Sounds like a better approach than swapping heads in Photoshop.
Sounds like a better approach than swapping heads in Photoshop.The variables in group shots exceed the number of people. You have to have command of your environment, you have to have command of your group, you have to have command of all the people were standing around trying to take pictures. Success comes in the way that you manage this. With a sense of humor you can turn to all the people around you and let them know what it is that you need to do. I often suggest that I will set up the shot for them, take my shot and then they can come in to take all the shots they want.
And then, of course, you have to have control of the group. This is a matter of expressing a sense of grace and command at the same time, to enjoin the group in your effort. You have to be able to find the people that are going to lack focus and get right next to them and communicate to them directly. That takes charm and grace. That done you have to be fast and you have to create sustained and focused direction, to get attention For just a few moments.
It is important to move right along. All of this requires that you are in fact in charge. People will know if you are in charge. You don't have to tell them that; you must simply have the demeanor
The variables in group shots exceed the number of people. You have to have command of your environment, you have to have command of your group, you have to have command of all the people were standing around trying to take pictures. Success comes in the way that you manage this. With a sense of humor you can turn to all the people around you and let them know what it is that you need to do. I often suggest that I will set up the shot for them, take my shot and then they can come in to take all the shots they want.
And then, of course, you have to have control of the group. This is a matter of expressing a sense of grace and command at the same time, to enjoin the group in your effort. You have to be able to find the people that are going to lack focus and get right next to them and communicate to them directly. That takes charm and grace. That done you have to be fast and you have to create sustained and focused direction, to get attention For just a few moments.
It is important to move right along. All of this requires that you are in fact in charge. People will know if you are in charge. You don't have to tell them that; you must simply have the demeanor.
Its great that so many professional photographers sell off there old obsolete equipment for a fraction of what they originally cost.
I just never got into digital. I bought a cd player and a few cd's but only used them when my record player broke, ten years later I fixed the record player and now I have 3 and no cd player. Film is a bit the same, bought a digital camera, but hardly used it, dusted the old nikon fg20 off after sitting in the cupboard for ten years and cant stop taking pictures. Digital is predictable and boring.[
Cd players are old hat these days people subscribe to streaming services and stream music, or download it with their computers and play it through their Hi-Fi systems, most of the leading Hi-Fi manufacturers don't make c.d. players any more.Its great that so many professional photographers sell off there old obsolete equipment for a fraction of what they originally cost.
I just never got into digital. I bought a cd player and a few cd's but only used them when my record player broke, ten years later I fixed the record player and now I have 3 and no cd player. Film is a bit the same, bought a digital camera, but hardly used it, dusted the old nikon fg20 off after sitting in the cupboard for ten years and cant stop taking pictures. Digital is predictable and boring.
Cd players are old hat these days people subscribe to streaming services and stream music, or download it with their computers and play it through their Hi-Fi systems, most of the leading Hi-Fi manufacturers don't make c.d. players any more.
I use Spotify in the darkroom/car/office etc., back ground music, but the quality is not the same. Bit like comparing a quality print from multiple machine made 6x4's from a print shop, you may not know a difference until you hold them together.Cd players are old hat these days people subscribe to streaming services and stream music, or download it with their computers and play it through their Hi-Fi systems, most of the leading Hi-Fi manufacturers don't make c.d. players any more.
but you see eddie,
the only people who will say this sort of thing
are folks who don't use minute things as wedge issues
to drove people apart .. in the end the only people who care about
this nonsense are people who insist it is important and try to get people over to
their "tribe" ... but i guess it must matters to some so what do i know ...
it was recently suggested i use film because it is "charming" ...
i am just hoping when the 36,000 people where i live buy rolls of the new "come back kid"
they figure out where to process it since no one for 60+ miles in any direction runs an E6lab
My Hi-fi consists of an amplifier, a cassette deck, an analogue AM/FM tuner and a CD player. The record deck needs replacing. Each part is objectively inferior to modern alternatives, but provide me with a warm fuzzy glow. A bit like film.most of the leading Hi-Fi manufacturers don't make c.d. players any more.
How did people do mass-group photos before?
They just took the photo. If someone lookw goofy, it was because they were goofy looking.
I've done a few group photos in my time - wedding work does that for you.
My most memorable experience though was a group photograph of just about all the attendees at a retirement party for an experienced and very popular courtroom lawyer - a Queens Counsel and a former bencher at that.
The group included Justices of the Court of Appeal, Justices of the Supreme Court of BC, other Queens Counsel and all sorts of other counsel as well.
All people who love to control things!
And this was well into the event - and there was an open bar!
It took all of my courtroom advocacy skills to manage that crowd!
The results were satisfactory, but sadly I didn't keep those negatives so I can't share them here.
Kerrisdale Cameras?
My Hi-fi consists of an amplifier, a cassette deck, an analogue AM/FM tuner and a CD player. The record deck needs replacing. Each part is objectively inferior to modern alternatives, but provide me with a warm fuzzy glow. A bit like film.
I am not sure that film is "inferior" (objectively or subjectively) to the "modern alternative" (digital). Different in some respects, perhaps, yes, but not inferior. I do recognize some of the benefits of digital, but film still produces high quality output.
Was in a small camera store in a mall near me to buy fixer. First time in there since 2008. Back then they reduced their film stock a few rolls of HP5, FP4, TMY, in 35 and 120. One piddly little shelf behind the counter. If I wanted fixer, they had to order it in. I even had a bit of an argument with the manager who told me I'm wasting my time shooting film and that I should buy a dslr. Well he's gone, thankfully. The current manager is pro film. They now have a pretty healthy selection of Ilford, Kodak, Bergger, and other films, as well as paper, and chemicals... and a cabinet of used film gear.
What is a 'mall' ?
What is a 'mall' ?
It's sad that many event photographers dress like they don't give a damn. They deserve disrespect and failure.
It depends what you want from a photograph, but most people would agree that a modern full frame camera has higher resolving power than an equivalent 35mm one. That's what I meant by objective.I am not sure that film is "inferior" (objectively or subjectively) to the "modern alternative" (digital). Different in some respects, perhaps, yes, but not inferior. I do recognize some of the benefits of digital, but film still produces high quality output.
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