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- meffid
I need some good photos and istockphoto just isn't cutting it for the weird shots I need. I want to be able to take photos like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/reb…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/reb…She obviously has the £1500 camera, and some retouching. Does anyone know how to get great photos on a budget or tuts with photoshop to get photos like mine better coloured and nicer looking for that studio effect?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mef…Thanks
- flavorful0
Those are some fugly models, yukkka.
- moth0
Try NOT shooting your subject against the sky without some light compensation for a start.
Set your exposure to a "grey" area.. or neutral midtone in your composed shot.
- seed0
Those photos seems to be more of a combination of direction, lighting and photoshop. Are you interested in digital or film?
- meffid0
Digital please. I'm not bad with photoshop etc. It's the camera I'm more concerned about. Can I get photos like that from a cybershot for example? (with a tonne of ps work) or better to get a good camera and less ps work. How much to spend and such.
- moth0
All mine are taken with an Olympus OM10 (film camera_, and some are with a Lomo (film also and cheap and nasty!).
http://www.twobobstock.com/No photoshop here. Just chemicals. Cross-processing etc.
- meffid0
Awesome moth. I like the pics! I want to stay digital for archiving and print reasons plus don't have the experience for exposure etc to get the right shot first time. Plus I don't have a scanner...
- meffid0
http://www.twobobstock.com/img.p…
like this one.
- ok_not_ok0
u need lights...grab a couple of strobes with umbrellas..or a softbox
- ourcommon0
those girls - they pumped contrast, pumped the exposure, slightly desaturated and finally increased yellows are warming it up. this can all be done to a NORMAL photo, notjust RAW adjustments.
but to take photos like that Meff, you need a camera with a lens and fstops - not a point and shoot.
- holmes0
I was going to say the same thing. Lighting makes all the difference
- nocomply0
I've learned that good photography is 90% about the lighting. Once you realize that and start looking for it you will get some great shots, good camera or not. Only problem is that it takes patience and planning.
- meffid0
Thanks for the feedback on this one.
Common: would something like this do the trick?
http://www.gumtree.com/london/87…I can't spend £1500 as I'm sure no one else really could just to take some nicer pics.
- rafalski0
It is a good camera indeed. Weird ergonomics (the handle), a small viewfinder, but excellent sensor and fast autofocus. And if you start building your lens army, there will always be a good canon body around to drive them.
- moth0
- moth0
It ain't the kit - is my point. It's what you do with it.
- meffid0
It's obviously not a point and shoot though is it? Nice pic moth. What's the cost from film to digital if you're not doing it yourself?
- moth0
No it's an SLR
http://www.pbase.com/equipment/2…The really high-res scans are about £25/£30.
Thing is, with a point and shoot, you're never going to get the control that you need to take really good shots.
And if you're going to spend £500+, you may as well get a digital SLR rather than a point and shoot.
Then, do yourself a favour and learn to use it!
- meffid0
Canon and Nikon have got the cheapest digital SLR range by the looks and I'm def going 2nd hand just to start off. I've definitely got a good eye for shots but not really the knowledge but it's just experimentation I guess.
Has anyone ever used a setup with a camera directly hook to a mac laptop? What software they using and is it to adjust the images or get a better shot on the spot?
- Crouwel0
i have shot similar shots in a studio once with my tiny pocket digi as the large camera. for any effect the camera does NOT matter.
it is all about the lighting, measuring, composition, editing etc.
a better camera, but mostly lense, can make a photo sharper and perhaps a little more accurate on color.
- rafalski0
DSLRs have larger (physically) sensors that deliver better quality than most ps cameras.
Canon RAW images are the richest source for further image manipulation imo.
If you start with a 350D, keep in mind that eventually you might want a fullframe 35mm digital camera (ie. 5D), so make sure your lenses fit both.