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oneforsorrow83 wrote:
thanks jim. 18 and 21 were shot with a fuji instax. no photoshop there. just instant film but totally understand that's it's not your style. i appreciate the feedback.
Okay well authenticity I dig, fake photoshopp'y not so much.
p.2 #2 · Rare! Photos of Haley Poulos in the Wild!
i agree kurtis. i send the film to the couples after i scan them in. i feel like it's a cool thing for them to hang on their fridge, put on their nightstand, etc. everyone who i've done it for has loved it
p.2 #3 · Rare! Photos of Haley Poulos in the Wild!
I hear you - I've got a Polaroid myself and I keep meaning to use it just for fun for a few shots during a portrait session or engagement or bridal (I don't know when I'd find time for it on a wedding day), but I always forget.
p.2 #4 · Rare! Photos of Haley Poulos in the Wild!
oneforsorrow83 wrote:
thanks jim. 18 and 21 were shot with a fuji instax. no photoshop there. just instant film but totally understand that's it's not your style. i appreciate the feedback.
That makes sense then. I just wonder why photographers, with all the latest gear, intentionally use a point and shoot to capture an image that any guest could shoot. Are you honestly bored with shooting good images and simply want to do something different? Do you really want your name attached to that image?
I'm not hating, just trying to understand.
I, for one, would love to shoot a wedding with one lens and no external lights just to do it but that's not what my clients pay me to do.
p.2 #5 · Rare! Photos of Haley Poulos in the Wild!
For me, it comes down to slowing down, doing something more "real" and physical (in the sense of analog v digital), nostalgia, and believing that maybe the advances in technology have meant that we have lost touch with some things. There is more to an image than sharpness, contrast, lack of noise, and all the other things we critique on a daily basis.
I know the reasoning is different for everyone, and most people are not for it. But, there is a lot of people who can totally relate to it...I know I can.
p.2 #6 · Rare! Photos of Haley Poulos in the Wild!
jcolman wrote:
I, for one, would love to shoot a wedding with one lens and no external lights just to do it but that's not what my clients pay me to do.
I have to say, I used to think the same thing regarding external lights for every shoot... What I found is that it actually hurts the process because there's too much crap to carry which slows things down, there's fidgeting with settings which slows things down, slight recycle delays which slow things down...
A while back I decided to stop using lights so often just because... it lets me focus more on composition, variety, talking to my subjects, etc and I think I get stronger images as a result. For a long time I felt like "I'm the pro, I need to guarantee I can get the shot in any conditions, which lights allow me to do..." but at the end of the day it was sort of a crutch, a big clumsy crutch that did more harm than good.
Does a speedlite on a stick with an umbrella or softbox still come in handy once in a while? Sure. But these days I'm doing as much natural light as possible (no reflectors even) and focusing more on the photography and finding great light than messing with gear.
p.2 #7 · Rare! Photos of Haley Poulos in the Wild!
TTLKurtis wrote:
I have to say, I used to think the same thing regarding external lights for every shoot... What I found is that it actually hurts the process because there's too much crap to carry which slows things down, there's fidgeting with settings which slows things down, slight recycle delays which slow things down...
A while back I decided to stop using lights so often just because... it lets me focus more on composition, variety, talking to my subjects, etc and I think I get stronger images as a result. For a long time I felt like "I'm the pro, I need to guarantee I can get the shot in any conditions, which lights allow me to do..." but at the end of the day it was sort of a crutch, a big clumsy crutch that did more harm than good.
Does a speedlite on a stick with an umbrella or softbox still come in handy once in a while? Sure. But these days I'm doing as much natural light as possible (no reflectors even) and focusing more on the photography and finding great light than messing with gear.
That indeed is good food for thought. I guess I'm trying to separate myself from the dozens of other photographers I see on a Sunday afternoon shooting pics of their clients with nothing but a fong dong. My background in cinematography is all about light. I don't mind carrying a reflector and/or a couple of lights and softboxes. It's how I roll.
But you make a very valid point. Maybe one day I'll put away the lights and see how that affects my photography.
p.2 #9 · Rare! Photos of Haley Poulos in the Wild!
BKphotography wrote:
Haley's mirror pic is of high quality also, although Greek sounding photographers are kinda creepy in my eyes also...
Cheers
Brian "BK" Konstantinou
I am totally creepy. But since you kept your entire last name, you are creepier (our family name was shortened from Kyriakopoulos 2 generations ago, sadly).
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jcolman wrote:
That indeed is good food for thought. I guess I'm trying to separate myself from the dozens of other photographers I see on a Sunday afternoon shooting pics of their clients with nothing but a fong dong. My background in cinematography is all about light. I don't mind carrying a reflector and/or a couple of lights and softboxes. It's how I roll.
But you make a very valid point. Maybe one day I'll put away the lights and see how that affects my photography.
Yeah do give it a try. I still always doubt myself and think maybe I should bring the AcuteB and an Octa or something for this shoot... and I have to force myself not to. It's made me so much better. It just takes so much away from the spontaneity of a portrait / engagement / bridal.
I just started seeing too many photographers whose work I really like NEVER use a flash, like ever, and I said screw it why am I making things so hard on myself... my clients don't contact me with the expectation that I'll be using Profoto strobes to light them...
I like to leave the lights to commercial and studio stuff for the most part these days.
Just figured I'd bring it up because I think I think sort of like you when it comes to wanting to light every damn thing. It's an internal battle for me.
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jcolman wrote:
That makes sense then. I just wonder why photographers, with all the latest gear, intentionally use a point and shoot to capture an image that any guest could shoot. Are you honestly bored with shooting good images and simply want to do something different? Do you really want your name attached to that image?
I'm not hating, just trying to understand.
I, for one, would love to shoot a wedding with one lens and no external lights just to do it but that's not what my clients pay me to do.
Jim - I agree with with what Joel wrote just below you. I think it comes down to the fact that just because I can make a technically perfect image with a new digital camera doesn't mean that an image I capture with a plastic camera with instant film is inherently any less good. It's just different. And yes, I do want my name attached to those images. But that's part of what I sell to my clients. I understand that one lens and no external lights is not what your clients pay you to do, but it certainly doesn't mean your not capable of it. Like Kurtis said, I'm sure you'd see things differently without lights. I definitely find that I do.
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For what it's worth, my fiance is strangely attracted to number 16. I'm sure a pic like that is wildly unpopular in a photography forum such as this, but she points out that the image has a nostalgic quality and that it's not your typical OOF image. It's like an instant memory, if you get what I'm saying.
And besides... by the time they reach their golden anniversary, all the pics will look like that.
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Really great set! 17 - hilarious. 8 - another awesome reflection shot, I like the color version better, sorry Haley. But then I have to say sorry to Matt, cuz I like Haley's OOF shot better. #3, those dudes are uber cool in that shot. The bonus tracks are funny - but looks like you're too slow, joe.
p.2 #20 · Rare! Photos of Haley Poulos in the Wild!
Hey,
My little 2cents on the subject.
The set is sort of cool, but remember who is looking at it- photographers.
If I'd deliver something like that to my clients- they would be probably my last clients
As a additional coverage- yes, as a only coverage- no.
If they had some uncle bob there, and he would capture a few in-focus, no-grain, colour pictures then you're in trouble with these. Unless they specificaly asked for that.
but totally understand that's it's not your style. i appreciate the feedback.
