Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

It was interesting to photograph this bottle of Belvedere and try to keep light and shadow under control The building on the bottle is printed on the back and is seen through a "window" of frosted glass and white branches.

Sorry for the tall image but it's a tall bottle.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Je5R​d5

That's actually mind blowingly good.

digital_AM wrote in post #18610320
I have a contract with the client for that recent photoshoot. It specified no more than 10 images needed. I’m delivering 19 as selected by the client. Would you ask for additional funds in the final invoice or just let it go? The architecture firm has been great to me and I have additional projects with them coming up. I hate to ask for additional money and potentially sour the business relationship but then again I did deliver twice the number of images which took lots of time. What would you do?

I had that happen on my shoot last year for a developer they wanted close to double the number of images that were in the contract when they were selecting from proofs....and I held to the number they were supposed to get, because it takes twice as long to edit twice as many images, which blows your fee out of the water...its a tricky subject, if it didn't cause you a lot of extra editing time, I might let it go, but if it did, I would bring it up...they might not realize they did it...also, when you deliver proofs for them to select from, do you remind them how many are included as your deliverables per contract? I make sure I do that, even with portrait clients...

Problem with letting it go, they might try to do it again...

TRhoads wrote in post #18610350
I had that happen on my shoot last year for a developer they wanted close to double the number of images that were in the contract when they were selecting from proofs....and I held to the number they were supposed to get, because it takes twice as long to edit twice as many images, which blows your fee out of the water...its a tricky subject, if it didn't cause you a lot of extra editing time, I might let it go, but if it did, I would bring it up...they might not realize they did it...also, when you deliver proofs for them to select from, do you remind them how many are included as your deliverables per contract? I make sure I do that, even with portrait clients...

Problem with letting it go, they might try to do it again...

Thank you Travis. I didn't remind the client on how many images were defined in the contract. I'll make sure to do that next time. I think I'll just add on a bit more to the next few proposals and recoup something that way.

navydoc wrote in post #18610339
It was interesting to photograph this bottle of Belvedere and try to keep light and shadow under control The building on the bottle is printed on the back and is seen through a "window" of frosted glass and white branches.

Sorry for the tall image but it's a tall bottle.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/Je5R​d5 Belvedere by Gene, on Flickr

I need that color of blue found in 'vodka' in my sig.
Fantastic/professional lighting here Gene.

digital_AM wrote in post #18610287
I've been busy editing two recent architecture shoots for a client. Here is a gallery for the first shoot I completed. It's a local bar located in downtown SATX. Very tricky lighting so I did the best I could. I'm thinking for small venues like this I will start adding a speedlight to do some flash ambient mixing. Thanks for taking a look.

https://www.alfredomor​aphoto.com …-Safos/Full-Size/n-whjc5X

TRhoads wrote in post #18610306
really clean work. a few cold spots from outside light...that is a big struggle, getting that light through windows to warm up. It also causes glare on the floors...I have this video bookmarked to watch on dealing with that, with using flash.
https://www.youtube.co​m/watch?v=w6NJBns7DLA&​t=11s

Did you have the option of shooting some at twilight, maybe to be able to turn the interior lights on...I know that creates more color casts and hot spots...but could be cool.

I was not expecting the outside on the first exterior shot!

Alfredo, I'm curious about the glare that Travis brings up. Would a polariser filter help in this instance or would it have no effect.
I know sometimes it helps and sometimes it does very little.
Either way, nice images. Interior shooting is much, much harder than it looks.

maxblack wrote in post #18610390
Alfredo, I'm curious about the glare that Travis brings up. Would a polariser filter help in this instance or would it have no effect.
I know sometimes it helps and sometimes it does very little.
Either way, nice images. Interior shooting is much, much harder than it looks.

Thank you Max. I think a polarizer might have helped some. Using a diffusion panel would have been a good idea but bringing one may be a pain. Yes you’re right that shooting interiors is tricky. I generally prefer overcast skies when shooting them.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18610385
I need that color of blue found in 'vodka' in my sig.
Fantastic/professional lighting here Gene.

Thanks. To get that color blue, just double-click on the foreground color swatch on the toolbar on the left. You can then use the eyedropper tool and click anywhere on the blue color to select it. Or, you can just type in the number I highlighted below: # 019ede

My wife cooked some tasty chicken for lunch

should be available in 4K, R3 + FE 50

This just in:

SmugMug has acquired Flickr.
If you use our products today, rest easy, they aren't going anywhere.
The future is bright, but we'll only get there together.
Let's do this.

In an FAQ about the deal, SmugMug says it will continue to operate Flickr as a separate site, with no merging of user accounts or photos: “Over time, we’ll be migrating Flickr onto SmugMug’s technology infrastructure, and your Flickr photos will move as a part of this migration — but the photos themselves will remain on Flickr.”

navydoc wrote in post #18610416
Thanks. To get that color blue, just double-click on the foreground color swatch on the toolbar on the left. You can then use the eyedropper tool and click anywhere on the blue color to select it. Or, you can just type in the number I highlighted below: # 019ede

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You mean steal your color!
Hey, just showed the bottle to Poof, she agrees =perfect product photography.
If I were you I'd e-mail a copy of that image to the advertising department of that company.

navydoc wrote in post #18610474
This just in:

SmugMug has acquired Flickr.
If you use our products today, rest easy, they aren't going anywhere.
The future is bright, but we'll only get there together.
Let's do this.

In an FAQ about the deal, SmugMug says it will continue to operate Flickr as a separate site, with no merging of user accounts or photos: “Over time, we’ll be migrating Flickr onto SmugMug’s technology infrastructure, and your Flickr photos will move as a part of this migration — but the photos themselves will remain on Flickr.”

Interesting merger.
For a few years I've used SmugMug as another repository of all my images , 2-3x's the amount posted on Flickr.
So in a way I'm not exactly happy with their plan.

Yesterday when working the Finch for Shoshone this guy flew in. I think the 1 inch
sensor really tries hard!

Photo from MedicineMan4040's gallery.
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Wasabi Batt for Mark IIIs

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MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18610527
You mean steal your color!
Hey, just showed the bottle to Poof, she agrees =perfect product photography.
If I were you I'd e-mail a copy of that image to the advertising department of that company.

As far as I know, there's no copyright on colors.

And thanks for the kind words regarding the photo. It was shot using two strip boxes and two diffusers, one of each on each side and a small fill from above the camera.