I do a lot of white on white shoots and just came across this from a few years ago. Super Bowl Sunday seemed like a good time to post this for those of you that are not glued to your TV sets!!!
Or maybe I'll look for a football shot!
John
Beautiful John. The white on white does have a few "blends" but the compositions is extremely well done and composed!
I am not sure about the hand supporting(I just dont know posing) the elbow but the woman makes the image!
Dan
Danpbphoto wrote:
Beautiful John. The white on white does have a few "blends" but the compositions is extremely well done and composed!
I am not sure about the hand supporting(I just don't know posing) the elbow but the woman makes the image!
Dan
Dan thanks so much for the encouraging words and the critique. Personally I think there is way to much cliche' in posing and not enough creativity but that's probably just me!
John
John, I liked your line about too much cliche and not enough creativity. Loosening up and being creative is where it's at. Nice job. Am curious about your interest in white on white. What drives it?
JohnSil wrote:
Dan thanks so much for the encouraging words and the critique. Personally I think there is way to much cliche' in posing and not enough creativity but that's probably just me!
John
I have to admit that this type of shooting leaves me at the end of the line for what conceives a good composition.
So please don't take my comments about blends, hand placement as a negative. I just don't know if the pose is admirable, proper or whatever.
Just tell me what you did and I can accept that! Yes to creativity!!!!
Thanks John!
Dan
davidrhorer wrote:
John, I liked your line about too much cliche and not enough creativity. Loosening up and being creative is where it's at. Nice job. Am curious about your interest in white on white. What drives it?
David, thanks so much for the comments. Being creative is a pretty subjective definition I think. I'm sure no matter what anybody post here their goal is to be creative, I think? When I was in photo school one of our assignments was to do both a white on white and a black on black. Of course the exercise was exposure. A few students created amazing W on W and ever since It's been one of my favorite styles. When I shoot it for others they always love it as well.
David, thanks so much for asking!!
John
Danpbphoto wrote:
I have to admit that this type of shooting leaves me at the end of the line for what conceives a good composition.
So please don't take my comments about blends, hand placement as a negative. I just don't know if the pose is admirable, proper or whatever.
Just tell me what you did and I can accept that! Yes to creativity!!!!
Thanks John!
Dan
Dan, that's actually a lot to process! My goals are rarely to create something that looks like a portrait of the Queen. She would probably not be the Queen any longer by the time I figured out exactly where to put her hands! LoL
It's rare to have to worry about the colors in White on White since they are all different distances from the lights and thus come out looking different colors since they are represented by different color temperatures. I used to be very careful to over light the background and blow it out to "paper white". I no longer blow it out, just get it pretty white and move it up or down in post.
Sometimes we go over hand positions. Some models are much better with their hands than others. Sometimes it works well, other times not so much. If she has bad hands then we move onto something she does well.
There are few rights or wrongs in art. If it comes out appealing and likable that's all that matters. At least for me.
John
JohnSil wrote:
Dan, that's actually a lot to process! My goals are rarely to create something that looks like a portrait of the Queen. She would probably not be the Queen any longer by the time I figured out exactly where to put her hands! LoL
It's rare to have to worry about the colors in White on White since they are all different distances from the lights and thus come out looking different colors since they are represented by different color temperatures. I used to be very careful to over light the background and blow it out to "paper white". I no longer blow it out, just get it pretty white and move it up or down in post.
Sometimes we go over hand positions. Some models are much better with their hands than others. Sometimes it works well, other times not so much. If she has bad hands then we move onto something she does well.
There are few rights or wrongs in art. If it comes out appealing and likable that's all that matters. At least for me.
John ...Show more →
I apologize for having you go into "nit pick overload". That was not my intention. As I stated this is 1 field of photography I am very challenged in.
So your explanation gives me more to log into what few brain cells I have left. But as you say, in the end it is all about what YOU like!
You like..I like John!
It is a great image despite my observations.
Stay warm!
Dan
Danpbphoto wrote:
I apologize for having you go into "nit pick overload". That was not my intention. As I stated this is 1 field of photography I am very challenged in.
So your explanation gives me more to log into what few brain cells I have left. But as you say, in the end it is all about what YOU like!
You like..I like John!
It is a great image despite my observations.
Stay warm!
Dan
Dan thanks. And staying warm has been harder and harder this last week. Today and tomorrow we're having a low of 29 degrees! What's up with that?! Maybe in honor of the Winter Olympics!
Hey no worries. It's always good to know what people are thinking. I hardly ever post because nobody looks at it anyway but you always do so thanks so much for that!!!
John
