The 15th Official (Christmas Countdown Edition) Discussion for TPBM (15)

sevillafox wrote in post #6610268
A couple more from Friday....Just a question, do you fix the skin in ALL of your proofs? She has pretty rough skin and I think fixing it in 30 pictures is going to to be really time consuming.

I'd fix one or two of what you think are the best and tell her that the others can be treated similarly so she should pick what she likes.

Not sure on the LoMo - the system I'm seeing it on makes it look really blown out.

The lomo version looks pretty blown on my system too...

I am offended, I think I will take my clippers and play else where, right afte I mow down all those !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sevillafox wrote in post #6610268
A couple more from Friday....Just a question, do you fix the skin in ALL of your proofs?

I generally fix the complexion in the very first proof and in any where I may apply actions. Advising the client, touch ups will be added to their final picks. I also ask them to let me know if too much retouching might have been applied to the examples and back off accordingly. I've had clients point out a gap in the buttons or lint that I may have missed also and will fix for the final prints.

And stealing your bridge pose, we have one very much like that one.

poppie guy wrote in post #6610345
Tiff, I like the lomo action. I'm just an amateur, but I've got an opinion like everybody else here. For what it's worth, I wouldn't worry much about eliminating "imperfections" in portraits. I'd focus more on bringing out the client's personality and trying to capture that in my photos. I like the idea of photos that reveal rather than conceal, but I don't know if that would bring me any paying clients....

LOL....you are SO not a girl. We like nice, pretty skin.

Jon wrote in post #6610384
I'd fix one or two of what you think are the best and tell her that the others can be treated similarly so she should pick what she likes.

Not sure on the LoMo - the system I'm seeing it on makes it look really blown out.

Thanks for the advice. The lomo looks pretty blown out to me too but I kind of liked it for some reason. Weird mood maybe.

Woolburr wrote in post #6610398
The lomo version looks pretty blown on my system too...

See above.

Becky N wrote in post #6610451
I generally fix the complexion in the very first proof and in any where I may apply actions. Advising the client, touch ups will be added to their final picks. I also ask them to let me know if too much retouching might have been applied to the examples and back off accordingly. I've had clients point out a gap in the buttons or lint that I may have missed also and will fix for the final prints.

And stealing your bridge pose, we have one very much like that one.

Good to know on the proofs. I like the idea of presenting "perfection" but it's just not a smart idea time-wise.

And, steal away. To be honest, she just kind of sat down like that while I was fidgeting with settings and I told her to freeze! She really was a great girl...she never stopped smiling!

sevillafox wrote in post #6610592
See above.

All part of the creative process...being blown out doesn't make it bad....just different.

Deb, if you are around I am not coming over!!!

Baby stayed a long time and I'm bushed. I'll call you tomorrow and we'll see what we can do.

sevillafox wrote in post #6610592
She really was a great girl...she never stopped smiling!

Love those kinds of shoots.

Permagrin wrote in post #6601160
Not caught up (I will) But a Permie/Cat 08 supporter sent me this and said we've be come a phenomenon!!!


PERMIE and CAT SWEEP THE POLLS

(for those concerned...this is not real politics)

ROFLMBO!

Jamie Holladay wrote in post #6601452
I have some sad news to share. My grandfather's (who passed away 20 years ago) 4th wife passed away today.

Sorry to hear this Jamie. My condolences and prayers for your family.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #6601494
OK, I'm debating whether or not to submit shots to the POTN book. IF I should decide to do it, I'm curious to know how you brave souls go about the selection process with your shots? Did you submit the shots you knew were photographically correct (comp., exp., thirds, postcard quality) or did you submit the shots that touched your heart, but weren't necessarily textbook perfect? Or somewhere in between? Did you worry about submitting to all shares, or just the ones within your comfort zone?

Curious minds want to know....

I go through all my favorite shots and see which ones fit where. I actually will go searching for photos that will fit in shares that i don't normally shoot, but I don't usually find anything that fits that is good enough to submit.

AND YOU BETTER SUBMIT SOMETHING!

