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Another Man portrait! Sorry.. not too creative with titles! Haha! But it's yet another shot taken straight from a normal camera. No special lighting etc. I ran through Photoshop.. tinkered with it.. and well, ta-da, the end result. I would love to have a chance to play around in a real studio with all the gadgets and gizmos rather than going through Photoshop.. but hey, one day!
Hope you like it!
Ade
| Camera: | Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W1 |
| Title: | Man 2 |
| Username: | 
messhai |
| Uploaded: | 16 Sep 2004 - 11:21 AM |
| Tags: | Portraits / people |
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You can work with white and black reflectors, to diffuse light and/or shadows, but you did good, there is a nice mood in it, click (*:*)
studio work requires a lot of effort before taking the picture. In P'shop theres lots to do after, unless you get a good image to start with!! both ways have their hassles. all that matters is the quality of final image. Dont get to caught up in the idea that it takes fancy gear to get good pictures, most studio work involves getting the light to look as natural as possible anyway! i like this photo by the way. clicked.
Chris
Thanks everybody for your comments!
Magda... what are black and white reflectors!? Probably cost too much for me! Just graduated.. currently unemployed! Haha! Any jobs out there for an engineer?! 
Chris... you're right obviously! But I do have this picture of professional photographers with all their fancy equipment, strange terminology and technical know-how. And I just want to reach that level, I guess. But then it's the end results, as you say, which matters.
The original shot was taken in a restaurant so I had to remove the background.. AND the reflection from his glasses which was a bit of a pain! So, if you have, you may notice some unnatural bits/feel in his right eye spectacle area and also in his hair where I tried to blend it naturally with a black background!
Anyway, thanks again everybody! I hope to do more portrait shots as I do like capturing emotions on photo. Just going out stalking my next 'victim'! Haha!
Ade
Very good portrait, Ade. It sounds like you've done a lot in PS too! Either way, it has produced a very good image. Well done.
*click*
Normally they are reversible, have come down in price tremendously, anythin white(paper, sheet, foam) can work for white, black velvet, crepe, painted cardboard, aluminium or kitchen foil makes a fantastc reflector, you can cover any shape with it... try the different effects on a person or object, you'll learn soooo much about light in less than an hour, you'll be surprised. Enjoy, lol, Magda (*_*)
Very nice portrait, great tones and composition.
Paul
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