New Photo C&C

Postman158 · Oct 9, 2011

Took some shots of a friend yesterday. What do you think? Feel free to edit if need be. I personally like how it turned out. Is the background too distracting?

tevo · Oct 9, 2011

Could you post the original?

This photo really doesnt grab my interest, the background is distracting. It lacks really basic compositional techniques (not to say it is badly shot), so it really doesnt invoke thought. tl;dnr: It's boring. Compose the photo so it is interesting. (this of course applies to future pictures you will take)

margosoriginals · Oct 9, 2011

He has a sort of purplish tint to his face and some hot spots on his shoulders. The background isn't the worst, but it could be better.

KmH · Oct 9, 2011

He's under exposed, the background is to bright (light advances, dark receeds), the camera angle and lens used are distorting him. His head looks enormous compared to his feet.

Why is he squinting? Try to keep nostrils out of people shots. If he had lowered his chin just slightly his nostrils would have been hidden.

The bright spots on his shoulders are more than hot spots, they are totally blown out (pure white, no details visible.

When a subject is backlit flash can be used to balance the light in the scene. Using the built-in flash manually set to a less than full power setting (for fill light) can make for much better lighting.

MissCream · Oct 9, 2011

Technically this is not a great photo but for some reason I like it lol

Postman158 · Oct 9, 2011

KmH said:
The bright spots on his shoulders are more than hot spots, they are totally blown out (pure white, no details visible.

When a subject is backlit flash can be used to balance the light in the scene. Using the built-in flash manually set to a less than full power setting (for fill light) can make for much better lighting.

I actually did use a fill flash with my 430ex II. I had a softbox on it as well, and stopped the flash down from full power. How else should I have done it with that? Maybe bring the flash power up a little more? I felt like if i would have done that, his skin would have been more white than it actually was. Thanks for the info!

KmH · Oct 9, 2011

Was the 430EX II on the camera hot shoe? If it was, the 'softbox' was to small to make much of a difference to the light quality, plus the softbox 'ate' a lot of the light the 430EX II made.

cvbikeguy · Oct 9, 2011

more interested in you 8thgen SI

FG2?

Postman158 · Oct 9, 2011

KmH said:
Was the 430EX II on the camera hot shoe? If it was, the 'softbox' was to small to make much of a difference to the light quality, plus the softbox 'ate' a lot of the light the 430EX II made.

Yes it was on the hotshoe, and I had a 6x8 softbox on it. So should I have not reduced the flash so much? I felt like if I wouldn't have, he would have lost skin color, or have become over exposed. I really appreciate your help! Thanks again.

cvbikeguy said:
more interested in you 8thgen SI FG2?

Its a 7th gen SI, ep3

cvbikeguy · Oct 10, 2011

Postman158 said:
KmH said:

Was the 430EX II on the camera hot shoe? If it was, the 'softbox' was to small to make much of a difference to the light quality, plus the softbox 'ate' a lot of the light the 430EX II made.

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Yes it was on the hotshoe, and I had a 6x8 softbox on it. So should I have not reduced the flash so much? I felt like if I wouldn't have, he would have lost skin color, or have become over exposed. I really appreciate your help! Thanks again.

cvbikeguy said:

more interested in you 8thgen SI FG2?

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Its a 7th gen SI, ep3

sweeet

i love EP's. i got an FA5.

Postman158 · Oct 10, 2011

Oh thats whats up man. Very cool. You might have to make an account, but heres some pictures of my car as it has progressed since the day I bought it.
ephatch.com forum

Derrel · Oct 10, 2011

He would benefit from a little bit more top space. If the background were a bit darker, it would have more impact. The close camera positioning and the wide-angle lens add quite a bit of distortion, and visual impact as well. All he is missing is a skateboard.

Postman158 · Oct 10, 2011

Derrel said:
He would benefit from a little bit more top space. If the background were a bit darker, it would have more impact. The close camera positioning and the wide-angle lens add quite a bit of distortion, and visual impact as well. All he is missing is a skateboard.

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Hahaha thanks for the input Derrel. So in this case, if i gave him more top space i would have cut off his feet. Or, are you saying reposition back a little farther? My understanding was to "correctly" compose a picture, there should be near even amount of space around your subject. I'll upload a picture later of myself actually taking this picture so you guys can see. I was standing on a chair.

cvbikeguy · Oct 11, 2011

Postman158 said:
Oh thats whats up man. Very cool. You might have to make an account, but heres some pictures of my car as it has progressed since the day I bought it.
ephatch.com forum

clean bro, you into automotive photography also? ive done a few rolling shots and stuff