Thanks for the input, Larry.
As I go through the shots that I didn't delete on first sight, I keep
finding some that can be rescued with a couple of minutes of cropping
and minor adjustments, or that benefit greatly from B&W conversion.
As for how many good shots she needed, the great thing about it is that
she did this as a favor to me. So, the whole shoot was for the purpose
of learning how to shoot human subjects in a somewhat controlled
setting, as opposed to street or nature photography, or candids. I took
well over 200 shots, pared those down to about 150, and have been going
through them one by one. The ones I posted in that mini-GESO were
essentially straight out of the camera, with auto-leveling and some very
minor saturation and contrast tweaking (and resizing for uploading). I
spent the better part of yesterday picking through them and have come up
with several other shots, some of which are much better than the ones I
posted -- and she's been thrilled with them, which is nice. And, I'm
pretty sure she's amenable to doing it again, which is even nicer.
My main concern is to end up with something to go into a portfolio at
some point, with an eye toward actually getting paid to take pictures.
Once I've gotten a pretty good handle on the ones I want to put in my
portfolio, I'll update the gallery and repost the link here for feedback.
As for the four shots of single malt, sadly enough, I'm mired in the
sort of soul crushing poverty that leaves me resigned to blended
scotch. Yet, I persevere.
Thanks much for the guidance. It is appreciated!
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On 10/15/2010 3:27 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Oct 15, 2010, at 2:55 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote:
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/
As you said, you got a couple of good shots. You also got a few that you'll be
able to look back on and see how much you've improved.
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?
A) Drink four shots of single malt.
B) Delete the ones that don't work as well.
C) Learn from what went wrong, and try again.
How many good shots does she need? Don't try to save every one that might be
salvageable, just try to get a couple of really good shots out of the set. You
could spend a lot of time right now improving your technique at salvaging less
than wonderful shots with lightroom or photoshop, or you could go out, practice
taking photos, so that as soon as possible you're taking more shots that don't
need the leet photoshop rescue techniques. If you shoot in raw, you can always
go back later and rescue shots once you feel more competent with the camera,
and start working on your post-processing technique.
That was my theory anyways. Although the more I shoot, not only do I see my
improvement, I keep seeing more and more room for improvement, so I don't know
if I'll ever get to the point where I feel good enough with a camera that I'd
get more out of an intensive post-processing education.
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