Permagrin wrote in post #6601548
I got 2 emails today, from a brother and a mother of one of the coastguardsmen on the rescue. They told me that the photos touched them beyond measure. I was so moved by their letters. It made me feel better than any wedding shoot I've ever done.

that is SO awesome! Congratulations! < note restrained use of the !

short5 wrote in post #6601609
It is here that, that after much consideration and debate, I must announce my official opposition to Permie for Prez. It is not that I do not support Permie's stance on most issues, respect her hard work and unmeasurable talent. It is a single issue that keeps me from throwing my full support behind her. I like the !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! Her strict exclusionary stance on the ! is punuctuationist and I can not endorse a candidate who does not embrace all punctuation!! It is not lightly or without heavy heart that I make this decision not to support Permie as I really think she would bring new ideas,respect, integrity, and good Mouse morals to the office. !


!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rights Forever!!!!!!!!!

*hands on hips* WHATEVER, glow boy. NO SOUP FOR YOU!

Permagrin wrote in post #6601660
well it wouldn't be a true election w/o pockets of resistance.

*think...ah yes...I've got to issue Cat her light saber now...*

*dons light saber, ready for the fight*

Permagrin wrote in post #6604179
holy (there is NO WORD strong enough to put here)...I'm drying it now....and hyperventilating.

signed
Permie Coppertop

I WANNA SEE! It can't be that bad! I love red.

Permagrin wrote in post #6604589
ouch indeed....I sent the photos to the Sarge and I'm willing to bet she agrees with my assessment. Sent them to Tif too...gads oh gads...

ME TOO ME TOO... I wanna see.

sevillafox wrote in post #6604697
Good luck with your mom Jen.

Here's the only shot I have processed from my shoot yesterday. 30+ to go....

Very nice Tif!

Skrim17 wrote in post #6605241
One HECK of a kiss there!! which reminds me, has anyone texted Marian??

HEY! NOT funny! (I am laughing though)
I didn't actually PM her phone number out, though there are a few people who have it already. She said that she and Terri texted for a couple hours. LOL. Terri told me that she grounded Marian for having too many pimps.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #6605914
BALLOT

For President of POTN Lounge

• ___X_ Permagrin, president; cfpackerfan, vice-president
  
• ____ Glarnax the Destroyer, president; Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Film, vice-president
  
• ____ Jerp, Zombie of Upper Michigan, president; Andy Warhol's Left Kidney, vice-president

For Strange Guy at the End of the Bar

• ___X__ puddlepirate44, incumbent
  
• _____ Morkot Uhngrat of Mongolia, guy with a weird name

For Secretary of Bold and Pink Things

• __X__ Thomas "Lonnifred" Canty, incumbent
  
• ____ Jamie Holladay, upstart

Kommisar of Meany Headedness

• __X__ T. "The Hammer" D.
  
• (candidate is running unopposed)

Director of the Offices of Grumpy and Obnoxious

• __X__ JWright, incumbent
  
• ____ That guy that was behind me when I was at the stop light on Circle and 9th.

Rebel

• __XX__ Zane, incumbent
  
• ____ Alyssa (riiiiiiight... )

Henchman

• __X__ Miss "Dragon Lady" Pix
  
• ____ Some other candidate that doesn't really value their life.

MEASURES

Measure 42

This measure will create a new governmental department called "Smilie Immigration Reform". Under this department, all smilies, regardless of their original homeland, will be indoctrinated and documented for permanent citizenship within the Lounge. The Director of SIR will be nominated by the President and will be appointed by a majority vote of eligible voters of the Lounge.

• ___ Yes, create this Department
  
• X___ No, don't create this Department because I'm a low down Smilie bigot.

Measure 1,248

Under this measure, Jamie will cease talking about his grooming habits.

• _XXX__ Yes, please, Dear God, please yes.
  
• ___ No, because it upsets Jenn so.

Measure ß

This will create a governmental oversight committee that will regulate Zane's fiery matchstick head. It will measure the BTU output and set parameters on how much candle-watt power he can emit on any given hour.

• ____ Yes, because this kind of Big Brother Activity warms my anally retentive heart.
  
