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2nd last is the new reflector trick I've been playing with.

Great pictures!! ... all are really nice

#4 is my favorite... The perspective and colors are fantastic!! the background is lovely... very nice girl as well...

Your effect in the car is great too...

You've just made an old man happy.

I like the cars! very nice

great series SJ, I really like the angles you have used in your comps in #1 and #3.......(trying hard not to make a bloke comment ) Thanks for the reflector tip the results looks great!

Quote:I like the cars! very nice

What cars :| (opps bloke comment)

I do like the finish on that last car shot........

I knew there was a reason that i was missing looking at your pictures ..

I like 'em all ......... Shawn

As you can see I'd suck at landscapes, not one horizon is even remotely level!

Thanks for having a perve.. oops I mean.. thanks for your comments

Beautiful tones and color temperature! your pictures have somthing "soft" - as in "not harsh" - to them, I like that a lot. It's the lighting (or your pp), that is really pleasing. In a beach shot you usually expect bright sunlight and thus pretty harsh highlights, but you completely avoid them.

Very nice. I think the first and the last are my favorites.

What is the "reflector trick"?

uli

Most of my people work is soft Uli. I'm fairly picky as to the way my shots are lit, they are all taken in shadows, at the sunrise/sunset or when its cloudy. (when possible!) Of course some of it is post processing as well.

With the reflector I have been metering to under expose the background a touch and then pointing my flash towards a large round reflector and then angling this towards the subject. It softens the flash and also if its a gold reflector gives them a golden tone. This example shot (pink bikini on beach) was one of my first and it needed to be done about 5 minutes earlier so she would have been lit by some sunlight but not as strong as the flash bounce. Normally when using a reflector I find it blinds a lot of my subjects so I tend to only use it for fashion work when they have sunglasses on so this way it works much better as the flash duration is very short.

Quote:As you can see I'd suck at landscapes, not one horizon is even remotely level!

I am surprised Peto has not jumped in and chipped you on that.......

Thanks for going into your technique.....it also helps to hear your own thoughts on the shot.

More examples...





This last shot is probably the best example of the directional quality but it is again taken a bit too late in the day thus the light was quite harsh.

Beautiful!
And I had never considered using a golden reflector! Thanks for the tips.

Excellent work!

The first and the last ones are my favourites.

Thanx for sharing.

/Paul L.

that last one is also very nice!!! they all are nice! but I like the last one

Welcome back Jamie!! About time!

Great shots. You look like you've been busy (you poor thing )
The last shot is also my favourite, although both car shots are high on my list (shame the skyline is only a GTS-T, but that's hardly your fault).
Good to see you back. We should catch up sometime.

Cheers
Adrian

Russt Wrote:

Quote:As you can see I'd suck at landscapes, not one horizon is even remotely level!

I am surprised Peto has not jumped in and chipped you on that.......

Pfft! Who's looking at horizons.

Great photos J. Glad to see you posting again and not keeping this all to yourself.