How much do you hate this? (NSFW)

[Derrel]

An upcoming photo set of Mila Kunis and an absolutely THRASHED, POS old beater Pontiac just hit the web today. They will be published in Interview magazine--one of my all-time favorite magazines for good people photography.

mila-kunis-in-interview-magazine-06.jpg

 

[cgipson1]

An upcoming photo set of Mila Kunis and an absolutely THRASHED, POS old beater Pontiac just hit the web today. They will be published in Interview magazine--one of my all-time favorite magazines for good people photography.

mila-kunis-in-interview-magazine-06.jpg

Now we are talking... YEA!

 

[IByte]

Big Mike's extensive re-work of the shot actually looks quite presentable!!!!!!!

I would have thought about putting her inside the car in that skimpy outfit. As far as how much I like or don't like the photos: keep in mind, non-photographers (ie, regular people) evaluate photos mostly on emotional attachment to the subjects shown in the pictures...atrocious technical issues like bad color, fuzziness, poor composition, and so on...often really NOT a big problem to "most" clients... a sexy girlfriend in skimpy clothes, stockings, and red high heels, posing next to the guy's beloved sports car??? Well, it doesn't look anywhere near as good as the shots we see in Car & Driver or Hot Rod magazines...BUT... to the guy who owns that car and loves that woman...hell...ANYTHING that has car + woman= "GOOD pictures!".

Sounding like a Britney Spears mental meltdown fiasco lol.

 

[bogeyguy]

I kind of like her CFM shoes.

 

[e.rose]

FIRST of all...

I'd like to thank the mod, who took it upon themselves to EDIT my OP because they were apparently offended by my message directly to the mods regarding specific requests for this thread should the images be deemed too "offensive" for some fuggin reason.

Because CLEARLY what I asked was TOTALLY inappropriate and SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO offensive that it needed to be modded. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Glad to see EXTRA-HEAVY and unnecessary silencing going on around here.
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Just playing....
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I wouldn't even know where to START on playing around THAT much in PS. I'm not sure if it's just my lack of PS skills or my lack of creativity, but it's hard for me to imaging super over the top edits like that, on my own

Big Mike's extensive re-work of the shot actually looks quite presentable!!!!!!!

I would have thought about putting her inside the car in that skimpy outfit. As far as how much I like or don't like the photos: keep in mind, non-photographers (ie, regular people) evaluate photos mostly on emotional attachment to the subjects shown in the pictures...atrocious technical issues like bad color, fuzziness, poor composition, and so on...often really NOT a big problem to "most" clients... a sexy girlfriend in skimpy clothes, stockings, and red high heels, posing next to the guy's beloved sports car??? Well, it doesn't look anywhere near as good as the shots we see in Car & Driver or Hot Rod magazines...BUT... to the guy who owns that car and loves that woman...hell...ANYTHING that has car + woman= "GOOD pictures!".

Photographers will tell you all the stuff that's wrong with the shots. Trust me. The GUY will LOVE basically "anything" you managed to capture that has his two "honeys" in the same frame...seriously...

I would like to sincerely thank you for this response... because... I KNOW the image sucks. I knew before I posted it... but what I couldn't figure out is if SHE would think it sucked or not... or if HE would. I've had a couple of "non-photogs" confirm that they didn't think it looked bad... whose opinions I generally ignore because they think everything looks good... being non-photogs... but in this case it works in my favor.

No, I don't plan on using these for ANYTHING... nor will they ever make it to my portfolio... nor am I making excuses for how effing SH*TTY this is... but if it's "good enough"... In the place where "good enough" isn't normally good enough.......... this time it is.

Should I ever be faced with this challenge again, I would DEFINITELY... definitely go about it differently. And as a matter of fact, I'm going to seek out that magazine you mentioned when it hits...

An upcoming photo set of Mila Kunis and an absolutely THRASHED, POS old beater Pontiac just hit the web today. They will be published in Interview magazine--one of my all-time favorite magazines for good people photography.

mila-kunis-in-interview-magazine-06.jpg

...for inspiration in the future... cause that image is actually pretty freakin awesome... but in this case... if she's happy......................... I won't say I'm *happy*, but I'll get over it.

I'm not one to advocate trying to save a bad image with post processing, generally you just wind up with a more polished turd. I'm not sure this is all bad, though. It's got some flaws, but it's got some merits, too. There's no getting around the fact that it looks like sleazy shot from some low-rider magazine, but I am pretty sure that's EXACTLY what she wants. So, let's see if we can bury the flaws in style, and bring out the good stuff.

Crop in a little tighter. The ass end of that car is ugly, you want the nose and the rim, and make it pop a little. The color is all over the place and lumpy, so dump it, except for the awesome shoes (man, I HATE selective color, but f**k it, we're going for hot lowrider babe, right?). Then bury all the ugly in the darkness by burning it into oblivion. Weird stains on the driveway? Gone. Infelicitious arrangements of trees? Gone, or at any rate reduced to suggestions and textures. Everything except the babe and the good parts of the car, bury 'em in stylized darkness.

Finally tone the whole horrible catastrophe slightly warm. Not enough to notice, just enough to feel it.

Attached is a rough cut. I think it's overtoned, and the selective color is sort of shoddily done, etc, but whatev.

