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 by NetMagi on Fri May 20, 2005 6:28 am
A friend of a friend contacted me and said she'd heard I "take pictures" 
She wanted me to shoot her daughter and boyfriend before they headed off to prom. I had no idea what to charge, so I said I'd do the shoot for free and charge her $5 for 5x7's and $10 for 8x10's (US dollars). She agreed and here's some of the results:
More here:
http://gallery.netmagi.com/promcouple
They were all shot with a Nikkor 50mm f1.4D. That lens is KILLER for portraits. . The customer was extremely happy with the work and has bought $70 worth of shots so far and wants more. I feel all giddy
Please comment/critique.
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by owen on Fri May 20, 2005 7:50 am
I don't know whether it's just the resized shots, but they all seem to be a little soft. However the composition is good and the skin tones on the first two are nice, but I also think the last couple of shots look a bit cold. Good work though I'm sure the mother is very happy with them.
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by kipper on Fri May 20, 2005 8:02 am
Nice shots.
Nice girl.
He had to spoil it didn't he.
Lol. I think that dude must shop here.
http://www.pimphats.com/
Btw, wd on the shoot and picking up some payed work. Last edited by kipper on Fri May 20, 2005 8:12 am, edited 1 time in total.
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by KerryPierce on Fri May 20, 2005 8:09 am
Congrats on the first Pro shoot, Rich. 
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by Justin on Fri May 20, 2005 9:17 am
Nice shots and the outfits are great. Couple of comments in my opinion - too much space above their heads - there aren't any full length shots (especially the first two) and you have cut the hands out of the second shot which leaves the picture feeling incomplete - hands on the shot really add to a portrait... again, my humble opinion as a non-paid amateur D3 | 18-200VR | 50:1.4 | 28:2.8 | 35-70 2.8 | 12-24 f4
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by sirhc55 on Fri May 20, 2005 10:20 am
Rich - great shots of two young people. Having been paid for many years for my work and the criteria is that the client like the work and they obviously did - well done.
On a more personal note - the girl is very pretty but she had better watch her boyfriend  Chris
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by Glen on Fri May 20, 2005 11:37 am
Rich, congrats on being paid, like the last, they seem to have relaxed by then.
KIpper, I would never have guessed that you had pimphats bookmarked! Those hats will scare the birds, try the ghilli suit instead 
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by mateo on Fri May 20, 2005 1:29 pm
Can anyone else not see the pictures?
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by tsanglabs on Fri May 20, 2005 1:30 pm
The site seems to be down
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by rjlhughes on Fri May 20, 2005 1:31 pm
No I'm not getting the pictures either. Perhaps the multitudes coming for a look from this forum overloaded the site!
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by MCWB on Fri May 20, 2005 1:38 pm
Even better: http://www.pimpsuits.net/ 
Edit: love the composition, especially with the water shots! Great stuff!
Last edited by MCWB on Fri May 20, 2005 1:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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by NetMagi on Fri May 20, 2005 1:43 pm
sorry pics are up.. . I had a TWL league match tonight (geek online game thingee)
my web server was lagging my connection so I had to turn it off till the match was over.. . sorry guys
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by Oneputt on Fri May 20, 2005 1:45 pm
Rich I have to say I love the photos and if I was paying I think that I would be quite happy.
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by petal666 on Fri May 20, 2005 1:51 pm
Could the shots have used a fill flash to remove some of the shadows from the pimp hat and around the eyes etc?
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by mic on Fri May 20, 2005 4:10 pm
NetMagi, great shots
The fella has got a bit of an Abe Lincoln look about him, would be interesting with one of your trademark Black & Whites you do like the process you did on your Haunted House.
Might be an interesting look.
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by NetMagi on Sat May 21, 2005 12:34 am
Thanks for all the comments, and yes, some fill flash would have really helped in a lot of the shots. I definetely still have a lot to learn and I was really glad the customer liked the shots.
Here you go Mic:
It didn't come out as good as I was hoping. His white suit makes it hard to get that contrasty look with the b&w.
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by mic on Sat May 21, 2005 12:38 pm
Came up well Rich,
I like it a lot.
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by xerubus on Sat May 21, 2005 1:06 pm
Hi netmagi... like the shots alot... the couple should be very happy.
I hope you don't mind... but i've run one of the shots through an action which i use for 'romantic' type shots.... holla if you have problems with me editing the shot and i'll remove it... 
cheers
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by marcus on Sat May 21, 2005 9:39 pm
I really like them. Great composition but maybe a little tighter cropping on all would be good. B&W seems to work so offer them both....at an extra cost of coarse!!
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by NetMagi on Tue May 24, 2005 12:41 am
xerubus wrote:Hi netmagi... like the shots alot... the couple should be very happy. I hope you don't mind... but i've run one of the shots through an action which i use for 'romantic' type shots.... holla if you have problems with me editing the shot and i'll remove it... cheers
Please feel welcome to re-post my stuff processed differently anytime. I definetely don't have a problem with it.
I can't say I'm sure if I like the effect though. On my monitor it looks a bit muddy, but maybe as a print the effect would come out better. D70, 18-70 DX, Sigma 70-300 APOII, Nikkor 50mm 1.4D, SB800, Bogen 3046 w/Manfrotto 322RC2 ballhead, Lowepro Nova 2 AW
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by ozimax on Wed May 25, 2005 11:23 am
Rich, nice shots all round, Max
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