Topic: Re: Recent Professional Works 2 (Read 1208054 times)

JoeKitchen · « **Reply #1940 on:** December 30, 2015, 03:35:04 pm »

Thanks Michael. It is my favorite Bourbon, and a nice bottle too.

Interesting texture. Have you thought about having it applied to just the background, and making it more intense?

MichaelEzra · « **Reply #1941 on:** December 30, 2015, 03:49:06 pm »

Hi Joe, this was a first attempt to get the feel of it. Normally I avoid texturing the main subject to this extent. You are right, adding more depth to background would give a nicer isolation as well.

Ironically, I so much enjoy finding the balance at which point degradation of image technical quality is sufficient to amplify the viewer's emotional response, yet is still faithful to our pixel peeping:) Here is a slightly warmer rendering, more reminiscent to the yellowing of the older paintings. I imagine, it was not painter's agenda at that time to deviate much the white balance to the warmer tones:)

and this one is per your suggestion:)

Craig Lamson · « **Reply #1942 on:** December 30, 2015, 05:42:31 pm »

Quote from: JoeKitchen on December 30, 2015, 11:14:22 am

Such a nice Christmas present I had to photograph it!

(In case anyone is wondering, altogether I used five strobes, one 4'x4' diffusion, three bounce cards, three black cards, and four or five mirrors/foil ... and, of course, I did use a camera! )

It was such a a welcome and nice gift I had to photograph it...such a great blue!

I used no strobes, no fill cards and no diffusion and of course I used an iPhone!

BTW, Nice Photo Joe

JoeKitchen · « **Reply #1943 on:** January 03, 2016, 11:27:21 am »

Time for a Black & Tan!

Would love to know if you think I should use this image with or without the brand?

D Fuller · « **Reply #1944 on:** January 04, 2016, 12:26:22 am »

Quote from: JoeKitchen on January 03, 2016, 11:27:21 am

Would love to know if you think I should use this image with or without the brand?

All rights issues aside ( I have no idea how they'd play here), it's better with the brand. Guiness IS stout, so not using the mark seems silly.

To findly quote the Guiness marketing folks, "Guiness is good for you."

razrblck · « **Reply #1945 on:** January 04, 2016, 09:20:23 am »

I also like it with branding, but I feel like it is too close to the edge of the picture.

And now I want a nice, cold beer.

JoeKitchen · « **Reply #1946 on:** January 04, 2016, 12:26:20 pm »

Quote from: razrblck on January 04, 2016, 09:20:23 am

And now I want a nice, cold beer.

That's exactly what it is suppose to make you want!

BTW, just put the branded image on my website.

alatreille · « **Reply #1947 on:** January 04, 2016, 12:56:55 pm »

Quote from: JoeKitchen on January 04, 2016, 12:26:20 pm

That's exactly what it is suppose to make you want!

BTW, just put the branded image on my website.

Did you guys ever see the run of 30 second Guinness commercials titled brilliant? [URL][https://m.youtube.com/results?q=guinness%20brilliant&sm=12][URL]

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drmike · « **Reply #1948 on:** January 05, 2016, 02:41:41 am »

The idea of drinking Guinness straight from the bottle sounds awful even if it is bottled. In ye Goode Olde Days when I was young bottled Guinness was sold 'live' with a ring of yeast in the bottom of the bottle so pouring it clear was quite tricky. It all added to the mystique

I was so up myself I would try and buy bottled Guinness from Dublin and felt that the draft version was a bit common

That said I drank plenty of it. The cruel test of any new bar tender was to order 50-50 draft Guinness and cider. If they could serve that with a reasonable head they were doing well.

Mike

Jeremy Roussak · « **Reply #1949 on:** January 05, 2016, 03:45:56 am »

Quote from: drmike on January 05, 2016, 02:41:41 am

The cruel test of any new bar tender was to order 50-50 draft Guinness and cider. If they could serve that with a reasonable head they were doing well.

Were they allowed to grimace at the waste of Guinness?

Jeremy

drmike · « **Reply #1950 on:** January 05, 2016, 03:49:59 am »

Possibly:) They certainly showed great determination. It was a good sport when young.

Sadly it seems I have become alcohol intolerant and so on a recent visit to Dublin I couldn't see if my youthful memories of Guinness were true. It looked good though.

MichaelEzra · « **Reply #1951 on:** January 09, 2016, 04:30:15 pm »

Portrait from a recent session

MichaelEzra · « **Reply #1952 on:** January 11, 2016, 02:50:31 pm »

One more

Eric Myrvaagnes · « **Reply #1953 on:** January 11, 2016, 03:39:40 pm »

Lovely light in both of these portraits, Michael. Kind of Rembrandt-like, especially the first.
In the second, I love the parental hand reaching out to catch the kid if he starts falling off the chair (or jumps).

Eric

MichaelEzra · « **Reply #1954 on:** January 11, 2016, 04:41:22 pm »

Thanks, Eric:) And this photo explains why there were 2 chairs on the second photo:))

Eric Myrvaagnes · « **Reply #1955 on:** January 11, 2016, 05:35:37 pm »

That's nice, too.

The two chairs suggests you were hoping to get a good one of both kids in the same shot, which would require much more than photographic skills, I suspect.

Eric

MichaelEzra · « **Reply #1956 on:** January 11, 2016, 06:24:49 pm »

Exactly! "hoping"

))

MichaelEzra · « **Reply #1957 on:** January 12, 2016, 10:28:44 pm »

Before and After:)

BobDavid · « **Reply #1958 on:** January 13, 2016, 12:09:02 am »

Michael, "After" is an amazing picture. To me, it's the strongest of the recent set. It's interesting looking at your color portraits. I think you are onto something...

Eric Myrvaagnes · « **Reply #1959 on:** January 13, 2016, 10:07:03 am »

Quote from: BobDavid on January 13, 2016, 12:09:02 am

Michael, "After" is an amazing picture. To me, it's the strongest of the recent set. It's interesting looking at your color portraits. I think you are onto something...

Absolutely.

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