Working with Zeduce - Nostalgia

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Working with Zeduce - Nostalgia

Postby photomarcs on Sun May 23, 2010 4:57 pm

Hey guys!

Up are my images from last thursday with Wendell, first time shooting with him and i must say.. the key thing i learnt was expression of image. I was pretty happy with myself, but feel as if I can do alot better in terms of how I personally went.

and here's the set.
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Re: Working with Zeduce - Nostalgia

Postby Alpha_7 on Sun May 23, 2010 6:26 pm

Wow Marcus! There is something to like in every one of these shots. Looks like it was a very productive get-to-gether with Wendell. Hard pressed to pick a favourite but perhaps the last one bit a smidge.
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Re: Working with Zeduce - Nostalgia

Postby photomarcs on Sun May 23, 2010 7:16 pm

Alpha_7 wrote:Wow Marcus! There is something to like in every one of these shots. Looks like it was a very productive get-to-gether with Wendell. Hard pressed to pick a favourite but perhaps the last one bit a smidge.



Thanks Craig, I loved shooting every second of these.. Loved watching a pro in action! You can probably imagine me in all sorts of weird positions and such to get these shots.. haha although i do feel as if i could have done alot better.. all in practice i guess.

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Re: Working with Zeduce - Nostalgia

Postby sirhc55 on Sun May 23, 2010 7:36 pm

These are exemplary images that you should be rightly proud of - well done
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Re: Working with Zeduce - Nostalgia

Postby Big V on Sun May 23, 2010 7:40 pm

Ditto the above...
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Re: Working with Zeduce - Nostalgia

Postby photomarcs on Sun May 23, 2010 10:01 pm

sirhc55 wrote:These are exemplary images that you should be rightly proud of - well done

Big V wrote:Ditto the above...


Thanks guys, I am proud of this work, though, I feel as if i could do so much better.. i think it's got more to do with my own efforts I guess, I really wish I can work harder on it, but thanks for you're good graces =D much appreciated guys!

I only just found out what exemplary means, and what a powerful word to describe my work, I'm rather speechless at that! haha ( Cameron knows it's rare for me to be speechless), thanks Chris! :cheers:
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Re: Working with Zeduce - Nostalgia

Postby aim54x on Sun May 23, 2010 10:23 pm

Marcus, your work has just stepped up another notch! You will make a name for yourself in the industry soon enough.

#1 needs a touch more DOF, but not a lot
#2 the focus is on her sleeve (nice lace detail) but I find her head/face just a tad too soft
#4 is my favourite, the subdued colours work well a does the vignette
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Re: Working with Zeduce - Nostalgia

Postby paulmac on Sun May 23, 2010 10:34 pm

Hey Marcus

Fabulous images. They're all publishable pictures, imho.

What an opportunity, and a great result. Your model will be adding some of these to her folio for sure.

Love number 4, if I had to pick just one.
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Re: Working with Zeduce - Nostalgia

Postby photomarcs on Sun May 23, 2010 10:54 pm

aim54x wrote:Marcus, your work has just stepped up another notch! You will make a name for yourself in the industry soon enough.

#1 needs a touch more DOF, but not a lot
#2 the focus is on her sleeve (nice lace detail) but I find her head/face just a tad too soft
#4 is my favourite, the subdued colours work well a does the vignette
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Hey Cam! Thanks for commenting, was wondering when you would :P

Have a guess what lens #2 was... hehe thats right.. 135mm f2.8 Nikkor MF... not a bad catch for MF ! :P

thanks for the DOF on number 1... I can see where thats leading to, but I might ad a soft light over the layer to see how that turns out. thanks Cam!


paulmac wrote:Hey Marcus

Fabulous images. They're all publishable pictures, imho.

What an opportunity, and a great result. Your model will be adding some of these to her folio for sure.

Love number 4, if I had to pick just one.


Hey Paul!

Thanks for your wonderful comment, as a fellow 7D user, feels great to just say.. yeah.. i shot this with a 7D.. take that 5D mark II owners!! :rotfl2:
It was a fantastic opportunity given by a fantastic photographer, wouldn't have this opportunity if it wasn't for the word's "sheer dumb luck" to come in somewhere, with the addition of hard work of course.

The color scheme is credit to Wendell, his advice in color balance helped me experiment a bit more, like i said restrictions of creative ideas became no more, and it was just creative ideas. The vignette i added and you'd be surprised what the original actually looks like. Wendell himself was in 1/4 of the frame :lol:
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Re: Working with Zeduce - Nostalgia

Postby PiroStitch on Mon May 24, 2010 2:21 am

Great work!

#1 and #4 take the cake here. #1 because it's close crop and photos with tight crops are usually difficult to get right but this is bang on target.
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Re: Working with Zeduce - Nostalgia

Postby biggerry on Mon May 24, 2010 1:43 pm

All excellent images imo, I almost mistook them for wendell's! :up: :up:

Have a guess what lens #2 was... hehe thats right.. 135mm f2.8 Nikkor MF... not a bad catch for M
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gotta love the old school nikkors, thats where it all shoudl start, 'cause it really teaches one appreciation for the more expensive gear..and AF. That said with teh arsenal of lens you had before I was surprised to see you using, I assume, cams 135mm.
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Re: Working with Zeduce - Nostalgia

Postby photomarcs on Mon May 24, 2010 1:52 pm

biggerry wrote:All excellent images imo, I almost mistook them for wendell's! :up: :up:

Have a guess what lens #2 was... hehe thats right.. 135mm f2.8 Nikkor MF... not a bad catch for M
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gotta love the old school nikkors, thats where it all shoudl start, 'cause it really teaches one appreciation for the more expensive gear..and AF. That said with teh arsenal of lens you had before I was surprised to see you using, I assume, cams 135mm.


Yeah, i love those old school nikkors! it did teach me to appreciate the more expensive gear.. as well as the cheaper ones. =) AF didn't seem too much of an issue for me here though, stand off distance was happy length. BUT... this is MY 135mm f2.8 Nikkor.. i purchased it a few months back.. haven't touched it till i got the adapter 2 days prior to shooting this, best lens purchase i've ever scored, great price too.. at $70 bucks. I guess, it's already given me back it's value :mrgreen:

and you really know how to make a photographer thats learning happy dont ya? "mistook for wendell's" haha! :bowdown:
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Re: Working with Zeduce - Nostalgia

Postby aim54x on Mon May 24, 2010 8:55 pm

Marcus played with my 135mm and decided he needed one and one then appeared for his picking. BTW Marcus...MF is no excuse for missing the focus...unless you mean to say that the lace sleeve is the focal point you intended? :twisted:

Great to see that your using that Nikkor though
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Re: Working with Zeduce - Nostalgia

Postby colin_12 on Wed May 26, 2010 11:50 pm

Very nice set Marcus, very nice. :up:
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