The Creative Photography Thread v7 | The quickest way to make money at photography is to sell your c

[Superwafflez]

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandyyy92/8022706607/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8320/8022706607_4761b2fbb8_c.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandyyy92/8022706607/]Water Dragon[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/brandyyy92/]Brandy.92[/url], on Flickr

[Killuah]

I like the subject and the perfect focus but the framing doesn't do it any good. Show more of the awesome creature and its patern!

[Inzalonus]

working on an anti-alcohol abuse project
here's my base image
[t]https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/527402_288440651264498_817005154_n.jpg[/t]

cropped/edited in lightroom, now into photoshop

[MoarFunz]

I guess some slogan will be slapped onto it? because right now I don't find it any good at all, imo.

[Inzalonus]

[t]https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s480x480/58335_288455581263005_758425965_n.jpg[/t] really sloppy last minute work, don't like it but at least kind of got the feel I had in mind

anyone wanna shoot me some ideas? don't want it to look this crappy haha

[editline]26th September 2012[/editline]

[t]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/185164_288456907929539_804745422_n.jpg[/t] so repositioned the slogan, think it works better here

went and made it more evenly spaced in there, but yeah, you get the gist

[Uber|nooB]

i like the way this turned out.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/Kr1go.jpg[/img]

[Big Blue]

[QUOTE=Inzalonus;37796267]pictures[/QUOTE]

can't say I'm a fan of the colors/editing in general. take it down a notch, it's overwhelming as it is. i would recommend starting over with your original image and (lightly) messing with the color balance to achieve a natural yet "intoxicated" look. try to steer away from this somewhat ethereal look you've gone with (almost looks as though it's glamorizing drinking (imo)) and paint a picture of you message. take it easy on the vignetting too, you want to use it to direct focus, and possibly create a space in which to put your message. i like the idea of him drinking the words, but it's really unclear what the words are. this may or may not have been intentional, but you could add real depth for people by adding clearer words (different font perhaps?) in the body of the bottle, and more of them. maybe even halfway filling the bottle, if you can (made to look like he's drinking a good portion of his life away). you know your focus better than i do, of course, but if you don't want it to look crappy, as you said, think back to the feeling you had in mind for this picture. editing is a prime place to make your pictures look exactly the way you want them to.

[editline]25th September 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;37796342]i like the way this turned out.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Kr1go.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

old dudes are the coolest subjects

i like this picture a lot, but that flash reflection in the middle is really unfortunate

[Trogdon]

[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;37796342]i like the way this turned out.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/Kr1go.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

Stock photo for planning your retirement

[Inzalonus]

[QUOTE=Big Blue;37797176]can't say I'm a fan of the colors/editing in general. take it down a notch, it's overwhelming as it is. i would recommend starting over with your original image and (lightly) messing with the color balance to achieve a natural yet "intoxicated" look. try to steer away from this somewhat ethereal look you've gone with (almost looks as though it's glamorizing drinking (imo)) and paint a picture of you message. take it easy on the vignetting too, you want to use it to direct focus, and possibly create a space in which to put your message. i like the idea of him drinking the words, but it's really unclear what the words are. this may or may not have been intentional, but you could add real depth for people by adding clearer words (different font perhaps?) in the body of the bottle, and more of them. maybe even halfway filling the bottle, if you can (made to look like he's drinking a good portion of his life away). you know your focus better than i do, of course, but if you don't want it to look crappy, as you said, think back to the feeling you had in mind for this picture. editing is a prime place to make your pictures look exactly the way you want them to.

