Author Topic: Studio Portrait - Renee Chan (18-Nov-2010)  (Read 38409 times)


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Re: Studio Portrait - Renee Chan (18-Nov-2010)
« Reply #11 on: 23 November 2010, 19:49:20 »
though I just join a bit in the practise, but I really don't like the studio...or maybe the previous one is too good...particular we don't have to wait one-by-one..which is not fun at all...
No, shooting in studio should be one by one!  If more than 1 person shoot at one time, the flash lights will be interfered.  Model will be confused too.  It would be very impolite if you shoot while another photographer is shooting. 
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Re: Studio Portrait - Renee Chan (18-Nov-2010)
« Reply #12 on: 23 November 2010, 19:58:53 »
Chin, are you shooting in 'RAW' format?  For Raw files, you can restore much details for under exposed area.
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Re: Studio Portrait - Renee Chan (18-Nov-2010)
« Reply #13 on: 23 November 2010, 20:42:34 »
Chin, are you shooting in 'RAW' format?  For Raw files, you can restore much details for under exposed area.

Yes in RAW. I know I can do a lot of manipulations with the RAW files. I just don't know how and not yet learned. I don't even have Photoshop on my Mac, just using Aperture which is more of a management software than manipulation software.

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Re: Studio Portrait - Renee Chan (18-Nov-2010)
« Reply #14 on: 23 November 2010, 21:17:44 »
Chin, are you shooting in 'RAW' format?  For Raw files, you can restore much details for under exposed area.

Yes in RAW. I know I can do a lot of manipulations with the RAW files. I just don't know how and not yet learned. I don't even have Photoshop on my Mac, just using Aperture which is more of a management software than manipulation software.
I think you know how to increase/decrease exposure by 'Lightroom/Aperture'.  Actually, Lightroom is a simplied version for Photoshop.  In Photoshop, you can adjust the exposure part by part in a picture.  This mean you can lighten up some dark area of your pic while maintaining the exposure for rest of the part.  I can show you how to do this next time. 
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Re: Studio Portrait - Renee Chan (18-Nov-2010)
« Reply #15 on: 23 November 2010, 21:22:53 »
Felix, good job!  Have you sharpened the pictures?  I found that some of your pics are very high in contrast.  What 'picture style' are you using?  For my D3X, I used standard picture style before but the portrait pics were very 'hard', not smooth.  Later, I downloaded the 'portrait' picture style from Nikon website, problem was solved.  I am not sure if you know this or not.  Just for sharing, enjoyed shooting with you that night. ::)
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Re: Studio Portrait - Renee Chan (18-Nov-2010)
« Reply #16 on: 23 November 2010, 21:48:02 »
I think you know how to increase/decrease exposure by 'Lightroom/Aperture'.  Actually, Lightroom is a simplied version for Photoshop.  In Photoshop, you can adjust the exposure part by part in a picture.  This mean you can lighten up some dark area of your pic while maintaining the exposure for rest of the part.  I can show you how to do this next time. 

Yes in Aperture I can increase the exposure either wholly or partly. Maybe I should have spent more time to tune a good color/feel combination.

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Re: Studio Portrait - Renee Chan (18-Nov-2010)
« Reply #17 on: 23 November 2010, 23:31:36 »
Felix, good job!  Have you sharpened the pictures?  I found that some of your pics are very high in contrast.  What 'picture style' are you using?  For my D3X, I used standard picture style before but the portrait pics were very 'hard', not smooth.  Later, I downloaded the 'portrait' picture style from Nikon website, problem was solved.  I am not sure if you know this or not.  Just for sharing, enjoyed shooting with you that night. ::)
Kai哥,D相setting有左加少少sharpness.High contrast就係我用mac執返wb&ev+-時調整過!!'picture style' 用vi(鮮艷)"係好耐之前set....都冇轉過 ;D~
D3x出來效果徧硬,可能係機本身成色取向有分別...又極可能係我的105mm係mirco鏡,焦點以外比一般鏡soft好多!!希望下次有機會再跟Kai哥你影過 :D

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Re: Studio Portrait - Renee Chan (18-Nov-2010)
« Reply #18 on: 24 November 2010, 15:25:13 »
Felix, good job!  Have you sharpened the pictures?  I found that some of your pics are very high in contrast.  What 'picture style' are you using?  For my D3X, I used standard picture style before but the portrait pics were very 'hard', not smooth.  Later, I downloaded the 'portrait' picture style from Nikon website, problem was solved.  I am not sure if you know this or not.  Just for sharing, enjoyed shooting with you that night. ::)
Kai哥,D相setting有左加少少sharpness.High contrast就係我用mac執返wb&ev+-時調整過!!'picture style' 用vi(鮮艷)"係好耐之前set....都冇轉過 ;D~
D3x出來效果徧硬,可能係機本身成色取向有分別...又極可能係我的105mm係mirco鏡,焦點以外比一般鏡soft好多!!希望下次有機會再跟Kai哥你影過 :D
You may try the 'protrait' style for studio shooting next time.  Vivid style is very high in contrast.  For protrait pics, lower contrast would be better.  I also have a 105mm micro, this is a very good lense for protrait shooting.   ;D
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