Post a photo - Part 1

great stuff stefan, can you tell us at all what you did to make these look the way you did. it looks like you did similar things to each pic obviously.
 
I have not been taking stills long but here are some of my more favorite ones I have taken...


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you guys get such beautifully detailed photos, I have a little beginners Pentax(non SLR), what speed should I be using for color photo use, I have been using 400iso, but I have heard that most pros use around 50 to 100iso, i think. any suggestions on film speeds? or specific film types for city - day and night - landscape photography?
 
Dyrseve989 said:
you guys get such beautifully detailed photos, I have a little beginners Pentax(non SLR), what speed should I be using for color photo use, I have been using 400iso, but I have heard that most pros use around 50 to 100iso, i think. any suggestions on film speeds? or specific film types for city - day and night - landscape photography?
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i always shoot at 200 iso unless at a concert. if you're outside shot 50 or 100, indoor 200-400
 
sounds good, any particular film you recommend for color? - I have been using the normal kodak stuff you get like CVS, plus I have been developing my stuff there as well, which I know is a bad move, but I dont know how to do it myself.
 
Hey Dyrseve989, I did the whole site in Macromedia Flash 5. I don't know html at all, and I took a flash course once, so that's about all I know.:)
 
sounds good, ohh yea, scharky, I forgot to tell you, amazing photos, were they an homage to the works of Jerry Uelsmann?
 
Dyrseve989 said:
sounds good, any particular film you recommend for color? - I have been using the normal kodak stuff you get like CVS, plus I have been developing my stuff there as well, which I know is a bad move, but I dont know how to do it myself.
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If you don't mind shooting slide film, you're going to get the most vivid, vibrant color out of Fuji's Velvia, which comes in 50 and 100 speed. The 50 is pretty much the default in the world of landscape and architecture photography. Not generally recommended for flattering shots of people, it tends to make skin tones look sickly red.

Here's a shot with Velvia 100:
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I also like Kodak's NC160, which is a print film. You can get some pretty interesting pastel-like color rendition out of it. They also have a VC (for "Vivid Color") but I always found it lacking compared to the Velvia.

Here's an example of the NC160 I shot. The skin tones are super buttery.
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Of course I rarely shoot film anymore at all.
 
Yeah, when I shoot film I tend to get it scanned by the lab or service bureau. Out of the 3 film shots I've posted, two have been slide film, so it's pretty much a necessity to get those done on a true slide scanner. I've worked with A&I here in LA, who are great but expensive, so these days I would probably only go to them for large blowups, 4x5, or dry-mount work. Mostly I use Samy's Camera - I used to work there so they cut me deals generally.

But then again I'm shooting maybe a dozen rolls of film a year now. So mostly it's a non-issue... until I decide it's time to scan my archives, anyway.

Someday I would like to go back to shooting primarily film, but unfortunately the cost is just far too high right now.
 
Of course the implied part of your question is about overall image quality, and the other crucial aspect of that is "the lens, the lens, the lens." The two shots directly above were shot on a Leica Summicron 50mm. You can't beat Leica glass.
 
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Press Tour Lunch at Private Island, Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Nikon D70 w/Nikkor 20mm f/2.8 AF-D w/Nikon circular polarizer (exposure unrecorded)
 
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