Somewhat better, though Flickr doesn't do thumbnails very conveniently. The third and fourth from the end are my favorites, though all are very good.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Walker <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 10:06 AM Subject: Re: GESO The Trap Door Sorry, Rick. Try this for thumbnails: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjAXsq4j I hate Flash slide shows as a rule too. Flickr and Google both use Flash sparingly to the point where I often forget it's there. I added numbers to the individual shots' titles. I like to specifically title my shots, but it's tough to come up with unique captions for this sort of thing, and there will be many more to come. On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gawd, I hate Flash slide shows! How about a nice straightforward gallery > with thumbnails? > > There are some nice shots there, but it's hard to comment on them because > there are no labels. > > Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bruce Walker <[email protected]> > To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 1:07 PM > Subject: GESO The Trap Door > > For a fast look: "She is deciding my fate" ... > > http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7656572092/lightbox/ > > > This gallery is of shots I did while helping my wife Louise on a > documentary project she's creating about a local store called the Trap > Door Boutique. The owner, Gabrielle Neveu, sells clothing and fashion > "for the artistic professional" in the Junction area of Toronto's west > end. > > This was a guerrilla shoot. We were operating within the boutique > during their open hours, working around customers who were mostly > bemused by our activity. (I think some came in because they were nosey > and saw the lights.) We were in and out in two and a half hours. > > I was providing lighting for Louise to do video footage of our model, > Marzi, getting crazy with the clothing that Gabbi was styling for us. > I was sneaking in and shooting stills as best I could. Since this was > for video I couldn't use flash, so I opted for a $30 garage > work-light, 2 by 250 watt tungsten halogen bulbs on a short stand, > that we had bought previously to try. To make this light less harsh > and have it come from above rather than casting upward shadows, I > added two light stands: one with a 44" silver reflector and the other > with a reflective umbrella. I then aimed the two 250 watt heads from > the work-light at each of the two reflectors. > > When I measured the light with my meter I discovered that 500 > reflected watts doesn't actually go far. I was forced to shoot between > f:2.8 and f:3.5 at 800 ISO and shutter speeds between 1/30th and > 1/60th sec for the entire set. But the resulting light was unique and > interesting. It was nice to work with WYSIWYG light: easy to see where > shadows would fall and great for focussing. > > Tricky to work with the work lights though as they threw light > everywhere, so accidental direct light leaks and flare were hard to > avoid. I even had trouble with flare in the viewfinder! I just > accepted the harsh shadows in some cases as creative accidents. ;-) > > Then there's the heat: oh my gawd. Sweat was pouring off me. I also > was forced to shoot in close proximity to the light heads because we > were in a very confined space between the clothing racks, changing > booths and the cash desk. > > But despite all the restrictions, my keeper rate was astonishingly > high. Louise chose 248 out of 302 shots to graft into her doc footage. > I rejected many of those as too soft for me, and narrowed the keepers > down, but it's still a large number. The seven in this gallery are > just the extra-good ones that I've retouched first. > > > So here's the gallery. The first seven shots are from this recent > shoot (this past Wednesday), and the rest are from an art opening in > the same boutique last fall. > > http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/sets/72157630775756384/show/ > > K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 SDM, 800 ISO, f:2.8-3.5. > Lr 4.1, Ps 5.5 > > Comments welcome! > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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. -- 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.
