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Archive 2009 · High school senior portraits

  
 
Il Medico
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p.2 #1 · High school senior portraits


I like them all. My fav actually is the last one. I bet she's stoked with it.

Gene



Jul 30, 2009 at 09:29 PM
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p.2 #2 · High school senior portraits


Great stuff,
Biggest nit pick is the girl at the piano. If you don't have a photo with her eyes more open go open em up a bit with the liquify tool in PS cause it's just not working right now.

Evan



Jul 30, 2009 at 09:40 PM
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p.2 #3 · High school senior portraits


I really love 1&3; but that last one is way too washed out... ver nice work overall!


Jul 30, 2009 at 10:37 PM
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p.2 #4 · High school senior portraits


"To my eye the last one is blown out pretty bad but I'm sure that's what she wanted if you kept it."

The last one was a mistake, accidentally overexposed by four stops. This is exactly how it looked in Lightroom - I did nothing to it. I almost always toss mistakes like this out of hand, but I liked the look of her almost featureless (yes, blown-out) face in contrast with the monochromatic eyes and hair, so I kept it. She loved it, bought it and I've used it as an example in my marketing campaign.

Like each of these images, this one may not be for everyone. But if you chase variety and uniqueness you're bound to offer at something that many people like. This keeps my days interesting and the appointment book full.



Jul 30, 2009 at 10:50 PM
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p.2 #5 · High school senior portraits


I love your senior grad shots. Each shot is unique, fresh and brings something new to the table. Instead of using a preconceived notion of what your photos should look like, each photo has its own look based around your client and the only thing they have in common is quality. I'm sure your creative juices appreciate this.


Jul 30, 2009 at 11:01 PM
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p.2 #6 · High school senior portraits


Wow solid! I'm not crazy about all of them but that's just my personal perspective. What I do love is the variety, no shot is like the other ... that is so refreshing and inspirational.


Jul 30, 2009 at 11:45 PM
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p.2 #7 · High school senior portraits


It sounds like you're justifying the last shot; that is NOT a good example of using overexposure creatively; it's a mistake. At least on my monitor, I can see very little detail at all.

Edited on Jul 31, 2009 at 02:14 AM · View previous versions



Jul 31, 2009 at 12:43 AM
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p.2 #8 · High school senior portraits


What is with the second to last one? Wow. I know MY senior pictures didn't look like that.


Jul 31, 2009 at 12:51 AM
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p.2 #9 · High school senior portraits


Is that girl on the red couch (the 2nd to the last one) a senior? Dude, that's a pretty racy shot. I'd be having a chat with the photog that took a shot like that of my high school daughter.


Jul 31, 2009 at 02:27 AM
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p.2 #10 · High school senior portraits


the guitar shot is out of this world!!! Nice!


Jul 31, 2009 at 07:57 AM
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p.2 #11 · High school senior portraits


Love the guitar shot - slow sync or PP?


Jul 31, 2009 at 08:30 AM
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p.2 #12 · High school senior portraits


"It sounds like you're justifying the last shot; that is NOT a good example of using overexposure creatively; it's a mistake. At least on my monitor, I can see very little detail at all."

• I appreciate your opinion. I'm not trying to justify the shot; I just liked the look, and so did the client. If I didn't, I wouldn't have shown it to her, nor would I have posted it here. And there isn't detail in the skin - that's the point I found interesting. (She had plenty of 'normal' portraits to chose from, as well.)


"Is that girl on the red couch (the 2nd to the last one) a senior? Dude, that's a pretty racy shot. I'd be having a chat with the photog that took a shot like that of my high school daughter."

• 'Racy' is definitely in the eye of the beholder, in this case the checkbook holder. The pose was Mom's idea and she was right there, so we went with it. (This is the same girl who is reclining in the black leather chair.) I wouldn't put this shot in my advertising precisely because it's not everyone's cup of tea.



Jul 31, 2009 at 08:38 AM
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p.2 #13 · High school senior portraits


"Love the guitar shot - slow sync or PP?"

• This one's an oldie from the film days when there was no PP. Lowest flash setting plus 2 sec. shutter drag, modeling lamps on full.



Jul 31, 2009 at 08:41 AM
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p.2 #14 · High school senior portraits


Great shots, but in my view some of the post-processing and over exposures take away from the photos instead of enhancing them.

But overall very strong work.



Jul 31, 2009 at 08:54 AM
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p.2 #15 · High school senior portraits


Very outside the box high school senior portraits. I'm sure your clients must love the personal touch to each one.


Jul 31, 2009 at 09:42 AM
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p.2 #16 · High school senior portraits


Nice series. I do this for a living, and always like to see other perspectives. As for the PP, some of it may be a little over the top for the average adult, but the kids themselves love it.


Jul 31, 2009 at 10:23 AM
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p.2 #17 · High school senior portraits


i do not know what happen but the photo of the girl at the piano was #6 but now it is #5. sorry.


Aug 02, 2009 at 07:20 PM
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p.2 #18 · High school senior portraits


Great series. I don't really understand all of the nitpicking here. With your variety, not everyone will like them all. But in the same vein, I would guess that not everyone would like everything the critics here produce as well. Keep on trucking. Most of us here can learn a thing or two from your posts.


Aug 02, 2009 at 09:46 PM
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p.2 #19 · High school senior portraits


Really great stuff jhartman. Great concepts and execution. One that I would comment on is the piano shot. The background is distracting. I might try to darken it as it draws my eye away.

Still, would be happy to have taken any of those.

Kurt



Aug 02, 2009 at 09:55 PM
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p.2 #20 · High school senior portraits


I'm in love with the dynamic ones.


Aug 02, 2009 at 11:22 PM
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