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Re: Recent Professional Works
« Reply #3540 on: June 28, 2012, 04:27:49 am »

Great Cooter!

To all the commercial guys out there, or guys/gals wanting to shoot commercial, look at the Cooters site.  Understand story.  Embrace motion.



Thanks T.

This week, we presented on two projects at separate times, separate clients meeting with 12 to 14 people.

This intro was shot with RED's, medium format, 35mm stills, even motion film cameras.

It's interesting, the presentation (after this website opening) was 6 pages of interactive html 5 imagery that went into detail, but honestly the opening covered most of what everyone wanted to see, because they got the message.

They understood we shot still and motion, dialog and mos, lifestyle and fashion/fashion product centric and the intro raised the most interest and if they didn't they got the message we shoot for commerce and cover it in a lot of ways and today that seems to be the goal.

I think all of us face the promotional challenge of getting our message out.    Too many words, nobody has time to read.  Too few words and we run the risk of boring people to death or nobody reading or listening.

The one thing I did get from this is the lines have blurred.


IMO

BC
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Re: Recent Professional Works
« Reply #3541 on: June 29, 2012, 03:32:21 pm »


The one thing I did get from this is the lines have blurred.

BC




Not only yours but mine, too: I set off some time this evening to catch up with LuLa posts and then close down to work on some pics of my own. So what happened? I spent the time watching your movies instead, and finally got to see your 'muso in Paris' after all the traumas of not being able to open it before!

Great site.

Rob C

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Re: Recent Professional Works
« Reply #3542 on: June 29, 2012, 07:23:04 pm »

Hello,

First shoot with my new Nikon D800E

Stats:

Nikon D800E
Nikon 85mm F1.4G@ F2.8
60th Sec
160 ISO
Chimera Triolet with Bowens Waffer medium soft box

Cheers

Simon
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« Reply #3543 on: June 30, 2012, 02:31:38 am »

Sushi Bar with Nikon D800 + Pentax 645 120mm macro lens. 1/100 seg F/11

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« Reply #3544 on: June 30, 2012, 05:44:40 am »

great portrait Simon, it's very medium format in feel and execution. that's really going to upset the MFD purists  ::)
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« Reply #3545 on: June 30, 2012, 07:04:44 am »

great portrait Simon, it's very medium format in feel and execution. that's really going to upset the MFD purists  ::)

You mean because of the fake blur?
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Re: Recent Professional Works
« Reply #3546 on: June 30, 2012, 07:49:25 am »

Simon, excellent work as usual. Nice to see you enjoying your new camera.

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« Reply #3547 on: June 30, 2012, 11:47:45 pm »

Another one from the Sushi Bar with Nikon D800 + Pentax 645 120mm macro lens. 1/100 seg F/11.

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« Reply #3548 on: July 01, 2012, 01:06:43 am »

You mean because of the fake blur?
For an 85mm at f/2.8, that looks real enough.  It's a very nice portrait.  On my screen, the shoulder camera right is severely posterized.  It's probably a JPG artifact. 

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« Reply #3549 on: July 01, 2012, 02:37:16 am »

Hi Luke,

Good spotting. I have redone the shot and it looks a lot better

Cheers

Simon
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« Reply #3550 on: July 01, 2012, 10:36:38 am »

Very strong portrait Simon. Enjoy your new camera..
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« Reply #3551 on: July 01, 2012, 03:50:50 pm »

Hi Antonio,

Thanks your food shots look very appetizing. Yes this new Nikon like yours is for me perfect for the work I do and is just spectacular. I am looking forward to shooting some cars in my studio in a few weeks with my new beast. As a result of getting the new camera I have decided to sell my entire Mamiya 645AFDII kit as it now completely obsolete and use the money in new Nikon glass like the 28mm F1.8, 45mm PC-E, 85mm PC-E and hopefully later this year Nikon’s new 17mm PC-E.

Cheers

Simon
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Re: Recent Professional Works
« Reply #3552 on: July 01, 2012, 04:41:57 pm »

Hi Antonio,

Thanks your food shots look very appetizing. Yes this new Nikon like yours is for me perfect for the work I do and is just spectacular. I am looking forward to shooting some cars in my studio in a few weeks with my new beast. As a result of getting the new camera I have decided to sell my entire Mamiya 645AFDII kit as it now completely obsolete and use the money in new Nikon glass like the 28mm F1.8, 45mm PC-E, 85mm PC-E and hopefully later this year Nikon’s new 17mm PC-E.

