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Anyone doing something new and fresh in their photography? Their portfolio? Lots of the same images here. Are you doing anything new? Let's see. M P.S. I got a Drone and have been shooting both with and without models. Very interesting and very cool so far. Oct 24 18 11:09 am Link First I have to figure out how to do the old stuff right. All IMHO as always, of course. Oct 24 18 11:14 am Link Good question... I wish I had the answer. I have a combination of not being able to come up with new concepts for what I do combined with frustration with the inability to find suitable models. I think it's time for me to pick an area of photography that I am not dependent on others. I'm seriously thinking of going back to what I did in college. Just picking an area or place and shoot from different perspectives and angles. I was thinking of shooting the new FBI field office. It is a glass and steel building with curves and geometric design. The only thing I have to worry about is the sharpshooter on the rooftop (politically incorrect to still call them snipers). Oct 24 18 12:00 pm Link I finally figured out how to update Lightroom on my ancient workhorse of a laptop. I can actually share LR files with other people now. That feels pretty new and exciting. Oct 24 18 12:17 pm Link Dug out my old Pentax Spotmeter V and made a new Zone System B&W scale for it based on what the Sekonic meter test told me about my Olympus OM-D E1 Mark II. Plan is to try and shoot more B&W with it set that way and see if I can recall my old Zone System class stuff from college into the digital era. Oct 24 18 12:56 pm Link I normally don't shoot in studios + lighting equipment (LEDs, beauty dish, etc), but, wanted to mess around with something different than what I normally do. Joined a workshop to see what kind of a mess I'll make. Also, I carry a speedlight me all the time but almost never use it. I'm gonna try to use it more, especially, when the lighting is flat. Oct 24 18 01:46 pm Link Oct 24 18 02:42 pm Link Oct 24 18 05:21 pm Link New to me, anyway. Venturing into online image sales. Wish me luck. Oct 24 18 05:27 pm Link I've started venturing into body scapes as opposed to traditional nudes. And I enjoy architectural photography so I'm incorporating some nude work into that just for fun, maybe a scene where a nude is just a very small fraction of the overall image. When I get bored with what I'm shooting I just shoot something else and change things up. I don't do photography for money so I can shoot whatever I like. One great thing about photography is there is always a new avenue to follow and always more to learn so it stimulates the mind. My work might not be worth a crap to anyone else but it makes me happy. And fortunately I'm my biggest fan. Oct 24 18 05:33 pm Link Rays Fine Art wrote: This. Oct 24 18 06:42 pm Link Sichenze Photography wrote: Gorgeous. How did you light it? Speedlight or LED's with batteries? Oct 24 18 08:11 pm Link I'm making some 50/50 photograph and illustration. Start with a kind of mundane photo, a simple stillife works well, like a pop can for instance. Tweak in PS, then bring that file into Illustrator and make vectors of the whole image and set them to 50% opacity, size the output to the exact measurement of the subject and make a print. Oct 24 18 08:35 pm Link I am self publishing a book Oct 24 18 09:19 pm Link I think all genres and edits are covered that not much of differences you see since now photoshop and cameras. Oct 25 18 12:36 am Link my 'new stuff' is all 'old stuff' I am always looking to magazines, movies and sources 40, 50, 100 700 years old for inspiration.. then doing something contemporary with it starting to investigate new film/processes too Oct 25 18 08:32 am Link I was only able to do studio photography as i could not afford profoto lights to use out door or over power the sun with (no PCB in the UK). But thanks to Godox i have been able to buy lots of lights that i can use on location and also allow me turn my livingroom into a studio also. Been really creating some crazy stuff of recent http://www.akpe.co.uk/photographs Oct 25 18 09:38 am Link New and different... I just finished a project with a model/actor Mary Adams in NYC. We created a story through photos only. I scripted it, photographed it, post processed it. She brought the character to life, made suggestions on pre and post production, and was a great partner on the project! For products, there were photos for Mary, the video linked below, and a small magazine I had printed. It's probably simple stuff for others, but it was great fun and a lot of work. I also took a one week vacation from photography, starting last Saturday and ending last night. Thank goodness it's over. Now I can get back to what I love to do! