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Neolithicclownkiller
December 25th, 2011, 09:01 AM
These are a set of shots I took a few months back, but I'll be working on a similar shoot soon (same model) and figured it would be good to see what sort of things worked, what didn't and what could be improved on with the existing photo's so I can carry that knowledge over to the next shoot.

The overall concept was a cross between a bit of a bad-arse/troubled on the inside kind of character. We wanted to show someone who had that sort of a flair on the outside, but a somewhat troubled mentality on the inside.

Secretly, I picked the location of an old factory purely for my love of urbex, but I felt (and still feel) that it fit the theme for the character (where do renegade girls spend their time?):

Personally though, I can't shake the feeling that there isn't enough substance, or that something just sit right, can't work out what though...

Neolithicclownkiller
December 26th, 2011, 11:32 AM
More from the same shoot:

Neolithicclownkiller
December 27th, 2011, 06:35 AM
Even more!
I can be lazy at times, many of these I never got around to fine tuning (exposure, colour, contrast, detail etc.) let alone releasing.

I'm noticing as I'm processing these, that a lot of my attention seems to be in balancing the detail. In some situations I feel there is too much detail, such as background clutter, which is distracting. Most of it is treatable (is that the right word?) with local contrast adjustments, especially on black and white images (it's less of a problem for colour because you can always scale back the vibrancy).

If nothing else, I certainly feel that I'm grasping a stronger understanding in the relation between colour and tone for black and white imagery.

rattus
December 27th, 2011, 09:38 AM
i have often been too much concerned about background/foreground clutter,
resulting in kinda sterile images at times.
I think the environment here is interesting, there is nothing hurting my eyes.
Sometimes the expression of the model doesnt work so well blablabla... ( http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1388150&stc=1&d=1324825136 )
but sometimes it kinda make the image ( http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1388149&stc=1&d=1324825110 )

cool work i think

DBMiller
January 5th, 2012, 09:35 AM
I really like these images. She works so well for the mood! I'm glad I checked the archive, since the main Photography link is deactivated!