From: Walter Gilbert <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: GESO: Megan W.
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, October 15, 2010, 10:25 AM
I have to agree,
Jack. I've been trying to tone down the colors a bit,
but what has really bothered me is the shine on her skin
that you mentioned. I'm trying to mitigate that some,
but nothing I do seems to work, and often makes it
worse. I thought maybe a b&w conversion might help
a little, but boy was I WRONG! Any ideas on how to do
ease it up a bit with very rudimentary Photoshop skills?
I really liked the window frame shot, too. As I
mentioned to Paul S. in my reply to him, it was a horrible
time of day to try to shoot that shot. She was sitting
inside a zebra striped Land Rover with a canvas canopy on
it. I actually took that one just to be taking a shot
-- she wanted some taken on the Rover, I just figured it was
a lost cause, but I wanted to go ahead and give it a try,
just to satisfy her. If I'd thought there was a chance
in hell of it turning out as well as it did, I'd have tried
a little harder on the focusing and metering. The shot
truly was atrocious before I salvaged it. It just so
happened to catch her face at its most flattering angle, I
think.
Thanks for the input!
-- Walt
On 10/15/2010 7:59 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
I realize from your introductory comments that you
have a background issue. In addition, rather harsh tonality
while it may be intentional, adds a degree "pressure."
In many shots the model's face glistens as though perspiring
and to me, conveys a sense of discomfort.
The window shot is the cleanest and best pose although
the model almost seems secondary to the window frame.
Jack
--- On Fri, 10/15/10, Walter Gilbert<[email protected]>
wrote:
From: Walter Gilbert<[email protected]>
Subject: GESO: Megan W.
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"<[email protected]>
Date: Friday, October 15, 2010, 2:55 AM
Hi all,
Well, I had my very first photo shoot today.
All
things considered, I think it went fairly
well. I did
get some good shots, a couple of great shots, and
many that
will wind up being salvageable. Here are a
few shots
to give a reasonable approximation:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157625167892920/
Nothing went as planned, and I hadn't the foggiest
notion
what I was doing. But, somehow, I managed
not to lose
my friend (Megan, the model) -- at least until
she's seen
the images. There are a few that have
clunky
backgrounds that I intend to obscure at some
point. Beyond that, does anyone have any hits or tips that I
might
use to make the images look better?
Comments, critiques, and advice are, of course,
welcome.
Best,
Walt
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