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X6jyw5 … gs=pl%2Cwn Oct 27 18 03:26 pm Link My port is not the same old stuff Oct 27 18 07:48 pm Link Photographing diabetic birds at the feeder is new to me. Never had a use for the cheap ($80) 500mm f/8 manual lens until now. Now I want a better one! Oct 28 18 12:54 pm Link What ever you try to achieve, it has be done but not exactly, Photography makes it somewhat more difficult. But different does not make it better...Modern technology makes it easier but not necessarily more creative unless you are involved with advance post production...... Your hand writing is different from any other one even you describe the same scene as the other people next to you. Oct 28 18 01:18 pm Link I've been putting B&W darkroom paper into my 8x10 view camera and exposing portraits directly on to it. Then I've been taking the paper negatives into the darkroom and making enlargements from them. The exposures take around 30 seconds, and the darkroom prints take several minutes of exposure, but the process reveals a pretty distinct look and as far as I know no one else is doing this particular thing. Eva at the House by Jason, on Flickr Ariel by Jason, on Flickr The Englishman by Jason, on Flickr Oct 30 18 04:00 pm Link J Andrescavage Photo wrote: The images remind me of Rembrandt's paintings; the skin so much brighter than the rest of the figure. Oct 30 18 06:19 pm Link TEB-Art Photo wrote: Darkroom paper isn't panchromatic like regular film is, so some colors react differently than expected. Once I got used to that, I started shooting around locations I knew would naturally add contrast to the scene. Oct 30 18 06:34 pm Link J Andrescavage Photo wrote: VERY nice work. Nov 02 18 11:58 am Link Rays Fine Art wrote: I have the same problem. Nov 02 18 01:28 pm Link GRMACK wrote: Still have mine. Nov 02 18 01:29 pm Link Well, this weekend is holiday portraits for pet owners with a female Santa covered in tattoos. So, same old, same old... Nov 02 18 01:36 pm Link I had a studio that was 25x18 for a decade, & never shot outdoors/on location. I used a 50MM lens for 90% of my work. Now my new studio is 12x14 & I am doing outdoor/on location shoots. I'm now using a 100MM lens, These changes are giving my work a whole new look. Most of my new work is on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carlephotography/ Nov 03 18 09:12 am Link Abusing slides, then scanning the results and working with them. Nov 03 18 09:45 am Link This past year I rounded out my lens collection and mostly just shoot with prime lenses now, as opposed to a 24-105mm lens that was a bit of a crutch. Beyond that, I've done fewer shoots with models, but have been just trying to improve my technical skills in general with my gear so that as I get back into working with models, I'll be better at it than before. So probably nothing "new", but hopefully better quality results Nov 03 18 01:46 pm Link J Andrescavage Photo wrote: Your work is indeed unique and has a very vintage feel to it. As noted by another member, there is an old masters quality to the images. Keep thinking outside the box and creating the great works! Nov 03 18 04:15 pm Link With the wedding "season" over, it's the time of year that allows time to be creative. I've been enthralled with film noir-style images for some time and have been studying clips from the movies of that area a lot lately. I believe the colder months will be spent recreating that feeling in images with a wonderful new model who is also enthused about working in that genre. As a member mentioned, it's also a great time of the year to step back and refocus. Getting gear serviced and returning back to basics can definitely help break bad habits and improve quality. It's also a time to try new techniques, new equipment and new methods of creating dynamic works, with or without others. I'm not one for workshops or meet ups but I can see how it would be a good time to jump into one or two and possibly learn someone else's way of doing things. Wishing everyone all the best. Nov 03 18 04:22 pm Link Nov 03 18 08:01 pm Link I have being doing so many different "new" things on the past 5 years that (Since I moved to Germany and could not find volunteer models and photographers anymore), that now I want just keep doing portraits once in a while to rest a bit. Nov 04 18 08:58 am Link I do underwater and UV/near UV shoots and also mix the techniques together. Technically and physically challenging but I like challenging myself. Nov 05 18 04:07 am Link J Andrescavage Photo wrote: I wanna be like you when I grow up. Nov 05 18 04:02 pm Link No - I have gone back to my roots shooting agency models off the books but I am finding them on IG now ( so that is something new and different for me ) Nov 05 18 04:25 pm Link Managing Light wrote: Todd Meredith wrote: PhillipM wrote: Hah, thanks guys. I'm glad the project seems to be hitting the mark. Nov 06 18 06:44 pm Link J Andrescavage Photo wrote: Lovely work. Nov 06 18 08:03 pm Link |