• __X__ No. Geez, who thinks this stuff up?

Measure Q

This measure will change the name of the nation "Uzbekistan" to be "Larry" because Larry is so much easier to say and spell.

• ____ Yes, and, while you're at it, do something about Massachesetts or Connecticut.
  
• ___X_ No. Just no. I'm plainly disagreeable.

Measure Grady Blinkblatz

This measure will allow legal citizens of the Lounge to openly confess that they think that the Eagles of the '70's sound more and more like Country Western music as time goes on.

• ____ Yes. Desperado? C'mon.
  
• __X__ No. Rock legends, and I'm in denial.

Measure *

This measure will grant the president of the Lounge the ability, without oversight, to bring her husband a beer whenever the urge hits.

• ____ Yes, dang, that man needs a beer.
  
• __X__ No, it should be expanded to included Starbucks and the occasional Tequila Sunrise.

Measure f/2.8

The voting in of this measure will end the ongoing debate over the annunciation of the word "bokeh" to be BOE-kah.

• __X__ Yes, let's just end this.
  
• ____ No, because I'm argumentative and fundamentally wrong.

LOVED the ballot, Dan! Made me ROFL.

CrazieCricket wrote in post #6605953
I'm playing around with frames and stuff. Tell me if this looks like a mess or if it's okay?

Edit: Yeah the more I looked at it the more it's a mess... I took it down

Aww, I wanted to see!!!

3Turner wrote in post #6606090
Dragon-smagon.

LOL! You are in SO much trouble.

Skrim17 wrote in post #6606508
Well which one is it?

DOH!

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #6608689
I tried to vote, but my candidate, Nunov D. Abuv, wasn't listed. Weird.

LOL!!

sevillafox wrote in post #6608816
Nice...I really like the texture....I wish I knew how to do that.

Look here:
http://redleafstudios.​squarespace.com …/27/texture-tutorial.html

sevillafox wrote in post #6608816
And, I'm abstaining on voting as I don't think I've got the residency to vote.

Oh puleeze. You've got residency.

Permagrin wrote in post #6608997
And guess what!! I've just make my biggest non-wedding photo sale. 18 8x10 shots of my shots from the CG shoot were purchased today. AND Dan's made his first sale ever (non-wedding) because 2 of his were purchased as well!! We didn't make much at all because the price list on these is very low so that it's no hardship for the families to buy if they want....but VERY COOL HUH?

SO very COOL!!

Permagrin wrote in post #6609630
GAH!! Some important campaign documents are missing from my office!! GAH!!


wait...*calm presidential voice* there is nothing I have to hide.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #6609665
This was just released to CNN, MSNBC, FOX, CBS, NBC, ABC, BBC, Rueters, API, Sesame Street and Bob. We're working on finding the anonymous leak and also trying to recover the photos that were with the memo that depicted suggested therapy.

- Director of Full Disclosure and Goodwill and Stuff.

ROFLOL!!! <note restrained use of the !

Welcome home Cat.

Evening everyone.

I've just purchased smugmug for a year and I would like to know how to post a single gallery instead of many?

sevillafox wrote in post #6610592
LOL....you are SO not a girl. We like nice, pretty skin.

Yuppers, you got that right....

Evening....back home...tired and aching all over. I took so many pictures today...I filled up all my cards I had...13GBs

mtnphtgrphr wrote in post #6606430
You're ahead of me Bobert!!! Mine are still in camera!

I'm sure you got ahead of me some time today. LOL!

asolie wrote in post #6606436
Have fun!

Thanks I did.

JWright wrote in post #6606491
At least here I feel like my vote counts for something. Not like voting IRL...

thomascanty wrote in post #6606559
I don't know whether to laugh or cry, but I am nodding my head in agreement...

hardi-har-har.

webcrawlur wrote in post #6606959
Zanard, check this out...Fire boy

Now that is cool!

Permagrin wrote in post #6606989
love the ballot!! And I'm loving the answers...especially the write ins!

Uh huh....you're not supposed to talk about the ballots...you're running for some sort of office.

thomascanty wrote in post #6607723
So, Jim... How is it you can participate in here if you can't read?

