tFS Fashion Photographers - Share Your Work. Before Posting, please read Post #1

[evelynlauedl]

evelyn i love the colors! the movement of the models combined with the striking contrast make those images really come to life! i also love the color combinations.

they're fantastic!

did you use a digital camera? i ask this because i'm curious about how the digital cameras react to things. i use a film camera, and i'm interested in the characteristics of digital.

thank you francesca!

actually, i use both digital camera and film camera. digital camera is for my works in fashion photography, because it's a "must". however, i'm not a digital camera person at all. i really don't know how to say this... the differences come more emotionally.... or maybe you can check my msn space, i took fashion pictures with digital only, and others were taken with film camera...you can feel the differences

 

[.francesca]

thank you francesca!

actually, i use both digital camera and film camera. digital camera is for my works in fashion photography, because it's a "must". however, i'm not a digital camera person at all. i really don't know how to say this... the differences come more emotionally.... or maybe you can check my msn space, i took fashion pictures with digital only, and others were taken with film camera...you can feel the differences

oh believe me, i definitely feel the differences. i feel pretty much the same way. i only use digital for the rare times that a client will expressly request it or photojournalism stuff...everything else is film. it's absolutely in the emotion. i use film for fashion because it feels more tactile to me. digital just doesn't feel as real for me. i appreciate it for what it does, but it just doesn't really do anything for me.

anyway, that rant aside...i like the ones you posted from the magazine. the colors are amazing! good job

 

[*sayan]

hey francesca, thnx to you and all the other members for sharing.

I have to say there is something about your photography that is breathtaking, litterally.Your style is new, fresh, with no pretention. A new elegance of some sort. A spiritual elegance, always working the emptyness of the picture. Like tada ando, its not about the walls, but the space within, your models are the walls, we need more people like you showing there is an alternative to the "now elegance" that represents all this nasty world we are living in.
The humans depicted in your pictures are as week as human are, but while showing this weakness so lightly , you talk about the strentgh within. the play with greys is out of this world, and the balance between neutrals and extremes in the same composition is so subtle.

I could, and would go on more if you want me too, when something moves me, i can dig up words for hours, but i reassure you, i felt them in a matter of seconds, from the first one.

One last thing, in the constructive criticism area: its hard to put into words, but i feel your pictures are asking to be looked at, rather than feel like hidden gems that exist our subconscious, i dont feel its a technical issue, more of a spiritual one. Your pictures are beautiful, your eye is sharp, trust it and let it wander...

im sending you positive energy, and i hope one day (in my career as a fashion designer) we will be able to make a project together!

 

[.francesca]

*sayan thank you for your comments, compliments and honesty! that is some of the most descriptive and informative feedback i've ever gotten, and i thank you for that.

pm me if you want to talk more!

anyway, i just finished a big shoot and i will be posting the images sometime this week.

 

[pamelaz]

I had a product (clothes/accessories) shoot for Zink yesterday, and a beauty shoot for SU magazine today. Unfortunately I can't post them until they're published.. I'll post the tearsheets once I get them. I do have a big fashion shoot this Friday though that I can't wait for.

 

[pamelaz]

A shot I did with a model after a beauty shoot.. just experimenting and playing around.. I think I might like this enough for my book though.

Makeup/Hair: Margina Dennis
Model: Erin from SVM NY

 

[hugobossdaria]

beautiful pic

 

[Arug]

Urban Stylin Those are supercute! Good work!

 

[.francesca]

hey pamela!

i really like the composition and styling, and the highlight on the right, but the highlight on the left is too blown out..it's a bit distracting to me. but i really like it..i think it would be good for your book.

 

[pamelaz]

hey pamela!

i really like the composition and styling, and the highlight on the right, but the highlight on the left is too blown out..it's a bit distracting to me. but i really like it..i think it would be good for your book.

The highlights were planned to be blown out.. they're definetely not accidents. In fact when shooting it, I kept turning up power/exposing to get it even more blown. I have some more where they are not as harsh, but the overall image just isn't that strong then. I really think the highlights, even blown give it more character.. it's more of an extreme edge. It's a major part of the image. All of my work is very technically planned and I'm trying to get out of that a bit and play around with lighting... and not have the model "sit right there, to the left, an inch to the left.. no no bring it back, yes!" It's a struggle with me sometimes.

 

[.francesca]

i totally know what you mean about highlights and blow outs being deliberate..i do stuff like that all the time. i think my only problem with it is that it looks unintentional...they're smallish, not very dramatic..the corner of her eye on the left just sort of gets lost and blurred near the highlight, and i wish it were a bit more in focus or clear. i love your stuff and this is no exception. keep it up!

 

[pamelaz]

Now back to a giant beauty shoot that needs editing....

 

[.francesca]

i can't wait to see more of your stuff, pamela.

also i just wanted to apologise if it sounds like i'm being over-critical...i don't mean to be. i like your work a lot and seeing it makes me think more critically about my own work. i'm really proud/glad that you moved to nyc to do this..that's my next big life step!

anyway, thanks everyone for sharing your work..i promise to post more soon!

 

[pamelaz]

i can't wait to see more of your stuff, pamela.

also i just wanted to apologise if it sounds like i'm being over-critical...i don't mean to be. i like your work a lot and seeing it makes me think more critically about my own work. i'm really proud/glad that you moved to nyc to do this..that's my next big life step!

anyway, thanks everyone for sharing your work..i promise to post more soon!

You're not overly critical! Sure some of it I don't agree on as we all shot for our own person, but the next time I shoot I'll question things more. It helps because sometimes you're so involved in something different in that photograph you over look things. Most of the time in editing and post production, I edit and then leave it for a few hours or a day.. and then come back to it.. there's always things you don't see the first time around. Having people in the same field look at your work, especially emerging.. it's helpful. I post my work here for that reason. I'm glad I finally made the move here.. things are going 10x better than expected. I'm finally meeting/shooting the things I want.. it's baby steps right now.. but in the big picture, it's HUGE. The best part of this to me is making things happen with other creative people. I finally have amazing stylists/makeup/hair and REAL models. It makes shoots 10x funner and better working with people who have that passion. As cheesy as it sounds, it's very very exciting. So get moving!

 

[Deleted member 1957]

Urban Stylin Those are supercute! Good work!

thanks alot. my site is cmg soon theres plenty there will send a link,
otherwise great stuff posted here of late very professional and easy on the eyes!

 

[Fintan]

What a great thread, you guys are seriously good. Unfortunately I dont have as much experience as you guys but you know I'm learning every day. So any constructive crit on this appreciated.

Fintan

 

[Arug]

Fintan, the colours are great!
But the anatomy of the picture is kind of dull.
I was always taught that you must give more space to the direction you model is gazing at. And not place the main thing to the middle of the picture.
There's constructive for you.

 

[.francesca]

i agree...a centered picture is boring. have you learned about rule of thirds? it's a simple technique to make sure that a picture is balanced without being boring. in this instance, and going along with what arug said about giving more space to the direction the model is gazing, composing the shot with the model more towards the left of the frame, gazing to the right, would have made the image stronger compositionally.

also, the background merger of the white graffiti is distracting..i don't know if that was done on purpose or not, but it's not doing anything positive for the image. i think the image could be a bit more dynamic. i love the colors and the outfit the model is wearing is interesting, but at this point it kind of looks more like a snapshot than a fashion shot.

good start fintan! i can't wait to see some more work.

 

[Fintan]

hey, thanks for the crit and comments, always appreciated!
Heres another from the same session which is more off centre.

 

[ya2]

hi everyone! some of my photos