I know the pictures aren't wedding related but this is really the place I participate mostly. I finally made a preset and wanted to your thoughts on the editing. Thanks
In the right context its ok but the fact you have made a preset for it indicates that you are going to use it a lot? If so I think the saturation is a touch high in some - it appears to loosing a little contrast which in turn hurts the depth and dimension of the cars a bit - especially noticeable in the last shot.
Im viewing on an 2009 MBP screen. Possibly better than many of your clients that would be viewing it.
Not a huge fan, prefer other PP that you've shown. The last looks super saturated especially the reds. The blues look okay in the shadows, but unnatural for the rest of the frame. When putting something together, skin tones are typically my first concern, not sure how well this will work.
mo, i ask this question with respect... when are you going to start figuring things out on your own?
it seems that whether its processing or marketing or pricing or telephone numbers or portfolio boxes or birthday party pricing or outsourcing processing or photobooths at weddings or adwords or profoto or.....
i can say that for me (and many of the successful photographers that i know), figuring things out on my own has been a big part of defining MY vision.
who cares what WE think about YOUR processing. i remember sergio use to get killed about his processing...then people liked it...then they loved it...now they try to copy it. but all along the way, HE DID HIS OWN THING.
this post demonstrates my point. seems that the masses really dont like the processing. but
if YOU like the the way it looks...then that should be enough.
canerino wrote:
this post demonstrates my point. seems that the masses really dont like the processing. but
if YOU like the the way it looks...then that should be enough.
+1
More importantly, you like it, and your clients like it, it's at least semi-setting you apart. There are many photographers on this forum that are more successful in me in every regard, but I wouldn't ask their business or processing advice simply because they get clients I don't want and produce images I don't aspire to.
Different strokes for different folks. So sure, ask the forum, but focus on responses from people who share the same tastes/goals/philosophies etc. as you. Take everyone else with a grain of salt.
Chuck, I know your trying to encourage Mohaimen but the thing is sometimes thats how people need to figure things out. Not everyone has such a crystal clear and bulletproof vision as Sergio does and yourself.
Just after I started shooting weddings, I joined FM and got seduced by these amazing images and thought 'thats how I want my pictures to look', quite ignoring the direction that I was already on. I took a step back last year and realised 'if I just follow what everyone else is doing, I will end up like everyone else' and I honestly though that the content of what I was shooting pre-FM was a lot better. So now some years later I am getting back to shooting the way I want to shoot and enjoy shooting & hitting post really hard
Now I appreciate a lot of what I have written is pretty much reenforcing your statememnt but here is my point: the questions and constant reading of FM has actually accelerated my rate of learning and I am 'going back to my roots' with a lot more understanding and knowledge than before. In short, standing on the shoulders of the giants here has helped me enormously.
Some of us hold the individuals in this group in very high esteem and their/your responses are very important us.
mo, i just see you putting your focus on 'other people'. i think you would be better served in the long term by channeling all of that energy into defining what YOU want before you go any further.
morganb4 wrote:
Not everyone has such a crystal clear and bulletproof vision as Sergio does and yourself.
This is not directed at one person, but at small business owners:
If you don't have a crystal clear and bulletproof vision of your brand and your philosophies, go buy a bottle of scotch, clear your evening, and think about why you do this and what you want out of it.
Having an "elevator speech" is absolutely essential in this industry. You don't have to do it for money, or passion, or any specific thing. But you need to have a reason. You need to have a goal. And you need to have a plan on getting there. This varies from person to person, so you really need to spend some time alone on it.
Morgan, don't you find it interesting you first justified Mo using the forums in this way, only then to admit you fell prone to groupthink yourself?
Most of the photographers I love claim not to follow other blogs/forums, and I can see why it would be good not to.
