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Tony Hoffer Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #1 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian Hey everyone. I shot a really fun E-Session yesterday. I was really happy with how it turned out. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sorry for so many pics May 18, 2008 at 02:56 PM

kodakeos Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #2 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian I noticed your in the philly area by the pic of the two kissing in front of the 'hall very nice May 18, 2008 at 03:33 PM

Tony Hoffer Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #3 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian Yeah I am. Downingtown. Are you local? May 18, 2008 at 03:42 PM

sboerup Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #4 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian This is a very consistent set of work here, very nice! The one that jumped out at me was 3 & 17. The others seem a little "static" emotionally. Your PP is very good, but I'm not a fan of multi-toned images in a series, thats just my preference. 22-23 seems a little OOF, like it was on the door behind his head. Otherwise the colors look really awesome. Great work. May 18, 2008 at 03:54 PM

Tony Hoffer Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #5 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian Yeah, for 22 & 23, it was so dark, that focus was tough to come by. I just liked them, so I put them up there anyway. Interesting point on multi-toned images. I'm guessing that you'd rather see one tone style throughout? Makes sense. Looks more like a theme that way I'd imagine. May 18, 2008 at 04:06 PM

Talofa Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #6 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian brilliant colors man! I love the compositions of these as well...as far as my favs go the colored ones take it IMO May 18, 2008 at 04:47 PM

Andrew Welsh Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #7 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian I like the series, compositions, PP and posing for all except #14.. she looks bored and the sharpening enhanced/created the bags under her eyes = bad. The lighting on 22 had the same effect on her eyes. Edited on May 18, 2008 at 06:24 PM May 18, 2008 at 06:23 PM

shelby_daniel Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #8 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian Very nice set. Hard to pick a favorite, but I really like #8's composition... ~Shelby May 18, 2008 at 09:41 PM

stonedumpr Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #9 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian Tony, I liked everything except #2. That background made my eyeballs rotate. Frank May 18, 2008 at 10:27 PM

kirstin Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #10 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian 3 & 17 speak to me. May 18, 2008 at 10:33 PM

Sam Hassas Online Image Upload: Off p.1 #11 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian Killer set. Be proud. 3, 7, 13 are mastery. ~Sam May 18, 2008 at 10:53 PM

radioblurs Online Buy and Sell: On p.1 #12 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian i think you saved your best stuff for last in this series (except for 3)-3, 15, 17, and 18 are my picks-22 would be if their eyes were sharp...-strong set overall, though thanks for sharing your work daniel May 19, 2008 at 01:03 AM

Photomatt Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #13 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian Good set here. 1, 7 and 17 are my fav's. What was your lighting setup on 21-23? May 19, 2008 at 01:49 AM

Tony Hoffer Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #14 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian Thanks guys. It's nice to get feedback from people who are themselves great photographers. Matt, here's the lighting setups 21 - 580ex fired in an umbrella about 10 feet high, camera right 22, 23 - 580ex through a shoot through umbrella, held over their heads by my wife. Daniel, I was bummed that those weren't sharp. It was really dark and if there's one thing the 5D struggles with, its focus in low light. I need to start bringing a flashlight for modeling light or something. Any suggestions? May 19, 2008 at 11:37 AM

Andrew Welsh Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #15 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian Tony Hoffer wrote: if there's one thing the 5D struggles with, its focus in low light. I need to start bringing a flashlight for modeling light or something. Any suggestions? Just got a 5d myself about a month ago, so I've found many lenses jog back and forth for focus... 135L, 24-70L, 300/2.8L-- which are all good lenses... which probably means it's the camera. The focus assist beam on the flash helps me a lot.... when I don't have a flash mounted or on, the focus hunts.. with the beam it takes a second but locks on properly. May 19, 2008 at 01:52 PM

radioblurs Online Buy and Sell: On p.1 #16 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian Tony, i completely understand the focus issues with the 5D-i've had my share of out of focus shots due to focus issues with both the 20D and 5D, but more when i shot with a 20D-two thoughts on how i've had to handle that: 1. you can use a 430/580 on camera set to "flash does not fire" to achieve focus using the flash's built-in autofocus assist beam--you could always leave the 580 on camera, then turn "flash does fire" back on and use it to optically fire the other 580 2. i've also used a flash light which works well enough--also helps when your subject is extremely backlit, but bring a medium to higher powered flashlight-in the past, i tried to use a small pocket sized light and when shooting at a distance of 8 feet or great, it didn't even light my subject enough to get focus, which is even more frustrating 3. one other method that has helped to ensure i get SOMETHING out of a shot is focus bracketing-i'll get focus the best i can and then shoot one shot at that and then twist the focus ring slightly both ways-especially with a shallow DOF, this is really useful daniel May 19, 2008 at 02:03 PM

Tony Hoffer Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #17 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian Yeah, I guess I didn't think of the having an on-camera flash that doesn't fire. I can always put the Pocket Wizard in the PC port. I'll probably go that route. It's hard just typing the phrase "on camera flash". Ha. Thanks, guys! May 19, 2008 at 02:45 PM

Vance Zachary Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #18 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian The two OOF images in your series has nothing at all to do with your camera the strong lines behind your subject will draw the attention of your autofocus with any visual autofocusing system; remember, the camera can't really see the scene as you see it in your mind; it just locks in on any strong lines that are in the scene two sure ways to fool any autofocusing system: strong backlighting and strong lines in the background; we must recognize these situations and compensate for them the best way to handle this is to use a zoom lens, zoom into your subject to fill most of the field of view, focus, and then recompose I get 99% dead on critical sharp focus with my Canon 5D except when I do not compensate for situations described above if you are having focusing issues with your 5D, I would revisit proper focusing technique or have your camera-lens calibration checked by Canon May 19, 2008 at 03:20 PM

Tony Hoffer Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #19 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian Thanks VZ, but two things... One, I was using all primes that day, so zooms weren't an option. Even if they were, I wouldn't trust that method shooting at 1.8. Two, I know how to focus, and the camera is fine. It was pitch black outside, so focus was tough, that's all. I don't mean to sound argumentative, but your post seemed a little patronizing to me. May 19, 2008 at 03:47 PM

Photomatt Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #20 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian Tony, I'm with ya.... My 20D's AF drives me nuts in the dark... The AF beam on the 580 helps a good bit, but if I'm shooting wide open with my 50/1.4 in a dark room, it's tough to hit your focus. May 19, 2008 at 04:51 PM

Tony Hoffer Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #21 · E-Session | Melissa & Christian Yeah. I gave up on using a bracket for that reason. The assist beam wasn't at the right place and it was all funky. May 19, 2008 at 05:42 PM

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