a few portraits

mentos_007 · May 31, 2005

hi

I've been shooting all the time lately so I have tons of pictures on my PC. Here I'll post only a few from photo session which I attended with local photogs society.

This one was taken in a very old, German water power station (wasserkraftwerk

)

this one too:

this one was taken in the university, where we set up a small studio

the girl is not a pro model but she was quite good at posing

it was a great time for me because many pros were there too and I had a chance to watch what they were doing, how they settled the light and blend screens and so on...

Big Mike · May 31, 2005

Nice work Mentos,

I like the use of shadow in the the last one.

JonMikal · May 31, 2005

nice shots! see, who says you need gobs of money for studio equipment! :thumbup: share some more!!!!

LaFoto · May 31, 2005

When have you been to a German Wasserkraftwerk? And where was it?

Interesting opportunity you have. I always only have the countryside around me...

But not too long from now...! Essex! Yay!

JonK · May 31, 2005

Nice shots mentos.
I like the first one with the monochrome looking BG. and the lighting and angle in the last.

mentos_007 · May 31, 2005

LaFoto... this is actualy post-German wasserkraftwerk... it is here in Stettin

and it was destroyed by... Germans during WWII

and hydrierwerke was there too.

JonK the background is real

I was surprised when I noticed that on my PC... no PS done, the "floor" was realy grey

JonK · May 31, 2005

mentos_007 said:
JonK the background is real I was surprised when I noticed that on my PC... no PS done, the "floor" was realy grey

Ah mentos, that's cool. I wasn't implying it was PS'ed just commenting on the monochrome look of the ground.

I like it a lot.

LaFoto · May 31, 2005

Now THAT is what I like about the first photo. Would you think that I couldn't nail what it was? The monocrome looking background!
And yes, Mentos, it shows that this is no PS work but that the floor was this grey.
I so like how his sweatshirt contrasts with this. Plus this very grey and this very red go very well together.
Thanks for telling me what I was (secretly, too secretly for myself even) thinking, JonK.

dalebe · May 31, 2005

nice work mentos, love them all particularly the b&w images, great lighting and shadows, she really poses like a pro.

elsaspet · May 31, 2005

I love the last one Mentos! That shadow is killer.

mentos_007 · May 31, 2005

and what do you think about the angle in the last one? Does it work here or not? Friends are divided... some of them tell me that it looks fine here, some of them claim that she looks as if she was falling down... what do you think?

aprilraven · May 31, 2005

those are good mentos... love the last one best...and i had to look for a bit to see if she was maybe laying back...i love that shot...great model...and the photographer was really good too!!

photo gal · May 31, 2005

I really like 1 and 4. The angle and the shadow do it for me in the 4th shot. Good job Mentos!! And it sounds like you are having fun with it! : )

Raymond J Barlow · May 31, 2005

I think they are all very cool, like the angle of the first on the best., well done (and the model looks so cute) hehe

Jeff Canes · May 31, 2005

I like #s 2 & 4 a lot, IMO the angle on number #4 is fine, in #3 the shadow over the model face bothers me some, in #1 I do not like the way he is looking down IMO if he was looking across the frame like in #2 would be better, oh and #2 preface :thumbup: