Hello Lea, First of all thanks very much for your detailed feedback on the pictures. I had the same thoughts you have expressed in your email when I shooting these pictures. You are right the Agent wants to use two or three of the pictures for promotional purposes and submit them to the local newspaper. The agent insisted on his classic car being in the picture as he wants to compare his service to classic service. He wanted the dog because he wants to post his picture by some petstores. I did take some pictures with a fill flash (only a few) and yes I noticed that there is a color bleed, I did not know why it happened and may be its a digital camera phenomenon. I used D70 with Nikon 50mm/f1.4 lens. The house in the background is his own house and he was little bit hesistant to show his house in the pictures. He did not have a good sold sign, but he did want a picture taken with his sign and that was the only available sign. May be I should mention it to him that we need a better looking sign and covering more house in the background. Appreciate your feedback on selection of the pictures, may be I can print them and give it to him. He said there are few other agents who want their pictures taken and he wants me to do it. The feedback I am getting from this list is very helpful and I am learning a lot. by the way I am shooting these pictures for any money. Best regards, Srinivasa Regeti --- lea <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Emily makes some very good points. I looked at the > first images thinking > this shoot was just playtime but the further I got > into the images the > easier it was to see that you were doing some promo > photography work for > this realtor. Then I became very confused as to what > the car, the dog, > the houses, the signs all had to say about this guy > and of course I > began wondering what the purpose of the photographs > would be. The more I > saw the more confused I became although I think > several of the images > are very good. > > I would be cautious, as Emily suggests, in not > presenting this guy as > too rich...I wouldn't care how many cars he has or > what kind of dogs he > has, I would care about how he's going to work for > me to sell my house. > These photos show off the fact that he is obviously > well-to-do but they > don't show me that he's a nice guy and easy to work > with...that's what > I'd want to know. > > I do think you need to open the shadows in the eyes > a bit with some fill > flash and I'd get closer. I'd also pay attention to > where you place him > in the frame in shots with houses...in some images > he looks overly large > compared to the house and in others there is so much > roof showing that > it's distracting. You might consider him posed as if > welcoming someone > into a home...take advantage of the opportunities > presented by doorways. > > I would ditch every one of the images with his for > sale sign in > them...the sign looks garrish and cheap compared to > his clothing, the > car and the houses. Actually, I take that back...the > image 663 would be > very good if the background object were a a house > and not a car. You > could definitely work with this concept and get some > good images with > the right house in the right setting. > > I'm curious about how these images were shot as I'm > noticing some color > bleeding from his white shirt in several > images...644 is one. There > seems to be flare caused by the whiteness of his > shirt. This tends to be > a digital phenomenon as far as I know. > > All that being said, I really, really like image 669 > and if this guy is > trying/wishing to show off his well-to-do status > this would be a great > print to have framed in the office! > > Lea > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Srinivasa" <photo@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - > Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 8:47 AM > Subject: Re: Need some advice > > > > I finally took some pictures over the weekend. > Weather > > wasnt too great. however I tried my best. Here are > the > > pictures... > > > > http://www.regeti.com/gallery/webdoyle > > > > > > After I took the pictures I realised that I could > have > > done much better especially with the shadows in > his > > eyes. I did not use any filters and the pictures > are > > not modified either. > > > > Based on your feedback may be I can try again. By > the > > way my skill level is only at a medium level much > > lesser than most of the members here. > > > > thanks, > > -regeti- > > > > --- shy_mel_photo@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > Perfectly said, Emily! > > > > > > Shyrell > > > > > > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:06:19 -0400 "Emily L. > > > Ferguson" <elf@xxxxxxxx> > > > writes: > > > > Well, I'd start by thinking about what's > important > > > in the picture. > > > > > > > > Him - his face primarily and especially his > eyes > > > > His professionalism - as a realtor primarily > > > > His approachability - sympathetic persona > > > > His aura of successfulness - antique car and > big > > > dollar house > > > > > > > > Now he wants to be real careful about how he > > > parades his competence, > > > > > > > > since he's making money off every sale and if > he > > > looks too rich > > > > he'll > > > > drive away the lower end sellers and buyers, > and > > > if he looks too > > > > common the high end sellers won't give him a > > > second look. > > > > > > > > But first and foremost he's selling real > estate, > > > not antique cars. > > > > > > > > So, if all his clients are high end, I'd get > the > > > car in front of a > > > > recently sold high end house and figure out > how to > > > make his face the > > > > > > > > most important part of the picture. > > > > > > > > As for filters - get the essentials - his > face, > > > his trade. Worry > > > > about filters some other day unless his skin > is > > > some awful color > > > > (like green) and you need to correct for it. > > > Polarized clouds are > > > > not going to sell houses, he is. Fancy cars > are > > > not going to sell > > > > houses, he is. All the print output is going > to > > > be digital anyway, > > > > > > > > so he's going to need digital files for his > > > printer. If something > > > > awful happens with the color you can fix it in > > > Photoshop, but the > > > > worst thing that could happen is that you'd > forget > > > to use the fill > > > > flash, or to dial it down far enough to not > blow > > > out the > > > > highlights. > > > > > > > > And in advance, get someone to sit for you and > > > shoot their face from > > > > > > > > a bunch of different angles. Look over the > take > > > and notice the > > > > psychological effect on the viewer of the > angles. > > > > > > > > Pick one that's right for a friendly realtor. > > > > -- > > > > Emily L. Ferguson > > > > mailto:elf@xxxxxxxx > > > > 508-563-6822 > > > > New England landscapes, wooden boats and > races, > > > press photography > > > > http://www.vsu.cape.com/~elf/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
