The Photography Chat Thread

[GoldZilla]

OK, here are the jewellery shots...

[MaTBoY]

Good job man. She's really cute too

[MaTBoY]

Did u take any with a pearl necklace? .....

[FST513]

looooooooooooooooooool. We are so mature...

[siddr20]

Nick - good work for your first time. Did you want some CC?

[GoldZilla]

Did u take any with a pearl necklace? .....

Dude! It's my cousin's wife!

So that'd be a no...

[NA_Goodness]

It's not your sister... Ok too far.

Pics look good, dude. Lighting was well done.

[GoldZilla]

Nick - good work for your first time. Did you want some CC?

Thanks dude! And yeah, why not Sidd - some CC would be much appreciated. There's a chance I *might* work with the jeweller again in the future. (Check out MinkyGrant.com)

I didn't have much in the way of lighting, unfortunately. An overhead skylight, on-camera external flash used to trigger an off-camera flash, and some use of down-lights later on as the sun started to fade, IIRC. Would have been nice to have access to continuous lights, but I don't have the money to buy them (and I doubt I could justify buying them even if I did have the money), and wasn't sure where to hire them from either around me or in the area around jeweller's house.

[GoldZilla]

It's not your sister... Ok too far.

Pics look good, dude. Lighting was well done.

LOL, that cousin is one of my best friends, Rhys.

And thanks!

[MaTBoY]

so? that should make it less weird, because you already know her

[siddr20]

The jewerly itself looks great, but I feel to showcase this you might have to take a full body shot rather than head shots (or take a step back). To me the main focus in these pics are her head. I first see the eyes than the item she is wearing.

Also all three pictures have different white balance. If its for a website you need to keep it consistent.

In regards to lighting, maybe hire a few flashes. You can get cheap softboxes for speedlights easily on ebay.

If you want to make it look natural maybe set up two flashes behind you and point it straight up or angle it backwards instead of direct flash on subject.

Hope this helps.

Sidd.

[GoldZilla]

Thanks Sidd.

Re: the headshots, I asked what the "client" wanted and she said that she wanted to make the shots more personal instead of just the product by itself. If she gives me more work, then I'll definitely consider and suggest the full body shot, and maybe take photos in her backyard. The house she lives in is really nice, so maybe those shots with a shallow DoF would work, especially since the products are all made of rare pieces of timber and jewels.

I've already got two flashes, but might consider some softboxes soon if I can justify the cost by getting some paid work or sell some shots or whatever. And yeah, I did have the flashes pointing up and back to bounce off the ceiling - maybe I shouldn't have moved them between shots...

[siddr20]

What flashes have you got? You can deff get a studio look of just one 580exii dailed at +1 or +2.

Might post some examples when i get home..

[MaikuL]

Hey Kory, just wondering what's your general walk about and/or landscape lens?

[FST513]

Yo Michael,

24-70L. It's a werd up lens! All my landscape shots i did mostly on my old Canon 10-22. 24-70 was walk around. Time to buy a Sigma 10-20 soon for rig shots, OR buy a 5D2

[MaikuL]

Ah okay cool. I was just having a look at different lenses, what do you make of the Canon 17-40mm?

[siddr20]

17-40L is a great lens. Offcourse its only a f4 lens, but the optics etc are great!! Worth it for under 1k.

[funkymonkey]

http://www.torpedo7.com.au/products/G6CMCN0HD/title/gopro-hd-motorsports-hero-camera

$300 for a go pro HD.

[MaikuL]

17-40L is a great lens. Offcourse its only a f4 lens, but the optics etc are great!! Worth it for under 1k.

Hmm sweet, seems like a worthwhile option.

[MaTBoY]

had some shots of Terry's R34 get put up on Status-Cars

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