Intro/Bio;
Hi, my name is Dave, I am 50(ish ;) I majored in commercial photography/Art, but work as a Network Engineer - Consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area. I use photography and graphic arts as a stress release from the high pressure day to day grind. I prefer to think of myself as just a simple artist more then anything else, I love all art forms!! My personal style is very bright, full or color and life or dark and moody. I have been working with a few local fashion models with portfolio development and they're modeling in exchange for my personal more artist projects. I freelance part time/as often as possible, anything to make the equipment pay for itself. I realize my style is not for everyone, I am gearing my projects more towards the commercial advertising trends in today's market. In the commercial world realism is a concept, fantasy is real. As an artist I see it within my rights and my responsibility to alter any image so that it conforms to my artistic vision. I welcome constructive critiques and comments as I attempt to grow as an artist in the commercial world.
Technically;
I shoot with a Nikon D-200, at ISO 100, both in the studio and outdoors. I shoot in Nikon RAW format only. My cameras profile is highly tweaked (contrast, white balance, hue & saturation, intensity) so that it conforms to my personal style - vision and what you see here in my gallery.
I use a Nikon SB-800 (or two) for fill light when shooting people outdoors. Studio Lighting; Alien Bee 1600's with a 22" Beauty Dish as my main and a 8"x36" baffled softbox for fill. I usually go with a 3 light setup. All of my works pass through Photoshop CS2, at one point or another. From simple RAW file conversion to a complex creation. Photoshop is the only tool I have found with the ability to produce my true vision.
A Note On Skin Effects: I'm ask all the time how I process skin in Photoshop, with very, very few exceptions, I Don't!! Its the Beauty Dish that adds that deep rich color and glow. The Beauty Dish is designed for photographing makeup and fine portraiture and it has a "sweet spot" that is very difficult to find. It took me over a year to get to the point I am at now. I blundered into learning, its the feathered light that produces the rich skin tones. As with Tiera - Rapunzel, Rapunzel..
I am so moved by the works of other great artists that they have influenced my life and style. Some of these artists are; Michael Rosen, Luis Royo, Salvador Dali, M.C. Escher, and Olivia de Berardinis. There are a number of artists on this site that are so awesome and awe inspiring, you may notice they're influence soon :o) A special thanks to Rnofsky for collaborating with me, I'm honored and flattered he would take the time and share his own vision!!
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Regards
Dave
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Comments (22)
beachzz
Wow, I LOVE This, what a great POV!! I'm tryin to figure out just HOW you did it!! Think I got it, wow again!!!
DarkStormCrow
Excellent work, great POV and water effects, very well done...
jwiest
Man, this is so awesome! Hot model, great shot!
artaddict2
Spectacular shot, Vibrant action pose, gorgeous model and I can't express the words to describe the awesome postwork. Well done Dave!
jdehaven
Woke me up! The postwork on it is practically invisible, and the utter coolness of this image is beyond words! It screams fun and paradise!
RocksLady
Beautiful Pic!!!5+++++++++ :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Beautiful day greeting Rocksy
Chaos911
looks so realy, excellent work!!! Have a nice day! Adrian
www.Foto-ka.de
stuart83
Awesome work Dave
delaorden_ojeda
Wooow Dave !! it is impressive, impresive work my friend ! the post work is superb, bravo for this one !
CaressingTheDark
Whoa Love this Dave. Great action and I am ready for the summer after looking at this.
mizoli
Fantastic composition, superb image!
Mechanismo
hehehe thats bloody brilliant , nice model and photoshop work !!!!
tizjezzme
Is this for real? lol Excellent job!
Alex_Antonov
Stunning work! 5!
wadej
Kowabunga dude! Cool image!
PoserSecrets
i dunno how you did it, but it's spectacular! Stunning photoshop and capturing!
Thelby
LOL< Now that is really neat. She looks just like she is doing that. A green screen maybe???
DaveDavis
Ha ha ha You guys kill me :o) for the record, I hate "green screens" you can never get all of the Chromakey (green or blue) out of the hair, its a real nasty, hate them - really, honestly! So would you believe I took this from a Jet-ski, one hand on the throttle and one on the Nikon :o)
spselfr
cool
kimariehere
WOW!!! SOOO FANTASTIC!! i am in awe of this !!! BRILLIANT WORK!!!!
philgreg
Hey this is really well done, bright and exciting.
Ac-Dc
wow, excellent action shot, i love the action women.