[wjklewis]

March 17, 2008 at 11:48 am

Sinead,all RAW images are going to look soft. You need to sharpen them at least a little. Also the light in both these photos is not great for this sort of test.

[wjklewis]

November 11, 2007 at 10:03 pm

Fantastic photos Ross I agree No 1 stands out, I would love to know ore about this technique.

john.

[wjklewis]

November 5, 2007 at 11:54 am

Thanks guys for the coments. My goal was to mix the ambient light and the flash and get a natural image. There was plenty of ambient so only a little flast was required.

Soft box in front, umbrella to side and perhaps an sb800 just to trigger the flash units.

Very little post production little contrast, sharpening and some spot healing.

Thanks for looking.

John.

[wjklewis]

October 27, 2007 at 11:39 am

Gerry thats just what i was after

many thanks John.

[wjklewis]

October 22, 2007 at 11:28 pm

A few more shot the at the same time.

[wjklewis]

October 18, 2007 at 9:11 pm

Simon are these 35mm and do you remember what film type?

Would make you think of shooting the odd roll of 35 just to keep your hand in.

John.

[wjklewis]

October 17, 2007 at 11:32 pm

Simon how did you get the film to digital, what method did you use?

John.

[wjklewis]

September 27, 2007 at 10:52 pm

Simon thanks for the link to the wedding I enjoyed going through the photos. Would love some more detail. What flash set up did you use mostly? What happened to the camera?

John.

[wjklewis]

September 17, 2007 at 9:36 pm

Martin, what a difference the conversion has made to this photo I think its time fro a tutorial.

Great job.

John

PS Neil I like the colour version too

[wjklewis]

September 16, 2007 at 4:41 pm

Love the last one quality shot well done.
John

[wjklewis]

September 12, 2007 at 10:20 pm

Thorsten, thanks for the link, will be having a go at this sometime.

I have been impressed with all the photos that have been posted here from Saturday, At the time I was talking to Ross he was trying a Gary Fong Light Sphere, Did you use that on all these shots Ross?

I have been looking through my own shots and I am surprised at how many photos I think are worth further work. I decided to shoot RAW on Saturday as I have been trying Capture One and wanted some material to work on, also the light was changing every few moments as the sun went back and forth between the clouds. I think capture One is a great programme and I like the results, anyone else have any comments on Capture One?

Some more photos to look at.

[wjklewis]

September 11, 2007 at 8:08 pm

Three great shots Thorsten, I like the treatment on the third is this cross processed? Do you have an action for this or have you done something in addition to cross processing, would like to know more, I cant get mine to look look this. Is it desaturated in places. the more I look the more I like it.

John.

[wjklewis]

September 11, 2007 at 2:15 pm

Hi Guys thanks for the comments.

Thorsten That would be great if you posted here, I am not as familiar with the other sites and was not sure where to post. I have some more shots that i will post also asap. How did you get on in the studio on Sunday?

Sometimes I feel as if I carry to much gear with me at these type of events, compared to others. I had my camera bag, a light stand and a tripod.

I used the tripod to mount my off camera flash and a large shoot through brolly, and it was very stable even with the wind i used the ebay triggers and they worked perfectly for a while and then i got some miss-fires. I would like to get some pocket wizards for this job.

I love this type of location shooting, and including the speedlights when necessary, and hope do do lots more in the future. The Strobist blog is just fantastic.

Gemma is only sixteen and she was very easy to work with. I am relatively inexperienced when it comes to working with models, and although I am comfortable enough with the techinical stuff the whole directing bit is something I need more work on. Gemma made the day very easy for me in that respect.

Rob how would you suggest fixing the eyes in photoshop?

Aiden the third shot has a lost feel to it which I like, I am trying to get away from the standard nice expression that i would normally go for. I know it is not flattering for the model but I think it has more emotion that the other shots and makes you ask more questions than the others

[wjklewis]

August 13, 2007 at 8:34 pm

Love number 9 martin and the street stuff is really getting better, well done.
John.

[wjklewis]

July 21, 2007 at 11:29 pm

Class Mark wonderful portrait. Love it
John.