black cowboy

So since i don't have a spectacular 500 posts, I can't post in Glamour (wtf?)
Oh well, hello again People section!

My buddy calls me again and has an idea to do a cowboy theme for a shoot.... Not really my style, but I don't want to get rusty so I say "sure!"

So here are some selects, only processed through RAW and resized.
I'm definitely going to do some nitty-gritty photoshop work later. Just itching for feedback!

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First I will say they are excellent photographs. Great composition, lighting, and processing. I think they are more editorial than real - almost a little "Village People-esque." I still love them

8 and 10 are spectacular! I really like them. Coming from a 'glamour' perspective though - the eyes! They're shadowed in every photo! Lighten those babies up and you'll be sorted. I'm loving your style though, keep it up for sure .

8 is great!

I think in many of your shot the use of a flash could improve the picture by reducing the shadows on the face.

I like #9 quite a bit (and I'm a guy!)

2,4,5,8,9, and 10 really jump out at me. Great series of shots! Like the processing and the compositions.

Well done IMO.
Hatch

Great ideas, composition, PP, and lighting for the most part. I agree to an extent on lighting the face a little more, but I still think that the darkness created by the brim of the hat works in most of the photos. Great job!

5 is great, has that classic look to it. Great job.

awesome shots.. love them

5-8-9 are the best imo.. but awesome awesome awesome... what a location

While the shots have posing and great lighting intregity, I wonder what the target market for these images is under the title of "cowboy". They are pretty much a city person's interpretation of a cowboy. (not meant as an insult.. just pointing out that we who live the lifestyle know the difference) Nice images though. .. but maybe a title like 'oil derek worker' would be better. (?)

If they're after "cowboy" shots, a Resistol straw (instead of a fashion hat) and a lariet (instead of a 1" rope) would go a long way toward props that give the images more realistic intregity. Please don't take offense.. I'm just trying to help.

Here's a shot of my friend in a Resistol: http://shootmypix.com …92319/h2ff904c9​#h2ff904c9 (straws are worn in summer.. felt in winter)

i like the style of these images and also the pp...the only comment i can make is one thats been raised already about the dark shadows on the face. A reflector needed possibly?

Playm wrote in post #8078260
While the shots have posing and great lighting intregity, I wonder what the target market for these images is under the title of "cowboy". They are pretty much a city person's interpretation of a cowboy. (not meant as an insult.. just pointing out that we who live the lifestyle know the difference) Nice images though. .. but maybe a title like 'oil derek worker' would be better. (?)

If they're after "cowboy" shots, a Resistol straw (instead of a fashion hat) and a lariet (instead of a 1" rope) would go a long way toward props that give the images more realistic intregity. Please don't take offense.. I'm just trying to help.

Yeah, being a kid from SW Oklahoma myself, I have to agree (although to be honest, the last cowboy in my own family hung up his spurs and moved to town about 30 years ago). And I also got the idea of an oilfield worker rather than a cowboy (we have both in Oklahoma). I don't think I ever saw a cowboy wandering around the ranch or town with his shirt open--which is why even black cowboys have farmer's tans (oops, I mean "cowboy tans").

Of course, the pump and pickup, as well as the not-really-cowboy hat, rope, and costume give me the idea of an oilfield worker as well.

I see these photos as aimed at the editorial fashion market. The harsh shadows don't bother me--the concept is to emphasize the blaze of direct sun.

OTOH, a "movie cowboy" concept (think Roy Rogers in fully fringed and jangled movie cowboy regalia) would use sun with well-filled shadows, as they did in old Western movies and old-fashioned Western movie promotioin stills.

I think the images are superb! Great post work, lighting and composition are all really up to par with some of the magazine work. I love idea in number 2, though I have seen similar images, it is still a winner... just like all of them.

As for the interpretation... this is what I call fashion/glam pgotography (well its is about the model and the outfit right?)
There are no rules here and it is completely p to the artist (you)
I've seen skinny female models dressed in wolf skins and horned helmets, however I have never heard people say "oh this is just a city's person interpretation of a viking warrior..."
so great work and keep them coming!