Goafer Posted September 8, 2010 Posted September 8, 2010 Now that the bride has added these to her FaceBook, I feel like I can post these here. My favourites from the wedding I shot:
Happenstance Posted September 8, 2010 Posted September 8, 2010 I noticed those on Facebook earlier, the previews for them are not flattering towards you at all. Makes you look like a terrible photographer.
Goafer Posted September 8, 2010 Posted September 8, 2010 FaceBook is fucking retarded for photos. The previews cut off most of the image, regardless of orientation. Cutting portrait shots to fit landscape I can understand, but it even cuts the landscape ones. The landscape ones I took were the same ratio that comes off the camera and is a fairly standard ratio. Why FaceBook uses a retarded ratio is beyond me. Even the full size images are shit as well. They make them so fucking grainy. The ones above aren't too bad because b+w images don't show grain as much, but the colour ones are a fucking disgrace.
nightwolf Posted September 8, 2010 Posted September 8, 2010 Yes I've started to find this with some of my 3d work, it looks stunning until I put it on facebook, which is a shame as you're a really good photography goafer. Ah for shame as I am not. I have one of these: I can't for the life of me figure out the different bits in manual. On sp I've used it mostly as it has different options and seems to give me the best pictures when I actually try to take good shots, bleh. I'm also sorely tempted to get myself one of these: But at the moment £60 is a bit of a stretch.
dan-likes-trees Posted September 8, 2010 Posted September 8, 2010 TBF facebook's slightly improved, at least they've bumped up the resolution lately, even if they are sickeningly grainy. What irritates me is getting photos printed at Boots... anything I've done to the colours - cranked down saturation / contrast / whatever always gets autocorrected or changed by the staff or something. Do not want! I'm also sorely tempted to get myself one of these: But at the moment £60 is a bit of a stretch. I keep trying to get my friends to buy these cameras so I don't have to :P Succeeded with one, but apparently the film is quite pricey / cost alot to get photos developed.. still cool as though. Always get jealous when people upload photos from them onto faceyb Recent shots
nightwolf Posted September 8, 2010 Posted September 8, 2010 Definitely, my friend now has a fisheye lense for her nixon I believe, which is beyond immense. I'm also looking at palaroid cameras, which is crazy as they are so expensive!
Goafer Posted September 8, 2010 Posted September 8, 2010 (edited) Definitely, my friend now has a fisheye lense for her nixon I believe, which is beyond immense. I'm also looking at palaroid cameras, which is crazy as they are so expensive! I was looking at a fisheye lens for my camera, but it's about £700. I got a fisheye filter in the end, which was about £30 and does pretty much exactly the same thing (quality is probably better on the actual lens, but I doubt it's £600 better!). I don't really use fisheye anymore, the novelty kind of wore off. I can't for the life of me figure out the different bits in manual. On sp I've used it mostly as it has different options and seems to give me the best pictures when I actually try to take good shots, bleh. Shutter Speed: Fast = capture action better. Slow = blur. F Stop: Low = Shallow depth of field, allows quicker shutter speeds. High = Deep depth of field, requires longer shutter speeds. ISO: Low = Less sensitive, better image quality. High = More sensitive, more image noise. F Stop can also be called aperture, but they are inverted (IE a small F Stop is actually a large aparture and vice versa). In manual, all you have to do is balance all the settings. For example, if you want to shoot an action shot, you'll need a fast shutter speed. To get a fast shutter speed, you'll either have to go for a low F Stop (wide aperture to let more light in), which will sacrifice depth of field (which can actually look pretty good), or raise the ISO, which will make the image grainy. If lighting is low, you may have to do both. All I normally do is figure out which of the 3 settings is most important for the picture I want to take, then adjust the other 2 to match it. I normally keep the ISO as low as possible and balance the other 2. If I can't balance the other 2, then I'll up the ISO. You should have a light meter somewhere on the camera, which will tell you if you've got the balance right. It's just a bar with an indicator somewhere along it. You want to get it in the middle. Hopefully that makes sense. I'm not great at explaining things. Edited September 8, 2010 by Goafer Automerged Doublepost
nightwolf Posted September 9, 2010 Posted September 9, 2010 Thanks Goafer, I'll try and give it a go again today. I think more than anything I just want a collection of pretty cameras..
Ville Posted September 27, 2010 Posted September 27, 2010 Wow, that last one is just brilliant...Super Goafer Galaxy Good job.
