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Please critisize: flash photo of shoes

 
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Jan 18, 2008 19:06 |  #1

Been playing with flash and GF asked me to take photo of your shoes. It is set on a while IKEA armchair and lit with an shoot thru umbrella. Some PS is done. Please critisize.

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Jan 18, 2008 19:12 |  #2

Nicely done.
You can see that the white balance is slightly different in the second shot. Assuming you shot RAW, that's easy enough to fix.


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Jan 18, 2008 19:19 |  #3

I think your biggest issues are with the photo styling. First you shouldn't have taken the image on a surface that indents. The second issue deals with the issue of shooting a non-quality shoe from an angle that shows off the shoe's flaws.

Specifically the stitching up the back of the shoe is both off center and uneven. I would treat this like a portrait where you have a person with an asymmetrical face where this is like a straight on shot. I would have angled the shoe in such a way as to make this stitching less noticeable.

Don't share the comment about the stitching with your GF as it could be a very expensive comment ;)


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Jan 19, 2008 03:46 |  #4

RichNY wrote in post #4732567 (external link)
I think your biggest issues are with the photo styling. First you shouldn't have taken the image on a surface that indents. The second issue deals with the issue of shooting a non-quality shoe from an angle that shows off the shoe's flaws.

Specifically the stitching up the back of the shoe is both off center and uneven. I would treat this like a portrait where you have a person with an asymmetrical face where this is like a straight on shot. I would have angled the shoe in such a way as to make this stitching less noticeable.

Don't share the comment about the stitching with your GF as it could be a very expensive comment ;)

haha, i didn't notice it, but now you mention it, i makes sense. i'll keep it a secret to her though.


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Jan 19, 2008 07:22 |  #5

dr_who wrote in post #4732477 (external link)
Been playing with flash and GF asked me to take photo of your shoes. It is set on a while IKEA armchair and lit with an shoot thru umbrella. Some PS is done. Please critisize.

Nice work...Hand these images to an imager and graphic artist and you have classic catalog shots..

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