Land Engineering and Survey

[shootme]

I went out Friday to do a little "photojournalism" for a land survey and engineering company that needed some new pics for the website and brochures.

[texkam]

Better lighting, angles, framing, exposure and processing would have help this shoot IMHO.

[shootme]

I didn't have control over the time of day (lighting) that the shoot was done. I also purposely didn't post-process them. Thanks for your input!

[texkam]

Some look underexposed. Some fill flash would have helped. For basic documentation, these are fine. For brochures and web, these will present a challenge for a designer.

[shootme]

That is a little more informative, so thank you. I calibrated my monitor with a Spyder 3 Pro and on my monitor, they look perfectly exposed. The main reason I got the Spyder was for that exact reason, but it's totally possible that even with an idiot proof adjustment, I could have found a way to goof it up. The pics were shot in RAW, so it is an easy adjustment if they need to be bumped up. These are SOOC, except for the one shot through the pipe which I applied some HDR effects.

This wasn't a photo shoot and those aren't models. I was told to show up and taken to a barren ugly worksite and told to photography the guys at work. I got the shots the client wanted, I had fun and I'm reasonably happy with how they came out with given the perimeters. I appreciate the constructive criticism.

Any C&C (besides just saying that I suck) is appreciated.

[Admiral_A300]

I like the photos. It was at a worksite, rough, dirty, bare. Even though these are for a brochure, the pictures convey the roughness, grittyness, some danger of a worksite.

And having had to shoot in the middle of the day, you did an awesome job compensating for that!

Wonderful job!

[shootme]

Originally Posted by Admiral_A300

I like the photos. It was at a worksite, rough, dirty, bare. Even though these are for a brochure, the pictures convey the roughness, grittyness, some danger of a worksite.

And having had to shoot in the middle of the day, you did an awesome job compensating for that!

Wonderful job!

Thank you Carly!

[arich]

I don't think anyone was saying that you suck. I personally (assuming I'm the client in this role-play ) would have liked to a shot or two with one of the worker's faces. It looks like you got close by capturing some profile shots but I think that 1 or 2 where the worker's face are fully in the shot would have been good

[revjvegas]

I really like the shot of the guy in the pipe reading his surveying tool.

Blur the background a little and bring up the exposure on him a tad and I think, IMO, it would be a great for web/brochure use.

I was going to put up an example edit to show what I'm talking about, but your profile doesn't say if ok or not to edit photos...so I'm leaving it out. But I think you'll get the idea.

[shootme]

I appreciate both comments Andrew and John...John I don't mind if you gave me an example. That would be really helpful.

[revjvegas]

Here you go James....a quick and dirty edit just to give you a visual idea of what I was talking about.

Of course its all subjective.

[shootme]

I like it! Mind sharing your technique?