4x5, Fuji Astia 100, One Flag, One Reflector, and as usual, my saturation has gone to all hell because I can’t manage my colorspaces properly.
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/9554/andysrk1bu4.jpg
edit: Removed the second one, no idea how it got there. Also, oh hey, my saturation is back.
On vacation at my parent’s house, and did the same lighting as chairhome in front of my mom’s christmas tree.
Added a reflector on the other side lit by the on-camera flash with a flag for the family portrait.
Set-up shot:
wow nice shots… Happy Holidays!
you know what would spruce this image up a little
more chains belts and buckles :shake:
To think that his outfit there is rather tame compared to the rest of his wardrobe.
Cloudy Day
so.
i just bought a d40 and a 55-200mm VR lens.
and i’m going through m, a, s, p modes.
does anybody have comprehensive links to blogs about getting the most out of my camera’s abilities?
on a side note, the main reason i bought the camera is to train my eye for composition, light and dark, and mass when i paint.
thanks in advance.
first slr?
if so, learn about how aperture, shutter speed, and ISO effects exposure. i think the best way to learn any of that is to put the camera in manual mode and shoot everything, making note of how it effects the meter etc.
Aperture: the lower the number = bigger the hole (lens) = more light allowed into camera = shallower depth of field.
Shutter Speed: the lower the number (i.e. 1/15 ---- one-fifteenth of a second) = more light is allowed into the camera.
im sure theres way more to it than what i just said. but i think thats the basics of it all. those three aspects of photography affect one another.
ehhh, to really train your eye for composition, i would suggest getting a prime lens… fiddling with zooming can be more of a disadvantage than it is convenient. (im a little bias against zoom lenses). other things like… color, “light and dark”, and “mass”(wtf is that?) will come later. but most important is composition.
its great nowadays that its all digital. you can take hundreds of photos and see the results as they come. things like color and “light and dark” isnt much of an issue anymore since you can do all that easily in post production. take advantage of all this and snap away till your fingers fall off. thats my best advice.
taken on the metro.
yeah it’s my first slr.
it’s a lot of fun so far.
in terms of mass, when painting you build masses, focusing on balance, depth, light, and dark.
from that mass, you add detail and highlights.
basically.
at least that’s how i was taught to paint.
Some recent shots from my trip to Vietnam:
No PP.
I was shooting some pictures the other day where I tried to just use light and lines and this ended up turning out pretty well.
thanks a lot!
i look forward to posting some stuff here.
>:3
^nice link. i havent done any of that in a while.
a little off topic, but does anyone here know of any good monitor calibration programs? either mac/pc would be apreciated. (preferably mac)
I use the Spyder, but it like most of the calibration program means that you actually have to buy a piece of hardware.
Photoshop comes with a tool called gamma something, and lots of people use that.
A picture my aunt’s friend sent to me. Resized and edited, for the most part it’s the original (No special effects added aside from making it a slight darker.)
I’ll shoot more pictures sometime in the future when I’m not a complete stranger, but this may be interesting for anyone who’s never been to Denjin Arcade.
i’m loving you guy’s work. good shit. i’ll post some stuff sometime.