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digitalpimp · Oct 10, 2009

Hello. First time posting my shots here in TPF. Hope y'all like my set.

1) Follow the leader.

2) Arrrr!

3) Jawa and the loot.

4) Life's little pleasures.

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gopal · Oct 10, 2009

1,2 and 4 are good candids...third is a very log shot...

digitalpimp · Oct 11, 2009

gopal said:
1,2 and 4 are good candids...third is a very log shot...

Thanks for the comment bro.

What do you mean by a log shot?

epp_b · Oct 11, 2009

Great expressions, great lighting, great composition, great mood, very crisp

digitalpimp · Oct 12, 2009

epp_b said:
Great expressions, great lighting, great composition, great mood, very crisp

Thank you sir.

digitalpimp · Oct 13, 2009

5) Teaism.

Tea is a religion of the art of life. - Okakura Kakuzō

6) He says.. 7) She says..

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UUilliam · Oct 13, 2009

I love the lighting in these, What is your lighting set up (I doubt you use one) therefore, What is your photoshop workflow?

#1 has best lighting imo
#5 teasim is the best! i love that photo

digitalpimp · Oct 17, 2009

UUilliam said:
I love the lighting in these, What is your lighting set up (I doubt you use one) therefore, What is your photoshop workflow?

#1 has best lighting imo
#5 teasim is the best! i love that photo

UUilliam, thank you so much. Yup, no lighting set up. Just relying on the sun and the incandescents.

Anyhow, it's more on the camera set up here. I set its metering to spot. Pick a fairly dark place where streaks of light peep through stuff like building gaps or leaves, etc. When a face hits my light, that's when I shoot. Since I'm on spot metering, my camera's going to expose that face perfectly and leaving the surroundings as dark as they were.

For my PP, I add a bit of lens vignetting through CS4 Camera Raw to further isolate the subject. Auto color/levels/tones/curves. Lastly, I bump up the warm tones to get that reddish-gold effect.

Hope my tips help.