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My wife Toni asked me to do some shots for her website, blog and for her podcast on social media. She had a certain look in mind, so all I really did with go with her to a rented studio space in downtown LA, and get shooting. These are just a couple from today.

A little background: Țoni is a hair stylist who found herself closed down due to Covid-19. She and a group of her friends started getting together via Zoom and from that, the idea grew to do a podcast based on social distancing covering all sorts of related topics.

Comments welcome as I know I have a long way to go photographing people.

Jan 17, 2021 at 11:56 PM

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Greg,
Were those images of your lovely wife taken in a studio? The setting, furniture and accessories in those images look like they were taken in your house. The exposure, lighting, poses are fine in the first 3 images.

I would not put a person in front of a plant as in the last and B&W version. The depth-of-field and similar tones in the B&W create the impression that plant grows out of her back. Due to the limited DOF, the decoration plant in the front of her is okay although in general, I don't like pronounced objects overlap with the model fairly close to the face. I hope you don't mind my telling you this.

Joshua

Jan 18, 2021 at 05:05 PM

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AGeoJO wrote:
Greg,
Were those images of your lovely wife taken in a studio? The setting, furniture and accessories in those images look like they were taken in your house. The exposure, lighting, poses are fine in the first 3 images.

I would not put a person in front of a plant as in the last and B&W version. The depth-of-field and similar tones in the B&W create the impression that plant grows out of her back. Due to the limited DOF, the decoration plant in the front of her is okay although in general, I don't like pronounced objects overlap with...Show more →

Thanks Joshua. I had my doubts about the last one (it won't make it to her final set). While I like the general shot of her, I too have issues with the plants, and now that I'm looking at #3 again, I need to correct the perspective.

The studio we were using is called Urban Jungle and is in Downtown LA. We found them through "peer space dot com" They have several spaces decorated in different motifs, but I wasn't that impressed - tight space, filthy windows, scary old building to name a few issues, not to mention that area has turned into a refugee camp - I mean, I was completely shocked to see how bad it's become (what did LA spend over a $billion on?). Sad.

Anyway, I appreciate the comments and if I'm being honest, working with my non-model wife had certain challenges, mostly the fact that I was trying to create her vision and not my own. I think people photography might best be left to those of you that excel at it

Cheers,

Greg

Jan 18, 2021 at 05:32 PM

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Great photo!

Feb 05, 2021 at 11:11 PM

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Wonderful images

Jun 21, 2021 at 10:16 PM

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Great images

Jun 21, 2021 at 10:32 PM

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I am not an expert in any way, and I can see the sense in Joshua's advice, but for me, the last is by far the most arresting of these shots.

Jun 22, 2021 at 06:57 AM

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Great images all Greg!
The story behind the "session" is equally nice!

Improvise, Adapt, Overcome........the mantra of accomplishment!
Dan

Jun 22, 2021 at 08:12 AM

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It's almost shocking how this forum has changed over the years lol.. if someone put these images up a few years ago, the responses would have been QUITE different...

Jun 23, 2021 at 10:45 AM

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terryeaton wrote:
It's almost shocking how this forum has changed over the years lol.. if someone put these images up a few years ago, the responses would have been QUITE different...

If that is your way of saying you don't like them, then I would appreciate you just saying so. No need to use back-handed comments.

Jun 23, 2021 at 05:55 PM

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gregfountain wrote:
If that is your way of saying you don't like them, then I would appreciate you just saying so. No need to use back-handed comments.

This forum should be about whether someone "likes" a photo last, and first it should be about improving and critiquing the photos. It's not that I don't "like" the photos; it's that I don't agree with the comments here that they are "wonderful." As a few snapshot photos of your wife, in that context, they are so-so. But are you posting them in the context of being a photographer taking photos of a subject? If so, the list is long of what's wrong with these photos... I'm not trying to be "mean" I'm asking an honest question because if it's the former, I have no comments other than "nice snapshots of your wife" but if it's the latter, I'd be glad to try and help you improve, unless it's your desire to continue taking photos like this and not improve. If you do want to improve and become a better "photographer" then the first thing you need to do is take off the super sensitive skin you have and open yourself up to input without taking it as insults.

Jun 24, 2021 at 08:23 AM

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terryeaton wrote:
This forum should be about whether someone "likes" a photo last, and first it should be about improving and critiquing the photos. It's not that I don't "like" the photos; it's that I don't agree with the comments here that they are "wonderful." As a few snapshot photos of your wife, in that context, they are so-so. But are you posting them in the context of being a photographer taking photos of a subject? If so, the list is long of what's wrong with these photos... I'm not trying to be "mean" I'm asking an honest question because if it's...Show more →

See, that wasn't so difficult, was it? I'll refrain from addressing your other ramblings, but thanks for the feedback! I'm always happy to receive an honest critique, especially from people who have proven themselves well qualified to give it

Jun 24, 2021 at 08:42 AM

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gregfountain wrote:
See, that wasn't so difficult, was it? I'll refrain from addressing your other ramblings, but thanks for the feedback! I'm always happy to receive an honest critique, especially from people who have proven themselves well qualified to give it

Your condescending tone is misplaced, and you aren't funny. And I'm more than qualified; trust me. And since you've chosen to be so rude, I'll be blunt and tell you that these snapshots of your wife are some of the worst i've seen in quite some time for SEVERAL reasons...

However, since you've chosen to only receive politically correct, POSITIVE feedback on these atrocious shots, I'll refrain from sharing why and let you continue to keep producing similar "work"...

-Terry

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Jun 25, 2021 at 08:18 AM

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terryeaton wrote:
gregfountain wrote:
See, that wasn't so difficult, was it? I'll refrain from addressing your other ramblings, but thanks for the feedback! I'm always happy to receive an honest critique, especially from people who have proven themselves well qualified to give it

Jun 25, 2021 at 08:54 AM

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Here's the thing Tracy: Your first comment "It's almost shocking how this forum has changed over the years lol.. if someone put these images up a few years ago, the responses would have been QUITE different" offers zero critical feed back. It simply trashes the others who made positive comments. I wholly admit these shots of my wife have a LOT of room for improvement. People photography isn't my forte and I've never claimed that it is. And other than the first, and probably because she is biased, she loved most of the shots I did for her, and in the end, that's all that really matters to me.

I am curious though, you said "a few years ago," yet you registered in 2020. Since I've been here a little longer than that I remember when this forum was full of passive-aggressive people who needed to tear people down, and because of them, participation has suffered. Did you quit for a while and rejoin?

Anyway, I deleted your PM.

Peace be upon you!

Greg

terryeaton wrote:
Your condescending tone is misplaced, and you aren't funny. And I'm more than qualified; trust me. And since you've chosen to be so rude, I'll be blunt and tell you that these snapshots of your wife are some of the worst i've seen in quite some time for SEVERAL reasons...

However, since you've chosen to only receive politically correct, POSITIVE feedback on these atrocious shots, I'll refrain from sharing why and let you continue to keep producing similar "work"...

-Tracy

Jun 25, 2021 at 09:54 AM


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