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Apr 20, 2019 11:50:16   #
#4 for me.
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Apr 20, 2019 11:46:13   #
Fstop12 wrote:
I'm not sure if this is the correct place for these so please let me know if it's not. Linda's challenge the other day kind of rejuvenated my creative juices again and made me go back and revisit some images I have done in the past using, either Photoshop, or my IPhone. Doing edits on my IPhone is a way of challenging myself to see what I can come up with. Some of these images were created using both programs. Maybe starting out on my phone and finishing in Photoshop or vice versa. Some of the Phone apps that I use are:
1. Snapseed. My favorite go to app on my phone.
2. Photoshop Mix: My go to app when I am going to be doing composites on my phone.
3. Distressed FX: For texture layers, effects, etc.
4. Super Impose for blending images, effects, etc.
5. Over for Text
6. Photoshop and NIK plugins.

I use several other phone apps but these are the main ones.
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I think your creativity is outstanding!!! Outstanding work!!
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Apr 17, 2019 15:13:55   #
huntmj wrote:
I've read all the comments and watched the video but what do you use in a family situation say when it's not possible to bounce and you still need to diffuse the flash light. I guess one way is to keep reducing the flash power in manual until you get it right but people will not wait around for that to happen in practice.


You are talking about the same situation as a wedding . . . constant change of room sizes and color of walls, distance from subjects, etc.
That's why I settled on the Lite-Scoop as the best of the many that I have tried. With their recommended camera and flash setting, I rarely have a wrong exposure (TTL - ISO 400 - 1/200th shutter and about F/4.5 to F/5.6) I can't remember the last time I had a blown out wedding dress . . . and although there are still shadows, none of them are harsh or objectionable.
Looks professional and never falls off the flash and rolls down the sloped floor of the church :-)

By the way . . reducing the flash power does not change the harshness of shadows or soften the light in any way. To reduce power of flash, rather than changing the power manually, the easier, more efficient method is to adjust the FEC (flash exposure compensation)

Hope that helps.
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Apr 16, 2019 18:55:04   #
MarcusTitus wrote:
Actually, a 10D with a 24-85mm lens is probably worth twice that much. It's a great body / lens combination. I still shoot that exact setup almost every day for quick grab photos. Old is not worthless when used for what it is intended for or needed for. Not every photo needs 20 to 50 megapixels.


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Apr 16, 2019 18:45:43   #
gvarner wrote:
I use a Lite-Scoop. Works great.


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Apr 12, 2019 13:14:06   #
#3 FOR ME
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Apr 6, 2019 14:43:21   #
#8 for me.
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Apr 3, 2019 21:17:33   #
burkphoto wrote:
Google Dean Collins’ ‘Tinker Tubes’


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Apr 3, 2019 13:41:37   #
chasgroh wrote:
...anybody made their own DIY scrim? I'm going to, but am researching first. Design is important (but I can cobble together almost anything, having decades of carpenter skills and a small shop) but the main thing is: actual diffusion material for the panel itself. I want to direct a couple of LED multi-temperature lites through maybe a 3'x4' panel. Idea is to shoot *down* through this thing with the camera suspended (through a hole in the scrim)...I've got most of the engineering figured out, but the material thing is still the cork in the bottle. ;0)
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Made a 4 ft square one years ago. Don't remember what the material was exactly, but got it from a local fabric store. The frame I made from white PVC pipe and 90 degree corners. It could be torn down and set up easily.
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Apr 1, 2019 13:07:44   #
NJFrank wrote:
Thanks for stopping by an commenting. It really is a very popular spot. On the weekends you can usually find a wedding party or two being photographed before their reception. I thought that might interest you.


Looks like an awesome wedding photo op!
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Apr 1, 2019 12:33:58   #
NJFrank wrote:
I took this last week. I have been there many times, I seem to see different views. FYC


Nice shot NJ . . . will look forward to future variations.
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Mar 31, 2019 15:53:24   #
therwol wrote:
I'd like to hear some thoughts from people who actually still shoot film. Why? Possible answers I can thing of would include, "I simply enjoy working in a darkroom making prints," I can't duplicate the swings, tilts and shifts of my large format camera with any digital offering," "I find that projected slides look a lot better to me than projected digital."

For most people, including myself, using film means scanning it to convert to digital, which degrades the quality of the image a bit, including for printing, so I don't see the point.

I'm in the process of scanning thousands of negatives and slides. I'm using an Epson V800 flatbed scanner and my Nikon D810 with a 55mm f/2.8 macro lens when I want a bit more detail from a photo. (I can easily see the difference in detail.) I can't afford a super expensive scanner, but I suspect that the camera/lens combo is going to give pretty close results. In any case, I wouldn't ever start with film again, especially not when I own such a fine digital camera. The results out of the camera blow away any film I've ever taken. My opinion.
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The same reason some people still ride horses.
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Mar 29, 2019 11:07:04   #
I don't think anyone has improved on the original . . . #1
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Mar 28, 2019 12:49:57   #
No question that your image is blown out, so very limited what you can do with it. Here's an attempt to balance the contrast a bit and get rid of your fly-away hair with the clone tool.


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Mar 28, 2019 12:19:57   #
Weddingguy wrote:
Two suggestions that I personally feel would improve your effort, both on this image, and one that you posted previously are . . .
1) Your background seems too sharp and as a result draws attention away from your "bouquet".
2) The edges of some of the cut-out are not smooth and unnatural looking. Two things you might try to correct this would be to use the "blur" tool on the edge, or select the cut-out then "modify/feather" . . . trying different amounts of feathering (1, 2, 3, 4, etc pixels)

Here are two examples of that which I am suggesting. Both have the background blurred with Gaussian blur at .7 %

First I cut out the flowers. On the first I selected the edge of the flowers and then went to (in PS) "Select" then "Modify" then "Feather" and set it at 4 pixels.

On the second I simply went around the edges of the flower with a very small brush using the Blur Tool.

They would be better if starting with the original, but thought I would show you my suggestions for your consideration. Jut keep playing with it, starting from scratch with each effort until you get what you really love.
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Sorry . . . for some reason it is not letting me up-load the original????
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