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Studio portraits

Postby Matt. K on Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:37 pm

I had to set up a makeshift studio and ended up taking 148 portraits over 3 hours! The room was very narrow and I had a horrendous time getting the lighting set to my satisfaction...in the end forced to bounce a light off a yellow ceiling and colour correct in Photoshop. I could not have done this using film and would have been forced to accept shadows on the background, or shoot in B&W.

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Postby digitor on Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:44 pm

The occasion was obviously casual Friday at the office - you do work with a jolly bunch! :lol:

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Postby Matt. K on Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:56 pm

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We dress like this all the time. It helps disipate the stress during the day. :D :D :D
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Postby gunn parker on Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:50 am

These are great, I like them both but the smile on the lady in the first shots stands out to me.
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Postby casnell on Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:03 am

Matt. K wrote:digitor
We dress like this all the time. It helps disipate the stress during the day. :D :D :D

You poms love dressing up in silly clothes! lol

Good shots, that's where digital is so good with the feedback you get.

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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:13 am

Matt - the guy in blue on the left, is that you? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby stubbsy on Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:08 am

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Superb quality shots from a real pro on show here. The processing in the first one in particular is very much on the money (Quadtone?) and the vibrance and colour of the second enhances the wonderfully whimsical nature of the shot.
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Postby ABG on Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:47 am

What Stubbsy said :D Great work as usual Matt.
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Postby spada on Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:00 am

Hi Matt
I like the second one, the guy with the light blue suit look like Mozart in the Amadeus movie :)

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