Round 5 - DVXUser Photography Contest

Well, I'll get things kicked off... Here's mine

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I apologize for the quality, as it was a cell phone picture. I was driving home from work, and saw this amazing sunset... the sun was shining through this mess of clouds and this pink light was shining through. It was quite spectacular. I was kicking myself for not even having my DVX with me. Oh well. Good round again everyone, and I look forward to the next theme! :)
 
Well this one was mine.

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I shot nearly 300 images during this model session with about 7-9 poses specifically in mind for this contest, but ultimately settled upon this one because of the eye position, the lighting, and the flat DOF. The lighting was rather simple, a 1200 Watt soft box on the models right and an SB800 bounced off the ceiling for fill. I had a reflector on the right hand side to balance out nose shadows, and think that the overall lighting is nice and muted. This was shot on the Nikon 18-70DX lens at about 55mm, F8, can't remember shutter. Ultimately the thing I liked about this image was that it really had a nice flow in my eyes and I thought the Mmm concept was duplicated not only through the red but also through the icepop.

Photoshop adjustments were pretty minor, some desaturation, some enhancing of the reds and some sharpening of the hair to make it pop. I did play with some curves, but there are already a lot of curves with the image :)
 
How many icepop's did it take to get through the whole thing? Being under the lights I'd think it'd melt quickly..
 
3... We did these and then a whole batch of nudes... The bad thing is these are those low carb ones and they had been in my freezer for 9mos, so they were frost bitten and everything... We had to run them under the sink and then get her set up and lit in order to take the picture. Honestly though, this model is one of the best I have ever had the pleasure to work with. She was creative, excited, energetic, up for anything...

I will post the cow bell pictures this weekend :)
 
Cool. I am sure it's always nice to work with a good person like that, I only speak from working with actors... but when they're excited, and creative, it makes all the difference.
 
Don't know if I had a model and shooting nude I would do other stuff too. :P

Anyway we actually shot the same subject, where is the place you took the photo?
 
Jeremy Ordan said:
You can log in and say which is yours now.
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Okay. This is mine:
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As in the description... I was just outside roasting some coffee and thought it looked really good (you non-coffee people just don't get it :) ). I took a few shots while it was cooling and liked this one the best. I'm surprised it came out sharp enough since i was holding the camera in one hand and the spoon in the other (shutter speed was 1/2 second). I need an assistant!

Looking at the sudden drop in the score (from 3.4 to 2.5 - ouch) it looks like some of those non-coffee peeps showed up in the last hour! Oh well, just a game!

Chad
 
Steve_Arm said:
Don't know if I had a model and shooting nude I would do other stuff too. :P

Anyway we actually shot the same subject, where is the place you took the photo?
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oh I get it, ok.

I took my photo on the side of the road in Acton, CA... sort of in the hilly countryside of CA... There's some gorgeous times of day out there.
 
CR_OPSO said:
Okay. This is mine:
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As in the description... I was just outside roasting some coffee and thought it looked really good (you non-coffee people just don't get it :) ). I took a few shots while it was cooling and liked this one the best. I'm surprised it came out sharp enough since i was holding the camera in one hand and the spoon in the other (shutter speed was 1/2 second). I need an assistant!

Looking at the sudden drop in the score (from 3.4 to 2.5 - ouch) it looks like some of those non-coffee peeps showed up in the last hour! Oh well, just a game!

Chad
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This was my favorite on this week, number 1! Great job, loved this pic!
 
The Bikini girl is mine. I had just got my camera and shot about 400 pics that day. I remembered this was happening and thought what the heck! I was sitting right above her and to the left. Here's the original ** Bikini Girl Large
 
This one is mine

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Shot on a Canon A520. Three separate shots. The ghost and killer where added in photoshop. The girl is my lovely girlfriend. She wasn't crazy about getting nude but really liked the final picture. I wanted to show a little ghost breast but that wouldn't fly. The killer is me with the camera on selftimer. I had a stocking on my head which was way to tight. B&W in post and some highlighting and level adjustments and that's about it. Also erased an outlet and a shoe that was behind the ghost. Overall, I think it turned out better than I was expecting and I learned a few things in photoshop.
 
Thanks Jeremy. Looking forward to next week. Still thinking. Pretty cool idea, this whole weekly photo thingy you got going. It's an excellent learning opportunity.
 
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