"SELFIES" I Had Setup Some T5 Fluos With A White Muslin Backdrop, And Needed To Fire Off Some Test Shots
"SELFIES" I had setup some T5 fluos with a white muslin backdrop, and needed to fire off some test shots for this. [sidenote: tons of issues with the color and light until after editing I realized one bank of the T5's was at a different color temperature than the others--which totally throws the whole thing off as far as color/exposure consistency… be sure to match up your kelvin and kill any stray ambient fluos in the room. For mine, even the gray cards were inconsistent on these tests].
I am loathe for self-portraits. I don't like shooting myself– I have the same insecurities just about everyone else does. I prefer shooting inanimate objects or others who are portrait or model material. But a setup… I can deal with that out of practicality. No one will see that.
My family is pretty much the same. I'll fire off some head shots of my wife or kids when they are around that look AMAZING , and they usually dictate that "these can NOT wind up on the net… or anywhere for that matter!" Funny, because they ARE very photogenic.
So of late, I always see these "self-portrait-a-day" projects, and I think they are utterly amazing. I rarely feel like I have the time for such things, but also really don't like confronting myself. Even the "filter" of drawing myself offers me more comfort than photographing.
So earlier this year, I settled on the "selfie-a-month-or-so" project instead. Nothing like minimal commitment, huh? Some of the selfies I have taken with the old iPhone 4. Others with the macintosh's built in camera. Only time will tell if I have the time or guts to stick with this. These low-res versions of the file (72ppi for net at 5 x5) also seem to lose some punch, although that can't be pinned to the camera or the lights. I'll have to check the resampling setting in Photoshop to see why.
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My son creates these small paper sculpture-creations using the remnants of tissue rolls. The sphere is from the cardboard tube, and the cube is from some of the tissue. They are really unique texturally.
I shot them on a reflective black surface using an inexpensive LED shoplight, overcast daylight ambient, and a white reflector (all played fairly nicely together). Used the ubiquitous"kit lens" (18-55mm, f4) for the 'macro'/closeups with the inexpensive Photodiox tubes. The Canon "nifty-fifty" provided the other shots.
Cinematheque suisse by Kenny Brandenberger
jjhart93.tumblr.com asked some cheaper alternatives to Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, I found these, well to be honest, I just went to Wikipedia and check which ones worth the download effort and put a link to them, check them out:
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Plastic shopping bags have become a fixture of modern life, but despite their convenience, their impact on the environment is tough to ignore.
In his Plastic Bag Landscapes series, photographer Vilde Rolfsen draws attention to the issue by using colored lights to transform the bags into abstract images. See the rest below!
Plastic Shopping Bags Transformed Into Abstract Images
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Lettering for magazines by Jackson Alves
Yes this. Unfortunately, this party is long gone.
1956 Republican Platform
Raison D'etre...
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In the early 1920's, Racine, Wisconsin had an NFL Franchise (in fact, it had a couple of franchises until the new league gained traction in several other markets). One of the most well-known was the Racine Legion. The logo above is a "reimagining" of what that logo would have looked like if the franchise were in play today.
Photographing fast-moving subjects doesn’t always mean using quick shutter speeds. In fact, adding motion to your still images can enhance the look and feel of the speed. Corey Rich explains how to imply movement in photographs with simple panning: Rich, using a Nikon D4S and a Nikon 17-35mm ED-IF AF-S zoom lens, photographs mountain biker Jake Dorey speeding down […]
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PICTURES FROM ME… photos taken by me, family, friends, and occasional complete strangers. As a creative professional, I'll also post anything that interests me… funny, artistic, culinary...who knows
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