Cheers

Simon
I remember you own Leaf Aptus 75. Are you selling that, too? What is your experience in comparing Aptus and D800?
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« Reply #3553 on: July 01, 2012, 04:59:59 pm »

Hello,

I’m keeping my Leaf Aptus 75 to use with my Mamiya RZ and Sinar P2 kits. The biggest problem with Nikon is the software it is simple terrible. The major problem I have with it is I cannot get live video and digital over lay at the same time as I do with Leaf Capture. This feature is very important when shooting packaging where the food stylist have to get every element in the exacte position.

So any one at Nikon is reading this please I beg you to up grade your softwear! As I have only had the new Nikon for a week and am crazy busy I haven't had a chance to compare but I what I have all ready seen the Nikon D800E is superb.

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Simon
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« Reply #3554 on: July 02, 2012, 12:26:28 am »

Hello,

I’m keeping my Leaf Aptus 75 to use with my Mamiya RZ and Sinar P2 kits. The biggest problem with Nikon is the software it is simple terrible. The major problem I have with it is I cannot get live video and digital over lay at the same time as I do with Leaf Capture. This feature is very important when shoot packaging where the food stylist have to get every element in the exacte position.

So any one a Nikon is reading this please I beg you to up grade your softwear! As I have only had the new Nikon for a week and am crazy busy I haven't had a chance to compare but I what I have all ready seen the Nikon D800E is superb.

Cheers

Simon



Simon,

I'm sure you've thought of this but one solution is to print a black and white, clear overlay to go over the back of the camera screen and a second overly that goes over an hdmi monitor, if you want to use the Nikon.

I usually make the large overlay's in 5% and 10% increments and work from that with tape that allows it to flip out of the way.  (Actually we do this on the RED more than any camera).

It may not seem as elegant as an electronic overlay in software, but allows you to add copy delete, twist and turn and give yourself plenty of bleed room, also just flipping the overlay out of the way gives the stylist and client a real view of the complete image.

Then if we want to take it to the max, (in either moving or still), the dit just takes an electronic overlay and put's it into photoshop over a processed jpeg or screen shot, or on motion imagery we drop it into the nle and preview it from start of the clip to finish.

Just a thought, but to me this works a lot better on set than alway waiting for something to process out, until we get close to final.

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BC
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« Reply #3555 on: July 02, 2012, 01:56:09 am »

Hi James,

Thanks for the advice. It reminds me of the old days last century when I would blu tack the layout onto a wall and then put a piece of acetate from a 4x5” sleeve onto the back of the Sinar P2 screen and trace the layout on to it. It was crude but it did the job.

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Simon
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« Reply #3556 on: July 02, 2012, 04:26:28 am »

just use the excellent overlay facility in capture one.  you just drag any jpeg/tiff/raw file and then you can change opacity/scale/position etc, it shows the transparency in photoshop files too.
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Re: Recent Professional Works
« Reply #3557 on: July 02, 2012, 04:37:42 am »

Hello,

I’ve just purchase Phase Capture One for the Nikon D800E as it has digital overlay, but unfortunately Nikon live video won’t work with the software.

Hopefully the nice people at Phase could modify there Capture software so Nikon and Canon live video would work in the future.

This would make me a very happy photographer.

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Simon
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Live view overlays
« Reply #3558 on: July 02, 2012, 08:31:03 am »

On Hasselblads, if you have the Adobe "full kit" you can draw or trace an overlay in Adobe illustrator, and overlay it on live view and re-draw as required?

¿does anyone do this?

¿does it work as well with Phase, Leaf, Sinar...?
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Re: Recent Professional Works
« Reply #3559 on: July 06, 2012, 10:23:45 am »

Not professional, not from mfdb, actually not even a photograph.  What the hell?  ... from the new short film we just shot down in Louisiana.  Red Epic / Cooke Panchro/i + 1/4 Black ProMist filter.

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