Re: Recent Professional Works 2

[MrSmith]

A couple of recent jobs, grinder for a cover of a coffee mag, and a BFI film festival sponsored by IWC shot (offset for copy)

[Justinr]

Awesome shot.

It has a LOT of heavy duty compositing work but looks good. I mean, as long as potential clients who decide to make this location the venue for their wedding do not expect to get images like this during their event, since it is an impossible image to get, it is "ethically" fine. The view is a product of your arrangement of elements, that true, are actually there, but not arranged in that way for real.

False advertising? Dunno, gray area there.

But besides that I like how you made the image.

That's the problem, many will, and when they don't the wedding photographer is obviously at fault.

[Justinr]

Many, many years shooting that type of shot and then teaching architectural shooting for many more.

Well it is Ireland (or somewhere in the U.K.) Grey is what you get to work with all too often.

Now don't be so hard on poor auld Ireland. We may not get spoiled rotten with sunshine but the trick is to have the sky work in your favour.

[JoeKitchen]

Shot this earlier this week for a resort client.  P45+ on the Arca RM3Di with a Roddie 55mm.  I am finding that the 55mm is a really nice angle of view for resort work. 

[leeonmaui]

One to proof, then to print and mount and hang in the gallery.

[SecondFocus]

WOW That is gorgeous!

Curious, what was your lens here? Actually I just looked...."Zeiss Planar T* 2/80" and at f2.

Leica S2


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[bcooter]

WOW That is gorgeous!

Curious, what was your lens here? Actually I just looked...."Zeiss Planar T* 2/80" and at f2.

Thanks Ian.

The Contax/Zeiss 80 and the 55 I use the most.  I think I can make the 80 f2 look like almost any lens, from long to short and it's just so tight.

It truly is a great piece of glass.

It's actually smoother on the Contax than the Leica, because the Contax has a smoother shutter and curtain, but the 80 seems to fit the format of the S2 better.

I shot this where I couldn't see it as the camera was angled up against a wall, so I blocked it, then focused, then moved it in position, somewhat guessed the angle and shot.  Only shot about 3 frames of this pose.

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[Chris Barrett]

recent work for a long time client, fun space...



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[Ken R]

recent work for a long time client, fun space...



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Really like the space and shot. Very nice balance of elements.

[JoeKitchen]

recent work for a long time client, fun space...



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Awesome!  Could you tell me what lens and camera you used?  My guess would be the 55mm.

[Chris Barrett]

Thanks,  actually I believe it was the 70.  I was able to back up quite a bit.  Rm3d / IQ 260.

[JoeKitchen]

This is from a recent project; the client really liked this image and will be using it in an ad.  

Shot with the old Roddie 90mm, which is incredibly sharp.  I can not image how Rodentsock actually improved this lens beyond what it already was.

 

[BobDavid]

Shot this earlier this week for a resort client.  P45+ on the Arca RM3Di with a Roddie 55mm.  I am finding that the 55mm is a really nice angle of view for resort work. 

Sorry to say Joe, this photo has no sparkle. The light is flat and the OOF foreground is a bit off-putting. But if the client is happy and pays, more power to you.

[JoeKitchen]

Sorry to say Joe, this photo has no sparkle. The light is flat and the OOF foreground is a bit off-putting. But if the client is happy and pays, more power to you.

Thanks for the response Bob; that is what they wanted.

[Mitchell Baum]

Nice shots.
I'm really curious what grinder that is?

Best,

Mitchell

[alatreille]

Chris,

Lovely shot.  The depth is wonderful, and my eye roams around from person to person eager to understand what they are doing.  Use of people perfectly balanced to complement the various areas of the design.

Could you tell us a little about any supplementary light you used on this?

Best.
Andrew

recent work for a long time client, fun space...



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[MrSmith]

Nice shots.
I'm really curious what grinder that is?

Best,

Mitchell

It's an HG-one. Very much a coffee geek thing as the burrs are huge and it's the most expensive hand grinder you can buy, the idea being that the slower speed means no heat getting into the grinds, it's a lovely object and beautifully machined but I prefer the arm work to be done by an electric motor.

[Chris Barrett]

Could you tell us a little about any supplementary light you used on this?

Andrew, I like to keep the images feeling really natural, so we being with a foundation of ambient light.  So there was the overall office lighting plus a lot of soft daylight coming in from the right.  A lot of that daylight was not to my liking, so I closed a number of the blinds.  I also twisted off a number of fixtures in the foreground to increase depth.  Then we bring in our strobes to pump up areas that are too dark.  One is through a small silk foreground right, that puts the soft hilight in the wood table and adds shape to the backs of the chairs.  There is a strobe hidden and bouncing in the little room foreground left to open that up.  There is an umbrella in each midground room (on the left) to move your eye back (these also throw light across the floor for interest).  We have a 12x silk in the far back left with a strobe to open that area, increase depth.  Then we add little dedolight 150s for accents like the orange curtain foreground left.

I also blend in darker exposures to subdue blown out light fixtures.

I think that's about it.

CB

[alatreille]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the detailed description..
I like your approach (feels similar to mine - though with far more experience and detail) that natural lighting (be it designed in or the sun) is a key feeling to aim for.
I remember some of your other posts where you talked lots about HMI's etc? Here, you are talking strobes. Is this a very job dependent decision/choice?

I think your action that does it for me in this photograph is:

I also twisted off a number of fixtures in the foreground to increase depth.

I see this now and it has wonderful effect with the 12x silk to the rear and interest on the floor....drawing my eye around the composition.
Did you shoot this on your RM and stitch?

Cheers

Andrew

[Chris Barrett]

Over time we just found that we worked more efficiently with strobe.  Just being able to dial one down 3/10 of a stop is so much more accurate and fast than scrimming and HMI.  I still love Kinos but also find them rather cumbersome, like the HMI.