Official Photography Thread: Vol. ICan'tFindTheLastOne

Originally Posted by ebayologist

Originally Posted by funkyfreshfelix

Testing out my new old Vivitar 400/SL
C&C would be appreciated!

No PS was used because I don't believe in it, all film
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Just a thought u might want to... I completely understand not wanting a really photoshopped aesthetic (more power to those who do just not my cup of tea) but I don't know anyone who doesn't at least correct exposures. I mean know people who will leave the color incorrect and things like that and I think it's insanity personally but really some of those shown the exposure maybe perfectly fine (few strike me as bit thin or underexposed maybe as result of lens flare) but they weren't scanned that way so correcting them won't really at remove the film aesthetic but they'll look far better... Also think only about one or two are actually in sharp focus. My guess is your Nikon is a quite a bit sharper than a Vivitar but still you should be able to get a reasonably sharp focus.

Yeah I understand what you are trying to say. I do realize that some of them weren't as sharp as I thought, but I was just snapping shots and trying todo things right. In the one with the guy with the morrisey tee, I got this glowy out of focus vibe but idk how that was? I think i had the aperture pretty lowwhich maybe which was probably the mistake. But when you say correcting exposures, what exactly do you mean? Can this be done in photoshop or some othermethod?

Thanks again ebay
 
thanks, it was nice to get a shot while the lights were going and the clouds looked crazy... and vr helped with the panning
 
Seems to me that the photographer was moving (on a boat) in relation to the tower, so the photographer tried panning to keep the stationary object in focus.
 
Yes of course, sorry I didn't think of that. To me it seemed obvious to use the phrase when you follow a moving object but it could be used vice versa aswell I guess.
 
when you have a very bright background and the subject comes out dark, what kind of settings do you need to change?
 
^ I have trouble with those type of pics also. I think the best way to get light to the subject, would be to use the pop-up flash or whatever flash you have asfill-in light.
 
Originally Posted by DJ bana

when you have a very bright background and the subject comes out dark, what kind of settings do you need to change?
You have to use the flash to light it up or else you must choose to show either the object or the background (i.e. the sky) correctly. A balanced flashis best imo. (not that harsh flash that blows everything out.)
 
yea but i hate flash. lol im trying to teach myself about exposure, aperture.. iso, etc. was wondering if any of those things can be adjusted on the cammanually to make the subject more visible
 
I believe you have a Canon 40d? on that camera you are able to set how much flash you want even with the built in flash. (I have that same camera so I'mnot sure if it is a common feature or not but if you you have a 40d you'll be good
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yea but i hate flash. lol im trying to teach myself about exposure, aperture.. iso, etc. was wondering if any of those things can be adjusted on the cam manually to make the subject more visible

It all depends on what u want to do. If u want the background of the picture to come out nice and bright (for example a sunset) u have to meterthe sky. If you want ur subject to be sharp meter ur subject. If you want both bring up ur fstop.
A book that i would recommend is
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Great read.
 
Originally Posted by J SUPER

when you guys tweak ur pics in photoshop
what do you usually do?

Sharpen them, and add a border. Sometimes I mess around with different effects, and fix the exposure too.
 
^ thanks bro uve been great helper

also is there a way you can add a border to more than one pix?
or you have to do them one by one?
 
I saw that book posted earlier, im currently overseas in Israel. Ive been taking tons of pics, most on automatic.. but when i have the time ive been testingtons of cool stuff out on the creative settings and with manual focus. ive done general intro reading online about photography .... im gonna pic up some booksonce im home! ill be uploading my pics to flickr soon, so ill post the link then! hmm wow theres so much about this camera that i dont know, youtube vids havebeen helping too! im desperate to learn, i cant wait!
 
Originally Posted by mjbetch

Originally Posted by J SUPER

when you guys tweak ur pics in photoshop
what do you usually do?

brightness/contrast


yo santi, how do you go about sharpening them?

I use the "Unsharp mask" tool in PS CS3. go to Filters>Sharpen>Unsharp Mask. something like that. I mess around with the sliders until Itlooks like I want it to.
 
For me, I color correct, resize sometimes, crop if necessary, brightness/contrast sometimes, and sharpen very rarely since sharpening can be so destructive..

-Unsharp Mask: Amount = 85, Radius = 1, Threshold = 4 -OR- Amount = 65, Radius = 4, Threshold = 3
the first set of values can be applied twice since the result is very subtle
 
Originally Posted by DJ bana

when you have a very bright background and the subject comes out dark, what kind of settings do you need to change?
Bana, it's just simply a matter of exposure. You're camera's internal meter probably naturally or automatically meters for the bulk of theframe or just in general, but if you meter the exposure for shadows then the shadow detail will come in... The background might be blown out alittle bit if itssupper bright but if the shadow is what you want then that's probably what you should meter for...
Case in point.
Ms. Shortypop herself from my photoseries in progress "The Sneakerheads"
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I use a handheld light meter so being that it's portraiture I always meter the subject as that's what's inherently important in portraiture... Soif you'll notice Tisha was in the shadows of the building on the fire escape and the background is quite a bit brigher and even the distance background isalittle washed out because it's so much brighter. So basically all you need to do is the same. Just meter for what you want exposed when the light isdrastic in sunlight or shadows. While film has greater exposure range than digital I don't think it's really that complicated enough for a book butmaybe it is...
 
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