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Nice shots Jeff, all the blue I think is your eye being fooled with that blue carpet.. It might have slightly gone cyan but not that bad at all.. I like the angles of the rooms and the last one is the money shot.. It's hard to step out and see what your customer wants and put your likes aside.. But your right it pays the bills..

How did your customer like the overall work?

inthedeck wrote in post #8975433
Good edit, GMW. Nice of you to crop out that light, on the left, too.

EDIT: Here's one, from the Airshow, at Jax Beach. An awesome day, pleasant breeze, temps in the high 70's I'd say??? A ton of fun, though, a long day.

G'night now...and enjoy. I'll clean the dust spot, later.

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Awsome catch and comp.. Love the sky against the jet.. NIce.

GrizzlyMan wrote in post #8976304
Nice shots Jeff, all the blue I think is your eye being fooled with that blue carpet.. It might have slightly gone cyan but not that bad at all.. I like the angles of the rooms and the last one is the money shot.. It's hard to step out and see what your customer wants and put your likes aside.. But your right it pays the bills..

How did your customer like the overall work?

Thanks!

I haven't heard from the client yet but I expect to latter today so I'll report back on his feedback. I am hopeful that he will be thrilled with the results as virtually every shot was done with his direct input into the process. I figured it was best to have him involved as he had prior shooting experience and also it would give me a powerful excuse if he complained, in that I followed his directions pretty much to the letter.

Cheers!

Regarding the client's take on the shots, I just got an email from him!

I feel relieved now!

Cheers!

The Ghost of FM wrote in post #8976237
I explained to him that my 14L prime was wide enough but could only produce key-stoning distortion... This is a classic example of "the customer is always right".

haha sorry; I gave you the watered down explanation and you knew what was going on all along. Great to hear that he is satisfied!

TheHoff wrote in post #8976372
haha sorry; I gave you the watered down explanation and you knew what was going on all along. Great to hear that he is satisfied!

Not a problem and thanks again for all of the shooting tips! They have helped me out in many ways since I joined here!

Cheers!

Mike,

Beautiful shot and beautiful model! I've always loved redheads!

Cheers!

That's great to hear that he is satisfied. That's always a tough situation: if the 'client' wants something that may not match your idea of creative expression, then it can leave you feeling like "it's not my shot". But then, that is part of why of I do not do this "for hire". As Kirk Voclain says, "beauty is in the eye of the checkbook holder".

george m w wrote in post #8976939
That's great to hear that he is satisfied. That's always a tough situation: if the 'client' wants something that may not match your idea of creative expression, then it can leave you feeling like "it's not my shot". But then, that is part of why of I do not do this "for hire". As Kirk Voclain says, "beauty is in the eye of the checkbook holder".

Well thankfully, not every client is like that and in truth, I actually had fun with the shoot as I worked with the client in a very productive way and I was happy with the results too, not just him. But, yes, shooting for money does take on a different "on the job mindset" and you will be under pressure to do what is asked of you. That's much of the reason that I shy away from shooting weddings...that's too stressful for me right now but maybe in time, as my confidence grows, I might feel OK to do those too?

Cheers!

The Ghost of FM wrote in post #8974662
And here's the individual shots...feedback appreciated!

Cheers!

cool shots, wish i had clients like that!! i dont mind the "distortion", it sort of ads a bit too the "cramy" studio life.the exposures seem spot on. great!! on a note I would have removed all the cables before the shoot...

inthedeck wrote in post #8975433
Good edit, GMW. Nice of you to crop out that light, on the left, too.

EDIT: Here's one, from the Airshow, at Jax Beach. An awesome day, pleasant breeze, temps in the high 70's I'd say??? A ton of fun, though, a long day.

G'night now...and enjoy. I'll clean the dust spot, later.

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cool catch!!!

zincozinco wrote in post #8977565
cool shots, wish i had clients like that!! i dont mind the "distortion", it sort of ads a bit too the "cramy" studio life.the exposures seem spot on. great!! on a note I would have removed all the cables before the shoot...

Hmmm I might have arranged the cables but I would imagine an experienced studio musician looking at a photo with NO cables would go "where are all the cables? is this some sort of wireless studio from the future?"

It would be like retouching out someone's eyebrows. You wouldn't know what was wrong at first, but something would definitely be missing.

Once you touch a 1Ds**** it gets so hard to look back!

zincozinco wrote in post #8977565
cool shots, wish i had clients like that!! i dont mind the "distortion", it sort of ads a bit too the "cramy" studio life.the exposures seem spot on. great!! on a note I would have removed all the cables before the shoot...

TheHoff wrote in post #8977653
Hmmm I might have arranged the cables but I would imagine an experienced studio musician looking at a photo with NO cables would go "where are all the cables? is this some sort of wireless studio from the future?"

It would be like retouching out someone's eyebrows. You wouldn't know what was wrong at first, but something would definitely be missing.

Thanks zinco!

As Hoff stated correctly, a studio without wires just ain't right! And the client wanted the wires as is, to give it more of an actual working environment...believe me, it was discussed before the shoot.

Cheers!