Just Digital

Ok, I had a shoot with a photographer called Russell Valentine, it was really interesting

Anyway, these photos I've loaded onto filckr, they have very shallow depth of field which is something I wouldn't normally use so much in portraits...but actually I quiet like it

So how do you guys feel about them??? like the depth of field or not????

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pivotalphotography/

and without looking at exif can you guess what aperture I was using? oh AND THE MAJORITY OF THESE WERE USING MANUAL FOCUS TOO... his idea not mine LOL.. and no I won't be adopting that one LOL...

Look forward to seeing what you think!

i quite like the dof effect dawn, not sure i like the make up quite so heavy around the eyes though, looks like it was in a nice setting

Cool... her make up was a bit over done..but its a bit 60's don't you think?? reminds me of old photos fo Twiggy

yeah it is cool must have been about f1.2

where were they taken?

are you cheating LOL... you know my lens LOL...

It was at J gallery in Moulton... working on getting us a workshop day there

What about the lighting????? what sort of light?

well it had to be what else would you use lol
as for lights theres two up front as i can see the catch lights in here eyes not sure what though

There's quiet a big window behind at the back... and 2 continuous tungsten type lights at the front with sheets of diffuser gel pegged over them .... no flash !!!!! interesting huh LOL

ah boo - would have been fun to join in the guessing...

I like that first one, I think shallow dof lends itself to B&W, otherwise half the time (I think) the bokeh can half look distracting....

Been taking 'snaps' of Matthew with his birthday presents (for thank you notes) and because the light is poor, most of them are at 1.4 and in colour, they don't look that good at all...

Nick...you spoilt Diane's fun !!

I have to say..I kinda like the shallowness.. and on manual focus I reckon I had about 60% spot on LOL.the rest, well they weren't in focus anywhere .... which he didn't think was too bad since most of his were out of focus LOL

Anyway.. its quiet an interesting technique

Manual focus, pah why bother when you've got nicely lit with lights.. lol

lol sorry, you know me nothing better to do with my week off, diane has a propper job and has to work all day, well so she tells us

I like the shallow DoF, but not sure about her eyes, they look a bit like those on the TV Ad about drugs (sorry).

Now that's a useful technique for university work! Very creative!

Glad you like.... her eyes are very big anyway but with the make up it made that even more pronounced LOL... course I had no control over the make up LOL.. I guess you like that or not.. I'd have perfered a less is more approach but hey ho..you go with what you've got

Its quiet an interesting technique Alex... hope it gives you a few ideas

so thats another new lens you need then alex?
just dont go looking up the price of the 85mm f1.2
lol

Nick, stoppit, poor lad'll have a heart attack..

Alex, look up the 50mm 1.8 Canon - much cheaper, and you'll get a pretty shallow dof at 1.8.. 85mm too long for a crop sensor anyway... honest

yeah that would be too long go for the 50mm f1.2

Eeeeeeeek the prices!!! I do like though....

really like the first one - nice to get a different quality and i like the make-up accentuating the eyes further in a B+W shot. the 2nd pic reminds me a bit too much of some sort of alien, so unsure about that one, but the technique def makes for an interesting pic.

Ummmmmm... interesting set of images Dawn.... A couple of them do stand out really well & looks great....... The others I find a bit of putting as one eye is very sharp & other is very soft....I think the 1.2 is extreme in these type of images....... What big eyes (shame about the over kill of makeup though)..... There is though a very 60/70's feel to it ........... Marmite images comes to mind.....