Alien Bees Users Check In (2)

dmward wrote in post #11921582
Pham,
The second is a much better shot.

The lighting on him is kind of harsh.

Would be nice not to have the hot spot on the window of the car.

Time planning for a shoot ahead of time ensures that you have what you need for the job at hand, regardless of the immediate circumstances.
That is advice I got from an old pro when I was a young pup.

He summarized by saying: "the reason for planning is so that when it goes to hell in a hand basket you'll know where the handle is".

i try to plan things out on a shoot before going into a shoot , but when you deal with speeds of weather changes that happens under 5 mins, you try to get what you can get..

we did 4 different car poses (moving the car to a different spot) Father stated that there will be and addition person to help but that person didn't show up.. so moving lights around became a little slower, and the over all difference between the 2 shots is 15mins,the team was working as fast as we can to get as much as we can..

it was windy, so the large modifiers couldn't be used..

so in the end, i got 3 shots liked, lesson learned, is: for outside car shoot expect the unexpected..

here is the photo with out the contrasty action ran, i think i like it better with out the contrasty look...

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IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/-phamster-/5479701916/

Donielle - image already in two other threads.
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rohicks/5482815​150/

Janine again.
http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rohicks/5483247​797

One from today --

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/zsutton/5484233​564/

Pham,
I like his face better in the less contrasty shot.
I think you did a great job given the circumstances. The comment about planning was general to illustrate that things always are different than what we thought would happen when we were planning.

Zack, I'm on my MacBook so monitor is not calibrated but she looks really yellow yet the gray sweater looks about right, well maybe a bit yellow there too. Is that your intent?

dmward wrote in post #11925954
Pham,

Zack, I'm on my MacBook so monitor is not calibrated but she looks really yellow yet the gray sweater looks about right, well maybe a bit yellow there too. Is that your intent?

I'm too tired for this stuff. Thank you. I dropped down the saturation a bit. I want it to have a warm feel, but I agree...it may have been a little too much

Zack, I know how you feel.
Work on a calibrated monitor, get it just about perfect and then subject it to all the uncelebrated monitors connected to the internet.

I like warm soft skin tones. Makes it look like the shot was made late afternoon or early morning. My two favorite times for shooting outside.

dmward wrote in post #11926020
Zack, I know how you feel.
Work on a calibrated monitor, get it just about perfect and then subject it to all the uncelebrated monitors connected to the internet.

I like warm soft skin tones. Makes it look like the shot was made late afternoon or early morning. My two favorite times for shooting outside.

I have a monitor calibration kit too....and I never bothered figuring it out. Perhaps that'll be another of my projects tonight. Thanks.

Though, I dont think that was an error of the monitor, but maybe a user error

The Xrite Color Checker is the answer to all color problems

PhilF wrote in post #11926047
The Xrite Color Checker is the answer to all color problems

That seems pretty cool. I just watched a Utube video. Which one do you suggest. I see they have a few different ones to choose from.

ZSutton wrote in post #11925861
One from today --
Turtleneck by Zach Sutton Photography | ZSuttonPhoto.com, on Flickr

Yes she does appear to be a little on the yellow side. I have the Xrite eyeone display 2 monitor calibrator and now thanks to Phil I am looking at xrites color checker.

Get the PassPort.
It is durable, small enough to fit in your camera bag, back pocket.
Make a duel luminate camera calibration profile to load into Lightroom and Camera Raw.
The create a preset that applies that camera profile on import into Lightroom.
The start every studio session with a quick shot of the PassPort. And, if you find yourself in difficult lighting situations take a quick shot of the Passport in the problematic lighting.

X-Rite has a lot of web tutorials that will help you understand the benefits.

It is the best place to start with color managed workflow.

PS: there are a couple of pages on my tutorial site that describe how I use a color checker for fine tuning exposure as well as color management.

dmward wrote in post #11926512
Get the PassPort.
It is durable, small enough to fit in your camera bag, back pocket.
Make a duel luminate camera calibration profile to load into Lightroom and Camera Raw.
The create a preset that applies that camera profile on import into Lightroom.
The start every studio session with a quick shot of the PassPort. And, if you find yourself in difficult lighting situations take a quick shot of the Passport in the problematic lighting.

X-Rite has a lot of web tutorials that will help you understand the benefits.

It is the best place to start with color managed workflow.

PS: there are a couple of pages on my tutorial site that describe how I use a color checker for fine tuning exposure as well as color management.

Thanks...I was just wondering..does this work with CS5 or do I have to get Lightroom now to LOL!! Does it ever stop..need this and that Oh my!
I love your site btw.

QueenChatty wrote in post #11926890
Thanks...I was just wondering..does this work with CS5 or do I have to get Lightroom now to LOL!! Does it ever stop..need this and that Oh my!
I love your site btw.

you can use it on CS5 through ACR (adobe camera raw)

The camera profiles a placed into the proper folder by the software (X-Rite or Adobe) so they can be used by either Lightroom or CS5 camera raw.
The presets, can be built to work with camera raw.

Thanks for the comment about the site. I try to add things that I discover and think might be useful to others.