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Playboy lighting/makeup vs. retouching
* Visual Mindscapes * wrote: JvR wrote: And? lol Do you understand that no matter how good your shots are, a lot of people wouldn't want to work with somebody who behaves as unprofessional as you do? Really? Wow! That sucks! Because you insult people in virtually every thread you start posting in. Do you talk that way to your models, clients, friends, etc. as well? Aug 09 05 11:27 am Link Working with a single light-source should be second nature to all of us... I mean, we do it when we shoot outdoors!!! I do like your style a lot :-) jameshickey wrote: Aug 09 05 12:12 pm Link You can achieve a lot of different lighting effects with one light source with different light modifiers. BTW, are we allowed to swear on this forum? Are there moderators on this forum? Aug 09 05 11:42 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: I found the magazine I mentioned which had the Playboy"how they do it" article. It was in my, um,,,,,,,,,Library(coff coff) Aug 10 05 03:28 am Link Brian Diaz wrote: I just watched part of some TV show about Hugh Hefner and his girls and such. I saw one of their photographers using one of the Canon digital Rebels if I am not mistaken. Struck me as odd. I thought they used much more complicated equipment,lol. Aug 10 05 03:30 am Link JvR wrote: Um, well sometimes, lol. Aug 10 05 09:54 am Link waynesglamgirls wrote: No! I killed them all! Aug 10 05 09:55 am Link * Visual Mindscapes * wrote: They gotta have some one to pick on Aug 10 05 05:43 pm Link * Visual Mindscapes * wrote: Yea you coulda done that before they put a lock on the phantom zone!! Aug 10 05 05:44 pm Link From watching behind-the-scenes footage from playboy shoots, the impression I get is that there isn't any one single way they're lighting or shooting their centerfolds. I've seen Mr. Freytag shoot with ring lights and softboxes before and then with the new E! show 'The Girls Next Door', the photographer was shooting with a Canon 1Ds and a Hasselblad H1 paired with a digital back and a giant octabank softbox. Aug 10 05 06:02 pm Link Playboy just went to digital for the special editions this year. Prior to that, they woudn't accept digital for their print publicaitons. They still use a lot of film for otehr things. You guys are sure arguing a lot because they have so many different scenarios that there is no one right answer. Shooting a centerfold is an entirely different animal from shooting for College Girls. To some degree budget controls the number of lights and the amount of retouching. Aug 11 05 07:24 am Link ( ANT ) Mgaphoto wrote: I watched a special on the playboy mansion, hugh and his girls the other night . They showed a photoshoot going on and what was the photographer using? A canon digital rebel, an 800 dollar digital camera. go figure. Aug 11 05 02:22 pm Link * Visual Mindscapes * wrote: No, you missed at least one. One I absolutely can not stand, fix your rifles "sight", man. Yer bead is a lil off,lol. Aug 11 05 02:29 pm Link Glamour Boulevard wrote: Is that why so much of playboy looks like photoshopped-over crap these days? I thought the images had zero skin grain in them because of cheezy over-photoshopping; but maybe it's just that they're using a low-end digital P&S and over-enlarging the file with Genuine Fractals. Aug 11 05 02:41 pm Link jameshickey wrote: We have the same lighting philosophy. Keep it simple and elegant. Aug 11 05 02:47 pm Link Glamour Boulevard wrote: Hmm... Yes I watched because Kendra is a friend of mine. Anyway you didn't read my post or for some reason don't understand that what you saw on the show was a test shoot and I was talking about the centerfold and cover only! Aug 12 05 02:43 am Link Why don't each one of you photgraph me, and then we can decide who's right..  You have to try to get me published, though.. hey, retouching is ok with me.. Who needs freckles anyways... Aug 12 05 03:32 am Link I'll photograph you, but I don't own any lights... that's about the only set-up that's agreed upon here that WON'T create playboy style.  There's always Hustler... Oh, and by the way, I'll be using my new Canon 5D... hear about it yet? Aug 12 05 03:35 am Link So, what's the deal with the Playboy mansion? Do you get a special invite to get in, or is one of the cooks a relative there, or do you just show up at the gate and say, "Hi...I'd like a tour"? I'm a NorCal dood. So, don't know about those things down there in L.A. Aug 12 05 03:42 am Link Joe K. Perez wrote: It took something Venereal doesn't have, talent! Aug 12 05 03:51 am Link I'd love to shoot with you... and for the record, I absolutely adore freckles!!! Amy Raquel wrote: Aug 12 05 03:57 am Link Why thank you.. You are very nice.. Aug 12 05 03:58 am Link ( ANT ) Mgaphoto wrote: lol you sure do like bringing up my name alot. Are you gay or something? Aug 12 05 04:21 am Link ( ANT ) Mgaphoto wrote: puahaha, don't try and cover your tracks like you know shit. Aug 12 05 04:22 am Link Truth is, we all have our own styles. None of it's right or wrong. You either like it or you don't and that's nothing more than opinion. I try never to forget the fact that I simply love taking photos and always will. I just want to improve with time. All the mud-slinging changes nothing. I read that article about Freytag and it was a good article. If you like the Playboy product then you'll appreciate what he has to say. If you don't, then it wouldn't matter what he said regardless. Don't be influenced by anyone. Let your own imagination be your greatest influence. Speaking of touching up a photo; Has anyone checked out Leeann Tweedon's spread in FHM this month? Ouch. Aug 12 05 12:27 pm Link How come this thread turned into another "Let's rag on Visual" thread? Good Lord, people! He says he can get the lighting with 2 lights, well.. Good for him! He didn't tell anyone off or say anything offensive until a bunch of FAR more immature people started ragging on him about his statement. They even went so far as to insult his character over a simple one-sentence post. What is this, 'reality' TV? Visual seems to get enough business doing what he's doing - good photography. Let it go. Aug 12 05 10:36 pm Link Xi wrote: That's a certain user's MO. It's quite dull, if you ask me. Aug 12 05 10:40 pm Link |