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I actually think your crop looks much better, so I'll probably do that, thanks! :sillysmi:

As for everything else... it's a little... TOO... dark... for my tastes... and I swore on my life that I would never do selective coloring ever again unless it had a legitimate purpose in helping the image, so while I appreciate the suggestion and your taking the time to edit an example... I think I'll pass on the SCing, haha.

I kind of like her CFM shoes.

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII... don't know what that means.............

 

[Derrel]

Now HERE is almost EXACTLY what I was thinking about as far as putting your model
inside of her boyfriend's car-- THIS kind of an image (which I am calling image #2). SHe would have just dropped right in and made a hot, simple image.


http://cdn03.cdn.egotastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/17/mila-kunis-in-interview-magazine-02.jpg


Other shots, but not nearly as good as #2 (the shot linked to immediately above).


http://cdn03.cdn.egotastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/17/mila-kunis-in-interview-magazine-04.jpg


http://cdn03.cdn.egotastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/17/mila-kunis-in-interview-magazine-05.jpg

 

[IByte]

FIRST of all...

I'd like to thank the mod, who took it upon themselves to EDIT my OP because they were apparently offended by my message directly to the mods regarding specific requests for this thread should the images be deemed too "offensive" for some fuggin reason.

Because CLEARLY what I asked was TOTALLY inappropriate and SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO offensive that it needed to be modded. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Glad to see EXTRA-HEAVY and unnecessary silencing going on around here.
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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I wouldn't even know where to START on playing around THAT much in PS. I'm not sure if it's just my lack of PS skills or my lack of creativity, but it's hard for me to imaging super over the top edits like that, on my own

I would like to sincerely thank you for this response... because... I KNOW the image sucks. I knew before I posted it... but what I couldn't figure out is if SHE would think it sucked or not... or if HE would. I've had a couple of "non-photogs" confirm that they didn't think it looked bad... whose opinions I generally ignore because they think everything looks good... being non-photogs... but in this case it works in my favor.

No, I don't plan on using these for ANYTHING... nor will they ever make it to my portfolio... nor am I making excuses for how effing SH*TTY this is... but if it's "good enough"... In the place where "good enough" isn't normally good enough.......... this time it is.

Should I ever be faced with this challenge again, I would DEFINITELY... definitely go about it differently. And as a matter of fact, I'm going to seek out that magazine you mentioned when it hits...

...for inspiration in the future... cause that image is actually pretty freakin awesome... but in this case... if she's happy......................... I won't say I'm *happy*, but I'll get over it.

I actually think your crop looks much better, so I'll probably do that, thanks! :sillysmi:

As for everything else... it's a little... TOO... dark... for my tastes... and I swore on my life that I would never do selective coloring ever again unless it had a legitimate purpose in helping the image, so while I appreciate the suggestion and your taking the time to edit an example... I think I'll pass on the SCing, haha.

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII... don't know what that means.............

Oo ...pint?

 

[e.rose]

Now HERE is almost EXACTLY what I was thinking about as far as putting your model
inside of her boyfriend's car-- THIS kind of an image (which I am calling image #2). SHe would have just dropped right in and made a hot, simple image.


http://cdn03.cdn.egotastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/17/mila-kunis-in-interview-magazine-02.jpg


Other shots, but not nearly as good as #2 (the shot linked to immediately above).


http://cdn03.cdn.egotastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/17/mila-kunis-in-interview-magazine-04.jpg


http://cdn03.cdn.egotastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/17/mila-kunis-in-interview-magazine-05.jpg

The forum formatting is all screwed up right now and I can't see my like button so... you know... pretend this is me clicking "like"

Oo ...pint?

que?

 

[IByte]

The forum formatting is all screwed up right now and I can't see my like button so... you know... pretend this is me clicking "like"

que?

Beer Ms. Rose, the magical elixer that'll turn that frump frown upside down.

 

[e.rose]

The forum formatting is all screwed up right now and I can't see my like button so... you know... pretend this is me clicking "like"

que?

Beer Ms. Rose, the magical elixer that'll turn that frump frown upside down.

OOOOOOOH.

I haz wine. Does that count? :lmao:

Just cracked that mother open about 5 minutes ago!

:cheers:

 

[tirediron]

The forum formatting is all screwed up right now and I can't see my like button so... you know... pretend this is me clicking "like"

que?

Beer Ms. Rose, the magical elixer that'll turn that frump frown upside down.

OOOOOOOH.

I haz wine. Does that count? :lmao:

Just cracked that mother open about 5 minutes ago!

:cheers:

Ruh-roh... hang on folks...I'm expecting turbulence!

 

[e.rose]

Beer Ms. Rose, the magical elixer that'll turn that frump frown upside down.

OOOOOOOH.

I haz wine. Does that count? :lmao:

Just cracked that mother open about 5 minutes ago!

:cheers:

Ruh-roh... hang on folks...I'm expecting turbulence!

:ushes currently invisible 'like' button:: :lmao: :hug::

 

[Ernicus]

Mines invisible too.

 

[PinkDoor]

Mines invisible too.

It's there. . . Scroll to the right. I almost brought back my old thread http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/off-topic-chat/289399-my-like-button.html

 

[e.rose]

Mines invisible too.

It's there. . . Scroll to the right. I almost brought back my old thread http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/off-topic-chat/289399-my-like-button.html

weeeiiiiird