[editline]25th September 2012[/editline]

old dudes are the coolest subjects

i like this picture a lot, but that flash reflection in the middle in really unfortunate[/QUOTE]

thanks for feedback, I might retouch on the colours and I agree about the ethereal look, however, I disagree about the clarity of the words personally. I feel that (Especially in it's current state) if the words were any clearer, it might seem to be glamorizing drinking more so
I want the words to be hard to read because that way it forces the viewer to actually think about what it is that they're drinking away, instead of just directly giving them meaning. They still get the words out but the challenge helps deliver the message, these things aren't necessarily clear when you're drinking/drunk a lot so why should I present it as if it is?
then again maybe i'm too caught up on the concept and it's interfering with my design flow, who knows

edit: my interpretation is that by challenging the viewer they'll form the message within their own mind, instead of simply being shown. I personally find it to be a more effective technique when presenting a message because it's like learning something yourself as opposed to being told the answer, but yeah you need a balance and obviously you don't want a bad presentation

[Big Blue]

i see what you mean. well you should do what you feel is right, as long as you're satisfied with the final product you'll be fine. it's a good concept, i'd like to see it executed well.

[Inzalonus]

as would i, but i've only got a couple of hours left to get the actual portfolio together, doing some hack job at it by cutting in parts of last semesters portfolio to save a shit load of time, just pulled 2 whole pages together in about half an hour compared to the 2/3 hours that it took to do last time

i'm a third of the way there in terms of page numbers, and i've got a final image along with a psd that has all the process, the last third is just "Design process", so really I feel like I actually stand a chance, just gotta pull the inbetween pages together :/

[editline]26th September 2012[/editline]

[t]http://i.imgur.com/y7mhl.jpg[/t] this is the final i'm going to submit I think
it doesn't have as much of a colour clash, still a bit of that ethereal feel but I was kind of aiming for that with the whole words in the bottle thing, I think this one just works better, slightly cropped off the top of the bottle so the image isn't so long feeling, and overall i feel it works better, more how I visualized it in my head

[MisterMedia]

Came into my head while I was sat out in the rain.

[img_thumb]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/34955888/Photography/window%20crop.jpg[/img_thumb]

First time I used powerful lights, even though they are not meant for photography.

[/B/rother]

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/asbjrnandersen/8024564576/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8449/8024564576_9f3f435e61.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/asbjrnandersen/8024564576/]Untitled[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/asbjrnandersen/]▲SBJØRN[/url], on Flickr

i would [I]love[/I] to get some c&c.

[Him1411]

brutally honest, its really not much?

[Mysterio]

[img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8459/8024941047_78ce67cd87_h.jpg[/img]

Last one! I promise!

[editline]26th September 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=Big Blue;37792289]first is awesome. second is too, but i'm worried that the lower potion might be just a little too dark, unless you wanted it that way. it's a pretty interesting effect as it is, kind of upsets the balance of the mountain in the background.
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Honestly I didn't do it on purpose, but I thought it looked cool, like a black metal album cover or something so I didn't crop them out haha.

[Big Blue]

[QUOTE=Mysterio;37801338]Honestly I didn't do it on purpose, but I thought it looked cool, like a black metal album cover or something so I didn't crop them out haha.[/QUOTE]

oh alright, hardcore.

[Massive Duece]

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveotto/8025749241/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8457/8025749241_dcd478f0a9_c.jpg[/img][/url]

Testing out my new 65 4.0 with Portra 800.

[Him1411]

i love how the guy at the back is so casually staring down the barrel, brilliant.

[Adius]

How does this look on your guys computers? My screen I am using is calibrated weird so it looks like it's not too "contrasty" and dark in terms of shadow.
[img]http://imageshack.us/a/img706/1913/imgp9303k.jpg[/img]

[Dübious]

Hello,

I had to do a project for school showing tension in a group of four pictures. My first thought was to hold a card bent slightly, showing the tension. But as I needed 4 pictures, I made a small story around it.

I would like some feedback, as for example i'm not sure if I should have kept the background white.
[b]Edit:[/b]Actually took out the original background, like the white more. The smaller picture is the older one to compare.
[img]http://s12.postimage.org/alklt1t0t/fotografie.jpg[/img]
[thumb]http://s11.postimage.org/wkaxlq5qr/fotografie.jpg[/thumb]

Thanks in advance.

