CC on this quick photo.

Rick58 · Aug 17, 2012

Didn't a regular member just leave yesterday due to this nonsense.

jowensphoto · Aug 17, 2012

Rick58 said:
Didn't a regular member just leave yesterday due to this nonsense.

Yep, and another one is about to take the same route.

OP, you can use a reflector to bounce light up into her eyes.

baturn · Aug 17, 2012

Maybe you can return after you get the stick removed?

jowensphoto · Aug 17, 2012

Stick? Oh, the one up my ass, I assume?

If by that you mean when I stop standing up for people who are here to learn, then no, I won't be back. It's really sad how discouraging some of the posters on this site are. Most of them aren't even good at what they do. The ones who are talented are actually pretty helpful.

Rick58 · Aug 17, 2012

jowensphoto said:
Stick? Oh, the one up my ass, I assume?

If by that you mean when I stop standing up for people who are here to learn, then no, I won't be back. It's really sad how discouraging some of the posters on this site are. Most of them aren't even good at what they do. The ones who are talented are actually pretty helpful.

Amen to that. I could not have said it better myself

JerseyJules · Aug 17, 2012

jowensphoto said:
Rick58 said:

Didn't a regular member just leave yesterday due to this nonsense.

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Yep, and another one is about to take the same route.

OP, you can use a reflector to bounce light up into her eyes.

Where would you place the reflector? under her, or off to one side?

KmH · Aug 17, 2012

The reflector has to be placed to bounce light into the areas you need it. Kind of like shooting pool.

So it depends where the light source is relative to where you want the bounced light to go.

Light Science and Magic, Fourth Edition: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

cgipson1 · Aug 17, 2012

paigew said:
jowensphoto said:

That's an awesome photo! Nice find, Paige

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what?? awesome photo...low light, NO FLASH?? I thought that wasn't possible!

The whole point of the previous thread you are referring to is that a good photographer can use either Flash or Ambient light.. or both, to get the shots they want.

If a person chooses to limit their shots to one type of light or another, that is their choice... but there are many shots that can only be achieved with one, or the other... OR BOTH!

Do you really consider that laptop light to be "Natural".... it is more similar to a flash, with a really long duration. (definitely not Natural, by your definition!)

Rick58 · Aug 17, 2012

I might disagree with the "background" comments. It's been mentioned earlier photo's should tell a story. Well, what a better story then this background.
I get and page through a lot of trade magazines, and this photo would fit in nicely with many of them. I do agree that a reflector would heal that black eye nicely and, I believe Darrell mentioned the laptop it's self. A glimpse of the back of the screen would tell another big part of the story. IMHO, the photo definitely shows promise.

jowensphoto · Aug 17, 2012

Rick58 said:
I might disagree with the "background" comments. It's been mentioned earlier photo's should tell a story. Well, what a better story then this background.
I get and page through a lot of trade magazines, and this photo would fit in nicely with many of them. I do agree that a reflector would heal that black eye nicely and, I believe Darrell mentioned the laptop it's self. A glimpse of the back of the screen would tell another big part of the story. IMHO, the photo definitely shows promise.

Well said, sir!

PhotoWrangler · Aug 17, 2012

Rick58 said:
IMHO, the photo definitely shows promise.

Seriously?!?

The OP stated in other words that it was nothing but a snap shot. And it shows promise?

THIS is why nobody learns **** around here.

Rick58 · Aug 17, 2012

I guess you now want to see MY report card to?

PhotoWrangler · Aug 17, 2012

Nope.

jowensphoto · Aug 17, 2012

ChristopherCoy said:
Rick58 said:

IMHO, the photo definitely shows promise.

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Seriously?!?

The OP stated in other words that it was nothing but a snap shot. And it shows promise?

THIS is why nobody learns **** around here.

An idea has to stem from somewhere. There are a million ways to improve upon the OP's photo and OP seems excited to learn: THAT is the promise. We have given her tips on lighting and reflectors as well as composition.

Constantly beating down newbies and talking **** about their work doesn't help someone learn. Encouragement and pointing out the elements that work, combined with critique of those that don't, tends to help much more.

PhotoWrangler · Aug 17, 2012

jowensphoto said:
An idea has to stem from somewhere. There are a million ways to improve upon the OP's photo and OP seems excited to learn: THAT is the promise. We have given her tips on lighting and reflectors as well as composition.

Constantly beating down newbies and talking **** about their work doesn't help someone learn. Encouragement and pointing out the elements that work, combined with critique of those that don't, tends to help much more.

Sure it does, and I completely agree. But the particular photograph in question is a snap shot, stated by the OP themselves.

If I did a math problem wrong, my teacher wouldn't look at the answer and say "that answer has promise". No it doesn't. Its wrong. It will always be wrong. It will never be the right answer no matter how much promise it shows.

I have to go back and rework the problem.

Continuously reinforcing the WRONG answer is not teaching anyone anything.