On The Road, editorial pt. 2...

[lenron]

The first of the set...more to come...

[texkam]

Nice. The rock in the grass near her boot is a bit distracting. The skin tones seem a bit hot on my monitor. Did you also explore an angle that eliminated the houses? Did you bring in a light source?

[brad]

Originally Posted by texkam

Nice. The rock in the grass near her boot is a bit distracting. The skin tones seem a bit hot on my monitor. Did you also explore an angle that eliminated the houses? Did you bring in a light source?

Rock? Boot?

I like the light source.. I'm guessing supplemental.. I like the houses, too.. gives a better sense of place since they look like coastal homes. Skin tones look ok on my screen.. typical fashion, hotter from the side than straight on. The landscape gives it a magazine spread feel, plenty of room for copy in all that blank cloud space.

I like it.

[lenron]

Originally Posted by texkam

Nice. The rock in the grass near her boot is a bit distracting. The skin tones seem a bit hot on my monitor. Did you also explore an angle that eliminated the houses? Did you bring in a light source?

Its just some scrap, some junk. But I debated removing it. I don't love it but I also don't think it's a dealbreaker. Not sure.

The skin is RIGHT on the edge of blowing out - no question there. That was my oversight in shooting, to be honest. Depending on your monitor settings, it can look just right or hot. 1/3 stop darker overall and I woulda had better skin for sure. (she was a very fair skinned model).

The houses. Yeah, I tried like mad to find an angle that obscured them. I did want the "middle of nowhere" look, and the houses cancel that for sure. But I also didn't like the angle if I was camera-to-the-floor either, though it almost hid the houses, as the wide focal length would skew her too much.

Was a mostly overcast day, landing around f8 for ambient for the most part, and I added a dish w/sock from camera left, just a hair hotter than the ambient. (tho perhaps JUST too much so.)

Thanks!

[texkam]

Skin tones look ok on my screen.. typical fashion, hotter from the side than straight on.

Thanks Brad.



I'm not saying That I don't like the homes. I do just fine. Not having them changes the whole story of the shot IMHO and I was curious if this was a consious decision by the photographer/art director.

The houses. Yeah, I tried like mad to find an angle that obscured them. I did want the "middle of nowhere" look, and the houses cancel that for sure. But I also didn't like the angle if I was camera-to-the-floor either, though it almost hid the houses, as the wide focal length would skew her too much.

Ahhhh, thanks for the thought process.

[lenron]

Originally Posted by brad

Rock? Boot?

I like the light source.. I'm guessing supplemental.. ...typical fashion, hotter from the side than straight on. The landscape gives it a magazine spread feel, plenty of room for copy in all that blank cloud space.

I like it.

Thanks! All you said there was what we did intentionally. :)

[lenron]

Hey thx for the feedback.

[Photogdude]

wouldn't have noticed the rock till it was mentioned, but go ahead and clone it out. i do like the lighting and the pose

i like the second one also except its too much pp for me, specially on the bag

[lenron]

Originally Posted by Photogdude

wouldn't have noticed the rock till it was mentioned, but go ahead and clone it out. i do like the lighting and the pose

i like the second one also except its too much pp for me, specially on the bag

Hey thanks - that darn "object" in the grass has been the subject of much debate amongst some associates and I! haha. I think I may just kill it once and for all... :)

[texxter]

I love the story telling on the first more so than on the second one - mostly because it's "open" and there are elements missing from the frame, whereas the second one is more "closed" - the object on the floor provides closure to the story, even if we don't know exactly what's going on. The first image also has a more cinematic feel - we expect stories to be "told" visually in horizontal formats more than vertical, by unconscious association with cinema, I think.

Nice work, Nino!

[lenron]

Originally Posted by texxter

I love the story telling on the first more so than on the second one - mostly because it's "open" and there are elements missing from the frame, whereas the second one is more "closed" - the object on the floor provides closure to the story, even if we don't know exactly what's going on. The first image also has a more cinematic feel - we expect stories to be "told" visually in horizontal formats more than vertical, by unconscious association with cinema, I think.

Nice work, Nino!

Thanks Paco; it definitely was an attempt to create something cinemagraphic. And funny you should mention horizontal format; I was making (actually, still am) an attempt to shoot portraiture with more horizontals than I normally do (which, unsurprising, is few). I spent the day on the coast doing this, and was pleased to discover a few really great moments where, had I gone vertical as my usual modus operandi, the shots would have been quite a bit more "plain".

Thank you, sir. :)

[brad]

Shooting horizontal can be powerful (like your first image)... not only is it good for "selling" double page spreads in magazines for commercial work... its also an avenue to selling larger wall portraits in the portrait world. A shot like that simply does not look good as an 8x10... its something that needs to be 20x30 on the wall.

[lenron]

Originally Posted by brad

Shooting horizontal can be powerful (like your first image)... not only is it good for "selling" double page spreads in magazines for commercial work... its also an avenue to selling larger wall portraits in the portrait world. A shot like that simply does not look good as an 8x10... its something that needs to be 20x30 on the wall.

Truth. This is one reason why I presented the shot at 1280px wide on various places that its displayed. It loses any impact when viewed smaller, IMO too.

I used to do a lot of horiz portraits, actually, but like any whiny artist I got "bored" with it and kinda got off of it in recent times. Intentionally went to do it again on this project.

Thanks...!

[lenron]

Several more added...more to come...just sharing. :)

[Photogdude]

really like 5 and 7