August 2009 Photo Thread

[TALBO]

Great photos guys, I love these monthly threads

[Sl!m]

Sidd - stop chopping fingers out of your photos lol

[Haysey]

point and shoot!!

and yes the lense was dirty, but now its clean

[siddr20]

Sidd - stop chopping fingers out of your photos lol

Bad habit?? heheh i know.. I dont realise it when i take a photo lol

[ZENNON]

point and shoot!!

nice - that 2nd one would be a good candidate for a HDR (since the bike is so dark)

[R32Big_boy]

Got the code to work that enables me to post shots from my photoshelter site

Here are a few i have taken this month at various motorsport events in Vic.

[Passive]

Once again, great photos guys

Zennon, you get some photos of really beautiful places!!!

[ZENNON]

Zennon, you get some photos of really beautiful places!!!

thanks mate

R32Big_boy: some awesome shots! (1 & 4 are my favs)

[siddr20]

My first Wedding gig:

Well i have done engagement parties for friends before, but this was my 1st experience doing a whole wedding including the pre-wedding photoshoots (done few months ago).

I was the 2nd shooter for both the pre-wedding photoshoot and on the actual wedding day.

Would like to say a big thank you to jackie for letting me be part of it.

Well I hope my pictures have captured not only the love between the couple but also captured a moment that will never be forgotten.

I have taken well over 10gbs of pictures, but i will only post up a few.. I still got 5 more gbs or pics to go thru!! Sigh.. anyone wanna help?? lol

Oh and i concentrated more on the bridal party and guests.. So you will see more pics of the bridal party.

1- My fav from the pre-wedding photoshoot:

Wedding pics now:

2 - Relatives and friends throwing rice at the couple (this is an very old tradition)

3 - Bridal Party:

4 - Bridal Party:

5 - I like this pic for some reason

6 - The bridal party having a nice chat!!

7 - The boys really wanted to do this pose for some reason:

8 - A weird edit from me: Sorta like it

Edited August 19, 2009 by siddr20

[siddr20]

Got the code to work that enables me to post shots from my photoshelter site

Here are a few i have taken this month at various motorsport events in Vic.

1 and 4 for me too

[zei20l]

nice photos mate!!

and you like number 5 because its natural. they are my favs in wedding photos. im not a massive fan of the posed pictures, but they are a requirement for photo albums

[R32Big_boy]

#5 has some really great lighting there, hats off to you!

#8 also worked out really well with the PP.

[Haysey]

nice - that 2nd one would be a good candidate for a HDR (since the bike is so dark)

whats a HDR and how do i do it

[ZENNON]

whats a HDR...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

...and how do i do it

http://abduzeedo.com/how-create-hdr-photos...omatix-tutorial

[ZENNON]

ps sorry about my brief response - have more time now

in short

its when you take a couple of versions of the same picture (at different exposures) and stack them together

most SLRs have a built in function called bracketing which will allow you take these photos (eg one normal, one dark and one light)

but you can also do it using one picture - by creating the light and dark ones using the normal picture

this might be a bit overdone and not look real but shows you what i mean:

[zei20l]

and the more photos you use, the better quality HDR image you get. but 3 works fine!

[siddr20]

big difference.. The lighting on the bike looks much better!!

[Haysey]

ahh thats awesome man, thanks for that.....

im just using my tough panasonic lumix to take pics, nothing amazing... so all the effects will have to be done afterwards..

but a huge improvement i might have a play right now

[siddr20]

Trying to capture our beautiful stars. Still need to figure out how to capture more detail and colours!!

For now this is the best i could do:

[Xmetal]

A few pics from Wedding Gig #2.