p.1 #1 · I love that I'm posting these after agreeing with Evan. :D
I've wanted to get a LITTLE into textures. But there have been two things preventing it...
1. I just couldn't get it to look right
2. I didn't have an image that screamed for it.
And I hate doing these things without really getting it or without really needing it. And so I've just left it to others. But last month we had a wedding at an old farm house and I took these shots of the bride in an old claw foot tub. No matter WHAT processing techniques I used, they still lacked the feel I was looking for. Then I remembered textures and thought that just might do the trick.
p.1 #3 · I love that I'm posting these after agreeing with Evan. :D
Mel, you have seriously upped your game here.
I love them both, although the cabinet at image left in #1 is unfortunate. #2 is just perfect in every way, you really nailed this one.
p.1 #4 · I love that I'm posting these after agreeing with Evan. :D
57suzi wrote:
Mel, you have seriously upped your game here.
I love them both, although the cabinet at image left in #1 is unfortunate. #2 is just perfect in every way, you really nailed this one.
Thank you!!!
Yes, the cabinet is totally unfortunate. I was all the way against the wall and barely able to get everything in. Then there's all the crooked lines. Either the tub is straight, or the window or baseboards... insane... but part of an old house's charm, I suppose.
p.1 #5 · I love that I'm posting these after agreeing with Evan. :D
I tried textures a while ago and sucked miserable at it. These are quite good Mel. YES, it had it's place with these perfectly. I love the way the window trim is interrupted with the crown molding. It so adds to the "vintageness" of the image. Again, textures was a good call.
p.1 #7 · I love that I'm posting these after agreeing with Evan. :D
unblinkable wrote:
Thank you!!!
Yes, the cabinet is totally unfortunate. I was all the way against the wall and barely able to get everything in. Then there's all the crooked lines. Either the tub is straight, or the window or baseboards... insane... but part of an old house's charm, I suppose.
Ha yes you're right about the charm Mel. One room in my grandparents house used to have the floor at a 30 degree angle. In my current partners house I bang my head at least twice with every visit on the low beams and I can't stand fully upright in the shower. Oh well I guess a house that was built in the 1600's has some flaws....
p.1 #8 · I love that I'm posting these after agreeing with Evan. :D
Mel- I love them. It's such a good vintage, timeless feel that the textures ADDED to these images. And isn't that the point of using a "gimmick"? To add to the image? Good job.
p.1 #9 · I love that I'm posting these after agreeing with Evan. :D
Mel, I feel you on the textures. I tried one with the wedding I just posted. It took me FOREVER to get it where I wanted it. I like these though...I especially like how you always think outside of the box. I'm so surprised you've never been in Professional Photographer magazine...with stuff like this and your "different" style, you should be.
p.1 #10 · I love that I'm posting these after agreeing with Evan. :D
hey mel
i like the texture in #1-i think it helps fill in a void since there's no texture, wallpaper, or pattern anywhere in the room...AND you kept it subtle which is very important to me-i just wish her feet weren't obscured by that dark colored cabinet/sink
i wanted to do textures so badly for a while and finally was honest with myself...they don't fit the way i shoot-if i used them, they certainly would have been a gimmick-but i like how you improvised with these (textures)-there's a place for every technique and style, anyways-also, like your choice of using the bathtub-it's unique