LOL!! That is a funny picture!

Jon wrote in post #6607834
Μust change my vote there ... If that's your view, you're a shoo-in!

Gaaa! Even Jon has been decieved!!

Permagrin wrote in post #6608847
my vote

You're not helping in that vote there.....Chris is supposed to take it by a landslide.

Permagrin wrote in post #6608997
And guess what!! I've just make my biggest non-wedding photo sale. 18 8x10 shots of my shots from the CG shoot were purchased today. AND Dan's made his first sale ever (non-wedding) because 2 of his were purchased as well!! We didn't make much at all because the price list on these is very low so that it's no hardship for the families to buy if they want....but VERY COOL HUH?

Now that is cool! Congrats to the two of you.

Permagrin wrote in post #6609630
GAH!! Some important campaign documents are missing from my office!! GAH!!


wait...*calm presidential voice* there is nothing I have to hide.

I know who took it!!

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #6609665
This was just released to CNN, MSNBC, FOX, CBS, NBC, ABC, BBC, Rueters, API, Sesame Street and Bob. We're working on finding the anonymous leak and also trying to recover the photos that were with the memo that depicted suggested therapy.

- Director of Full Disclosure and Goodwill and Stuff.

Oh wait there it is.....LOL!!!

mtnphtgrphr wrote in post #6609694
Mandatory therapy?!?!?! I resist your therapy and raise you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks like you've resisted treatment.

DDA wrote in post #6609720
What the??!??!??!??!??!??!?​?

Therapy!??!??!??!??!??​!??!??!??!??!??!??!??!​??!??!??!??!??!??!??!?​?!??!??!??!??!??!??!??​!??!??!??!??!??!??!??!​??!??!??!??!??!??!??!?​?!??!??!??!??!??!??!??​!??!??!??!??!??!??!??!​??!??!??!??!??!??!??!?​?!??!??!??!??!??!??!??​!??!??!??!??!??!??!??!​??!??!??!??!??!??!??!?​?!??!??!??!??!??!??!??​!??!??!??!??!??!??!??!​??!??!??!??!??!??!??!?​?!??!??!??!??!??!??!??​!??!??!??!??!??!??!??!​??!??!??!??!??!??!??!?​?!??!??!??!??!??!??!??​!??!??!??!??!??!??!??!​??!??!??!??!??!??!??!?​?!??!??!??!??!??!??!??​!??!??!??!??!??!??!??!​??!??!??!??!??!??!??!?​?!??

I won't do no stinkin therapy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And you have given into peer pressure.

Permagrin wrote in post #6609742
INDISCREET! PR PUDDLE! (we must recover those photos!)

Ooooooo, I want to see incriminating photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JWright wrote in post #6609847
Well, today got off to a blazing start this morning. I turned on my desktop computer and it booted up fine. After reading my mail and doing a couple of other things, I decided to uninstall something I downloaded the other day when my keyboard was acting up. Right after I clicked on it, I got some kind of hardware error and the computer went into a boot cycle. This has happened in the past but the computer always rebooted fine. This time it didn't. It gets to the blue screen that says "Windows XP" and just stops. It won't go any further. I hope the HD isn't gone...

I'm sure glad my photos are all on the external HD, but there are some things on the internal drive that I'd like to keep.

That sucks John....hope it gets fixed.

cfpackerfan wrote in post #6610688
LOL! You are in SO much trouble.

I know not of what you speak of.

DerekRob wrote in post #6610760
Evening everyone.

I've just purchased smugmug for a year and I would like to know how to post a single gallery instead of many?

Evening Derek.

Do you mean posting the link to the gallery? Just copy and past the link into a post, click submit. If that's what you meant.

Skrim17 wrote in post #6610719
Welcome home Cat.

Thanks. It was a doozie of a weekend. Stories forthcoming.

3Turner wrote in post #6610769
Evening....back home...tired and aching all over. I took so many pictures today...I filled up all my cards I had...13GBs

HOLY CAT CRAP! What were you shooting?