Goafer Posted September 27, 2010 Posted September 27, 2010 (edited) Some more from Bude: Welcome to Sainsburi.....Rapture. Edited September 27, 2010 by Goafer
Sméagol Posted September 27, 2010 Posted September 27, 2010 I love the butterfly! Lovely texture on the background on that one. That's something I'd buy on print (if I had the money :p). Not a fan of your HDR enhanced sunset though .
Goafer Posted September 27, 2010 Posted September 27, 2010 I love the butterfly! Lovely texture on the background on that one. That's something I'd buy on print (if I had the money :p). Not a fan of your HDR enhanced sunset though . The HDR sunset wasn't one of my favourites either. Just thought I'd post it for varieties sake. I think I've pretty much given up on HDR now. I prefer the results I get with normal levels adjustments. Although I don't mind Black and White HDR pictures.
Sméagol Posted September 27, 2010 Posted September 27, 2010 Oh yeah, I like the rolling wave too. And I have to admit, the HDR effect in combination with the B&W looks good on your boat picture above, resulting in a surreal image I acually like. But I'd love to compare that one to a colour HDR version and a non-HDR version.
Goafer Posted September 28, 2010 Posted September 28, 2010 Tried my hand at a faux cross processed photo: Think I need a better subject and fanny around with the curves a bit more. Also, I'm aware the photo is somewhat ruined by dog anus.
Sméagol Posted September 30, 2010 Posted September 30, 2010 Tried my hand at a faux cross processed photo:[..] Also, I'm aware the photo is somewhat ruined by dog anus. Yeah, so I just noticed this comment. I wish you hadn't brought it up .
Daft Posted October 8, 2010 Posted October 8, 2010 This photo is just stunning. Five-year-old Zachary is consoled by his father David Powell during funeral services for Staff Sgt. Joshua D. Powell in Springfield, Illinois on Sept. 28, 2010. Powell, 25, of Pleasant Plains died in a helicopter crash Sept. 21 during combat operations in Zabul province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Joshua D. Powell was the son of David Powell and Zachary's older brother. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
dwarf Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 Welcome to Sainsburi.....Rapture. Niiice. Also, I don't get the Goafer Galaxy one. It's damn cool, but wutufuh? Reminds of of someting BBC 1 would use between programmes.
Goafer Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 (edited) Also, I don't get the Goafer Galaxy one. It's damn cool, but wutufuh? Reminds of of someting BBC 1 would use between programmes. It's a Stereographic Panorama. Basically a 360 panorama that has been bent into a circle. I don't do them often, only when I'm somewhere rather nice. Want to do a night time one in a town/city at some point. This is a very good article on how to do them in case anyone is interested. RE: The picture Daft posted: It's a great picture, but I don't think I could take it myself (unless permission/instruction was given beforehand by the family). Taking photos at funerals, especially moments like that, just feels wrong. If I had to take pictures like that, I wouldn't want my name associated with them so that I couldn't get any benefits (reputation, portfolio etc) from them. Edited October 9, 2010 by Goafer
nightwolf Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 I think sometimes photography like that is a good reminder, rather than taking pictures of someone's pain for art. I probably wouldn't want my name attached either. It is a beautiful photo, but so sad to look at. I cannot look at it for very long.
Daft Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 I don't think I'd be comfortable taking a photo like that simply from the perspective that I wouldn't want to disturb them and I'm not anywhere near experienced enough to be confident that I wouldn't. Yes, it's a private moment but I doubt the photographer hounded them and if it were done with the respect and sensitivity the situation required then I see no problem. The photo is beautiful because it's real and as long getting that shot doesn't compromise the necessary civility then I'm all for it. It's amazingly tragic. Not that I've been in a situation like that but, having given it some thought, if I was the one being photographed I really don't think I would have a problem. Who knows, though.
Frank Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 Goafer! How on earth do you make your pictures look so stylized and almost paint-like? They all look amazing. I've always had an interest in photography so I would love to be able to take some pictures like yours.
Goafer Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 (edited) I just up the contrast (using levels (Ctrl+L in Photoshop), not the Brightness/Contrast tool) and saturation (Ctrl+U) normally. Sometimes I'll adjust the colour balance (Ctrl+B) to make stuff warmer/cooler, but not often. The one of the waves with the pinky sky was edited a lot to get it to even show up, which is why it looks the way it does. This was how it looked from the camera. If there's any particular photos you want to know about, just let me know and I'll explain how I did them! Edited October 10, 2010 by Goafer
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