I still have another nine shots to post from my recent shoot with Jason, but took some images of Harmony recently that I'm going to post too. There are four shots in total, and I'll post two of them this week, and two next week. Of the four, this is probably the 'darkest' of the set, and one of my favourites, but I'd be hard pressed to tell you which I liked best.
And before any of you ring ChildLine, I should explain that even though it looks like Harmony has been imprisoned is some sort of chicken-wire enclosure, she was actually playing in a pen we have for our rabbits. And, despite her expression in this one, she was having fun :)
If you've already checked out the EXIF data for this one you may have noticed that it was shot with a new camera: the Panasonic Lumix GF-1 and 20mm f/1.7 ASPH lens. I got this on my recent trip to Dubai, and while I haven't had the chance to use it much yet, I'm seriously impressed with it so far: both in terms of IQ and speed of operation. I'll post a more detailed review soon.
I'd also like to mention that our latest tutorial went live at the end of last week. It was co-written with Tony Kuyper, and provides a detailed discussion of luminosity masking. It is a fairly advanced technique, and takes a bit of practice to get right, but once you get the hang of it you'll find that it's an extremely powerful method of creating masks to selectively alter different areas of tonal range within your images.
If you're interested, there's some more information here:
Finally, our 17th Mini-PSD was published earlier this morning: a shot of Rhowan and Harmony running down the slipway towards Blackpool's North Pier. Again, if you're interested there's some further information here:
Great and somehow scary picture. The very white and almost bluish skin adds to the creepy look. I very much like the DOF as well, with a great emphasis on the hand and the grid, yet wide enough to see the face clearly. Fantastic work!
I still have another nine shots to post from my recent shoot with Jason, but took some images of Harmony recently that I'm going to post too. There are four shots in total, and I'll post two of them this week, and two next week. Of the four, this is probably the 'darkest' of the set, and one of my favourites, but I'd be hard pressed to tell you which I liked best.
And before any of you ring ChildLine, I should explain that even though it looks like Harmony has been imprisoned is some sort of chicken-wire enclosure, she was actually playing in a pen we have for our rabbits. And, despite her expression in this one, she was having fun :)
If you've already checked out the EXIF data for this one you may have noticed that it was shot with a new camera: the Panasonic Lumix GF-1 and 20mm f/1.7 ASPH lens. I got this on my recent trip to Dubai, and while I haven't had the chance to use it much yet, I'm seriously impressed with it so far: both in terms of IQ and speed of operation. I'll post a more detailed review soon.
I'd also like to mention that our latest tutorial went live at the end of last week. It was co-written with Tony Kuyper, and provides a detailed discussion of luminosity masking. It is a fairly advanced technique, and takes a bit of practice to get right, but once you get the hang of it you'll find that it's an extremely powerful method of creating masks to selectively alter different areas of tonal range within your images.
If you're interested, there's some more information here:
http://www.chromasia.com/tutorials/online/lm1_info.php
Finally, our 17th Mini-PSD was published earlier this morning: a shot of Rhowan and Harmony running down the slipway towards Blackpool's North Pier. Again, if you're interested there's some further information here:
http://www.chromasia.com/tutorials/online/mini_psds.php
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exposure bias
metering mode
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Panasonic Lumix GF-1
20mm f/1.7 ASPH
f/1.7
1/400
aperture priority
+2/3
intelligent multiple
100
no
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ACR
none
3x2
Great processing - this one I'd like to have as Mini-PSD!
That is super creepy! But tremendous work.
Super, Super shot. Love the scary feel to this and she really does pull off the "look" needed to fulfil what is needed.
What happens with your Ricoh? I like this shoot - overtoned but it fits really good.
I like this. very touching, very questioning. in such pictures, the great photographer gives way to the great artist in you.
Wow... striking image with "extreme" colors. There's a movie somewhere waiting for this "poster".
Super eerie..! I can't work out the processing technique you applied here at all.. Very stunning and striking image. Love it.
Great and somehow scary picture. The very white and almost bluish skin adds to the creepy look. I very much like the DOF as well, with a great emphasis on the hand and the grid, yet wide enough to see the face clearly. Fantastic work!
love the dof in this and the dark feel to it, awesome pic
Thanks everyone :)
Thank you for the mini-PSD!