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BJ Formento - Have you seen this guy??
Maybe I'm behind the times, but WOW is this series amazing. Basically he and his wife traveled across the country in a camper, and met stylists/models on the way. Absolutely incredible.. Anyway, the question is. There's a very specific look to most of these shots. I understand much of it is the shooting style. But a lot has to be editing as well. Any tips? http://www.revolvershoots.com/ Jon Jul 09 10 02:01 pm Link That is awesome. Jul 09 10 02:03 pm Link inspiring stuff. No tips here. Once you capture scenes like these its very hard to fail  Jul 09 10 02:52 pm Link I am Jon wrote: One thing is he brings lights with him, and sometimes overpowers the ambient light. Jul 09 10 02:56 pm Link Nice to watch this team at work. Can't say the same for Klinko & Indrani team... Jul 09 10 03:17 pm Link NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote: I thought its all quite obvious and pretty standard and popular approach thats why I didnt want to point out the obvious like low saturated skin tones and gradually getting attention to the subject with a sort of spotlight feel. Jul 09 10 03:19 pm Link Whoooooaaaa.... that is amazing. I love their work. Wow. Jul 09 10 03:32 pm Link Koray wrote: I agree completely. Photoshop is the least important element in these photos. You need to be studying lighting and composition instead. Jul 09 10 03:35 pm Link Koray wrote: +1 Jul 09 10 03:45 pm Link Duncan Hall wrote: Hydrogen is the least important element in water. Jul 09 10 03:56 pm Link "Nothing worth looking at was ever, EVER, done simply in camera. The beautiful, exquisite, yes even subtle works, were all manipulated to an extent, either in a wet dark room with masks and rubylith, or in a computer with the appropriate counter parts. Arguing against this point is foolish and simply serves to show ignorance of photographic history and process." -- Robert Randall https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thre … ost6518145 Jul 09 10 03:59 pm Link NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote: What I meant was I thought a person who hangs out here as much if not more as I do could guess what has been done or find a way to mimic. Jul 09 10 04:04 pm Link cute love story too, it seems like they were meant to be together. Jul 09 10 04:14 pm Link Peano wrote: I looked for a way to slow down the slide show. Just about when the images stabilize, they start switching again. Pretty annoying. I think I left after about the 5th slide. Jul 09 10 04:23 pm Link IMAK Photo wrote: Photographers seem especially prone to creating these annoying Flash sites. It puzzles me why, with all their perceptiveness about artistic matters, they seem oblivious to the worst flaws of website design, as well as to the wealth of guidance on how to fix those flaws. Maybe it's the web designers and not the photographers who are mainly responsible. Jul 09 10 05:08 pm Link IMAK Photo wrote: there is a stop button you know... Jul 09 10 05:08 pm Link Peano wrote: we know why: Jul 09 10 05:22 pm Link Peano wrote: Koray wrote: If you would tell me what problems you have navigating my site, I would appreciate it. I personally liked the fact that I just sit back and watch the content. This thread is not about website design anyway and I hope the mod who will read this is going to be in a good mood If you personally like it, that's fine. But many users are going to find this site more than confusing. I don't think bringing up design problems is beyond the scope of this forum. This really is a poorly designed site. Just a few questions that a designer should anticipate being raised by this design: Jul 09 10 05:29 pm Link Peano - Please do wake up! edit: I changed my mind: Koray - Go to sleep. Jul 09 10 05:39 pm Link Peano wrote: Peano wrote: Koray wrote: If you would tell me what problems you have navigating my site, I would appreciate it. you just have to go here and make your complaint: Jul 09 10 05:44 pm Link Koray wrote: Isn't it closer to the time that you should be waking up and he should be going to sleep? Jul 09 10 05:52 pm Link toan thai photography wrote: I'm not making a complaint. I'm making a point. Jul 09 10 05:53 pm Link Peano wrote: when you use third party code, you pretty much don't have option to customize the settings. now you know and you will ignore those buttons just like i did... Jul 09 10 05:57 pm Link toan thai photography wrote: But you have the option not to use third party code. That's the point. Jul 09 10 06:02 pm Link Thanks for the responses guys (those that kept it on track).. It's pretty obvious that lighting is a BIG part of this look. I'd say in pretty much every one he AT LEAST has a beauty dish with a grid. It looks like in several others, a light behind as well.. There's still some pretty impressive post processing going on here. Any thoughts on techniques to get this style would be greatly appreciated. Obviously don't want the "step by step" of his workflow, but just some ideas to nudge me in the right direction. Jon Jul 13 10 06:18 am Link Peano wrote: I cracked up at 'wash a dog.' Loved it Jul 13 10 07:05 am Link cool thread people! glad you like/hate the work and thanks for looking: book available at www.fandf.org -bj and richeille formento Jul 14 10 03:42 pm Link NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote: Jul 14 10 03:51 pm Link so does that mean I'm right? Jul 14 10 05:04 pm Link I think I missed something, but maybe that was because the slide show kept lurching from photo to photo, even when I was trying to make it stop so I could actually absorb something. Anyway, from what I was able to see, very nice photos. I'd love to actually be able to spend some time with them at a decent size. Sigh. Jul 14 10 05:12 pm Link decent size can be viewed at http://www.fandf.org/buy-the-book.php and also help us make it our next stop of this trilogy Haiti http://kck.st/anNiN1 Jul 26 10 12:12 pm Link NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote: yep ! you are always right! Jul 26 10 12:14 pm Link I have been working with him and what he achieves is pretty much in camera. No photoshop tricks guys! Jul 14 14 06:43 pm Link emidio ph wrote: Then you must recognize the woman who posted directly above you. Jul 14 14 06:56 pm Link Yes, so? Jul 30 14 08:28 pm Link doesn't matter. Jul 30 14 10:04 pm Link |
