pictures selling > anything to them. Picture number 2, for example, has the chair in > bright sun, but the building is in shadow and the cool of that > predominates. The composition needs to be much tighter, with better > use of the building, and to be more effective the whole thing needs to > be in the sun, probably the late evening sun with naturally saturated > colours. Picture 3 is kind of getting there, but still the cool of the > background shadows kills it. > > Have a look at other publications that are aiming at the same audience > and see what techniques they use. In particular it's worth remembering > Terence Donovan's (or possibly David Bailey's) well-worn phrase "No > client ever complained about a picture being too effing warm". > > Bob > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Lucas Rijnders >> Sent: 21 May 2008 21:43 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: GESO: Orange Peel >> >> Op Tue, 20 May 2008 23:33:51 +0200 schreef Bob W >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> > it's difficult to say whether these are successful or not without >> > knowing more about the brief. In most of them the chair seems lost >> >> She has to try to sell Artifort to a new audience. She is >> aiming at second >> homes abroad of recently retired couples with a lot of money. >> What we call >> the baby-boomers, the generation born just after the second world > war. >> >> Abroad for Dutch couples would be France, the mediterranean >> of eastern >> Europe, mainly Hungary. >> >> > against the background. 4 and 8 are better than the rest, >> but I don't >> > really see the point of setting the chair in that context. If > she's >> > studying interior design why has she put an indoor chair outdoors? >> > >> > Also, the pictures don't show much evidence of having been > 'styled'. >> > Typically when I think of a stylist being involved in a shoot she > is >> > normally there to make the food or clothes look right >> within the scene >> > that the art director has directed and the photographer has >> shot. For >> > interior design I imagine the stylist is making sure that >> the details >> > of the set are correct - for instance, that the curtains are > hanging >> > properly, the chairs are at the correct angle, the mirrors >> are clean, >> > and so on. However, this is not my world, so maybe I'm completely >> > wrong. >> >> I think her role is more what you describe as Art Director. >> Though it is >> not my world either. >> >> Thankf for commenting, I appreciate it. >> >> Regards, Lucas >> >> > Bob >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> >> Behalf Of Lucas Rijnders >> >> Sent: 20 May 2008 21:39 >> >> To: PDML >> >> Subject: GESO: Orange Peel >> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> I am currently working on a fun project: a friend of mine is >> >> studying for >> >> interior designer. Her current assignment is 'Photo styling' >> >> where, among >> >> other things, she has to style six photo's (four product shots, > two >> > >> >> supporting shots) and have them taken by an unpaid photographer. >> >> >> >> For some reason, 'unpaid photographer' made her think of me. >> >> >> >> At http:\\www.jenny.dds.nl/lucas/orange/peel/index.html are >> >> our first >> >> results. (Six of) These shots should be useable for use in a >> >> trade show >> >> booth and in magazines. >> >> >> >> As this is rather new for both of us, all feedback is very >> >> welcome. If the >> >> weather permits, we will do a second shooting session next week. >> >> >> >> Oh: technical details: All shots taken with a K10D and an >> >> F50/1,7. One of >> >> the shots is a HDRI composite, made of three base images. >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> -- >> >> Ciao, Lucas >> >> >> >> -- >> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly >> >> above and follow the directions. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Ciao, Lucas >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly >> above and follow the directions. >> >> > > -- Ciao, Lucas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
