[KevinGoss-Ross]

September 27, 2012 at 1:25 pm

Thank you very much. A book would be incredible but I’d have to beef up my collection substantially. Looking to exhibit these in Dublin. We had an exhibition of this work in Durban, South Africa and it was a massive success. There is a video of the event/exhibition on the behance page.

[KevinGoss-Ross]

June 14, 2012 at 3:18 pm

Lovely. The noise adds to it somehow.

[KevinGoss-Ross]

June 12, 2012 at 5:25 am

Just found this. Thought it might be amusing to share. My assistant showing the rather compromising position I had to be in to take these photographs.

[KevinGoss-Ross]

June 12, 2012 at 5:11 am

Thank you everyone. This was just a 430ex speedlight shot through a standard white shootthrough umbrella. I much prefer a softbox but they usually don’t survive festivals. Processing: I just bought out highlights and darkened skies selectively.

[KevinGoss-Ross]

June 12, 2012 at 4:54 am

Thank you everyone. I’ve had these questions before, so I wrote a little tutorial and behind the scenes for it available here:

http://www.odpmagazine.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=150:bts-beyond-the-pale&catid=2:behind-the-shots&Itemid=9

But the short version is: one 430Ex through a softbox through the window, one 430ex into a reflective umbrella cross lighting the softbox from outside. The biggest part of the edit was to change the colour of the wall from beige to blue which might explain why the foam looks fake. But I assure you, it was there. Maybe also because it got there from splashing and thrashing that it looks like it was photoshopped in.

[KevinGoss-Ross]

May 30, 2012 at 4:06 pm

Haha cheers everyone. I was intent on capturing the spirit of this beast of a festival. Not as much post/HDR as you might think. There is an incredible amount of dust in the sky and the African sun lights it up beautifully in this part of the country. If anyone wants, I’ll even post unprocessed copies.

The rest of the project can be found here: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Oppikoppi-Portraits/3310164″ onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

[KevinGoss-Ross]

May 24, 2012 at 6:16 am

I will definitely be trying Silver Efex. Until now I’ve enjoyed using calculations. Multiplying different colours with each other and then using blending modes with the different results can throw out some incredible images but is far too time consuming. I might be alone in this but I recently started shooting in black in white on camera instead of converting at a later stage. I’ve come to the conclusion that I shoot completely differently this way as compared to shooting for conversion later. You automatically push for contrast and start thinking in whole shapes instead of areas of colour. Give it a try.

[KevinGoss-Ross]

May 24, 2012 at 6:09 am

I had one that lasted me a whole six months before the battery door fell off. I sort of fixed it but then the same thing happened to it a month later. They’re really fragile, it would seem. Won’t be buying one again unless its to use in a compromising situation as a disposable unit.

[KevinGoss-Ross]

May 24, 2012 at 6:04 am

I agree with Andy. In drawing a common rule is that scale is indicated by what isn’t shown. By cropping the sea of chairs so that we don’t know where it ends you hint that they might go on forever.

[KevinGoss-Ross]

May 24, 2012 at 5:59 am

Really beautiful. A real special image, lucky or not.

[KevinGoss-Ross]

May 24, 2012 at 5:57 am

Haha really? Ok. I have some without, maybe I’ll use those. It’s a rock ‘n roll band.