[b]Edit:[/b]
Oh, fyi, I'm doing an website design training, so photography is part of it, but not really my main skill. Be nice.

[Biscuit-Boy]

[QUOTE=N1trone;37805352]Hello,

I had to do a project for school showing tension in a group of four pictures. My first thought was to hold a card bent slightly, showing the tension. But as I needed 4 pictures, I made a small story around it.

I would like some feedback, as for example i'm not sure if I should have kept the background white.
[b]Edit:[/b]Actually took out the original background, like the white more. The smaller picture is the older one to compare.

Thanks in advance.

[b]Edit:[/b]
Oh, fyi, I'm doing an website design training, so photography is part of it, but not really my main skill. Be nice.[/QUOTE]

I really think the childish and difficult to read embossed font could use more work than the photography, which is actually decent although a tad dark.

[/B/rother]

[QUOTE=Him1411;37800542]brutally honest, its really not much?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Kabstrac;37800694]kinda boring man, on a creative level.[/QUOTE]

thanks guys.
i feel the same way. it needs something dramatic.

i might re-do them at some point.

[Inzalonus]

it doesnt need something dramatic, it just lacks character

[Scotchair]

Man, I've not posted in here in months... it makes me sad. This used to be the only thread I actually visited until I slowly migrated over to the General 3D Art thread when my uni course started taking over my life. Some of the stuff you guys are still cranking out is amazing. I've been on a few adventures to switzerland, france and estonia this summer... I'll need to upload them and show you guys. My flickr pro has ran out though D:

[Inzalonus]

The background is harsh and distracting, and also a bit boring, maybe a nicer background and then some more stylized post work

for images like that, especially when you have kind of inconsistent bokeh i'd try to keep the contrast fairly low, but that's just me

[/B/rother]

[QUOTE=Inzalonus;37806153]it doesnt need something dramatic, it just lacks character[/QUOTE]

yeah, that might be.

i feel as if the tones and colours could have been a little more interesting too.

[Scotchair]

The light in this place was outrageously nice. Tried my best to capture it.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/kieran_duncan/8026319228/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8457/8026319228_f65e808a05_c.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/kieran_duncan/8026319228/]20120801-IMG_2227[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/kieran_duncan/]Kieran Duncan[/url], on Flickr

[Killuah]

[QUOTE=bopie;37804683][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveotto/8025749241/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8457/8025749241_dcd478f0a9_c.jpg[/img][/url]

Testing out my new 65 4.0 with Portra 800.[/QUOTE]

Cut back on the sharpening. I am seeing aclear sharpening noise pattern when viewing in bigger scale. Hell I even see it when viewing it in the post.

[editline]26th September 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=N1trone;37805352]Hello,

I had to do a project for school showing tension in a group of four pictures. My first thought was to hold a card bent slightly, showing the tension. But as I needed 4 pictures, I made a small story around it.

I would like some feedback, as for example i'm not sure if I should have kept the background white.
[b]Edit:[/b]Actually took out the original background, like the white more. The smaller picture is the older one to compare.
[img]http://s12.postimage.org/alklt1t0t/fotografie.jpg[/img]
[thumb]http://s11.postimage.org/wkaxlq5qr/fotografie.jpg[/thumb]

Thanks in advance.

[b]Edit:[/b]
Oh, fyi, I'm doing an website design training, so photography is part of it, but not really my main skill. Be nice.[/QUOTE]

The editing in the down left one confused the fuck out of me and showing the river is kind of against what you are intending unless you just want to show it but not create it in the viewer.
Also lose the horrible font how could you not see that you are in web design ffs look how the p goes into the picture gah make it go away my inner OCD kid wants to scratch it off the screen.

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[QUOTE=Killuah;37806768]Cut back on the sharpening. I am seeing aclear sharpening noise pattern when viewing in bigger scale. Hell I even see it when viewing it in the post.[/QUOTE]

That's called film grain. That shot was straight off the scanner.