Forum: Photography


Subject: New Beginnings

Faust-I opened this issue on Mar 11, 2002 ยท 7 posts


Faust-I posted Mon, 11 March 2002 at 10:46 PM

So, guess what that's all about?

Taken on Saturday night with my little HP 315 digital. No post work, except to shrink it for posting. I took some more with my Pentax SLR using Fuji Reala with a diffuser filter and a 4 star cross filter (which I then stuck over the lens of the 315 to get the candles for above) but those probably won't get developed until this weekend after I finish the roll. If they look any different (better) I'll post if anyone's interested.

Not bad for my first upload. :)


bevchiron posted Tue, 12 March 2002 at 1:05 AM

Looks like you have something to celebrate?! I really like the light effect you captured on the candles, if your other shots work out it would be nice to see a detail of that.

elusive.chaos

"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star...." (Nietzsche)


PunkClown posted Tue, 12 March 2002 at 7:44 AM

Congratulations....to whom I'm not sure, but best of everything to them! The star filter effect worked out well. :-)>


Caledonia posted Tue, 12 March 2002 at 8:17 AM

I really like the candles. I think the bouquet would benefit from a soft light from the top


Faust-I posted Tue, 12 March 2002 at 11:39 PM

bevchiron: Yep. An engagement. PunkClown: Name's Ayer. I'm rather happy with the star effect too. Holding the 44mm filter in front of the digital camera lens was a little annoying but the effect was worth it. Caledonia: Hmm, I might be able to actually get that effect. Don't have access to any lighting boxes or rigs... not sure if I'd know how to use them if I did, but I might have something close. Of course, by now the roses have all opened, and I'm not sure if they'll last long enought to let me try a few ideas, but we'll see. Any suggestions for direction? Straight down? Angled?


Caledonia posted Wed, 13 March 2002 at 7:33 PM

How about above but slightly to the left. Almost like its coming from the candles. Don't worry about faded roses, she'd love to have more anyway!


Faust-I posted Wed, 13 March 2002 at 11:49 PM

I'll definitely try that for the next bouquet. Lately, I've been doing custom arrangements for her, and I'm going to try to take pics of them. Alpha: I'll try. It's all horribly amateurish, but hey, you guys can always give me some constructive butchering. :) Most of the stuff I do is portraiture, and the volunteer models are kinda shy. But I'm also working on an architectural project. As it comes along, I'll post the pics here.