Recent Professional Works

[Abdulrahman Aljabri]

no processing.  This was literally a 10 second conversion.  C1 doesn't have local adjustments, so haven't even pulled this into photoshop to drop the foreground slightly.  As I mentioned just learning to use the Grad filters.  should have tried it with a stop or 2 less.

AMAZING I never knew graduated ND shots come out that clean. By conversion you mean raw to JPG, and what is C1?

[Abdulrahman Aljabri]

Yes ... we 'create images', as opposed to 'take pictures'  

Same thing as Wayne did - using a Grad ND filter and very slow shutter speed - to create the look and mood he was after.

alright, that explains why some of your shots have an HDR flavor. By using a graduated ND filter you are controling light and acheiving results similar to HDR.

I don't have Graduated ND filters but for the Marriott twin bed shot below I used a direct octa + ceiling bounced flash light + slow shutter speed to create this look, as for the window I brought back the window by painting in the details from a faster exposure.

[Snook]

abdul10000, you don't seem to understand what some people are writing in the these posts. Metaphors and similes are the literary terms here.

Yelhsa (Ashley) is saying that he uses conventional "in-camera" techniques that good photographers have been doing for decades. He is not saying he uses ND filters. Wayne is using the ND filters for in-camera control just like Ashley is using lighting and framing for in-camera control.

Ashley has done superb work and participated since back in the Rob Galbraith forum days. His clean sophisticated look is talent and not a result of photoshop.

Sorry John But I read it the same way..
He/ she says they do occassionally use photoshop specially when asked to do an image like this.. referrring I imagine to the image below the comment..
Which obviuosly has photoshopping done to it...
Maybe ashley would clear that up, but I got the same impression as abdul10000...  

Snook

[JoeKitchen]

mind sharing how you lit this scene?

I had used 5 strobes.  The first was placed about 15 ft above the camera so the light would have been absorbed by the white ban and not reflected back to be.  This strobe shot through a 32 in white umbrella.  I place another in the lobby and the vestibule reflecting back out of a 45 in white umbrella.  The last two where in the stairwell.  One was on the first landing as you go down shooting into the conner on the lower right side reflecting out. The last was place on the first landing going up.  This one was about three feet high aimed down at the stair to reflect back up.  

When shooting it I first took a shot with only the strobe above me on, then took one with the others on and that on off.  Then I layer those two in Photoshop and used the lighting layer effect.  

But I think that I may have over light it as well.  I guess I was so involved with balancing the light that over-lighting the space was something that I did not think about.  I did take a shot with no strobes on and I may work on it a little more for a more natural feeling.

[Abdulrahman Aljabri]

ok I am glad I am not alone in my understanding    


one thing that was confusing me was whether Ashley is a man or a woman: glad John cleared that up.

[Snook]

Snook,

You're correct.

I was mixing up the HDR and ND commentary. Just disregard my previous post.

No problem at all.. it did sounds confusing the way it was written and I was not 100% sure myself but thought the same..
was not trying to tell you you were wrong, just thought the same...
All good...:+}

Snook

[Abdulrahman Aljabri]

I had used 5 strobes.  The first was placed about 15 ft above the camera so the light would have been absorbed by the white ban and not reflected back to be.  This strobe shot through a 32 in white umbrella.  I place another in the lobby and the vestibule reflecting back out of a 45 in white umbrella.  The last two where in the stairwell.  One was on the first landing as you go down shooting into the conner on the lower right side reflecting out. The last was place on the first landing going up.  This one was about three feet high aimed down at the stair to reflect back up.

Thanks for replying. I don't understand the part in bold

[JoeKitchen]

Thanks for replying. I don't understand the part in bold

In the glass wall separating the stairwell from where I was standing, above the door is a length of drywall that is not glass.  I had to place the light high enough so that this piece would absorb the strobe instead of it reflecting  back to me in the glass.

[SeanBK]

one thing that was confusing me was whether Ashley is a man or a woman: glad John cleared that up.

As per Ashley's website > It would be Mr. Ashley Morrison & does come across as a gentleman & a scholar in the image posted.

[Abdulrahman Aljabri]

As per Ashley's website > It would be Mr. Ashley Morrison & does come across as a gentleman & a scholar in the image posted.

found it!.... I think

are you referring to this image

http://www.ampimage.com/aboutus2.htm

or this

http://www.ampimage.com/contactus2.htm

[JoeKitchen]

And sometimes HDR is the only way to go.  Aside from a few fresnels hitting some of the servers, I could not really light this space.  Well I could have but it would have taken at least a day and I would have needed to rent 20 times more light then I own, which is a lot.

[haefnerphoto]

Joe, That looks natural to me.  The HDR processing that create a "super real" effect I think is problematic and most of my architectural clients don't like it.  The way you have approached this makes perfect sense.  Jim

[JoeKitchen]

Here are two other shots from the project that I have been posting from.

[Wayne Fox]

AMAZING I never knew graduated ND shots come out that clean. By conversion you mean raw to JPG, and what is C1?

Yes, RAW captured converted to Tiff workfile using CaptureOne Pro, tiff converted to web jpeg with no other work done in photoshop.

I was also quite surprised how clean it turned out.  Obviously the transition area must be fairly straight, but it's easier to work with than I thought it was.  My only regret is all of the years I thought Photoshop was easier and offered better results.  Sometimes yes, but sometimes I now know the Grad ND's are a better tool.

Heres' another one I did the same way .. again almost a straight conversion with very little work in the RAW convertor or Photoshop.  I don't think I nailed the balance here either, but still not bad for right out of the camera. I still have a lot to learn about when and how to use them ... having fun doing that.

5DMk2 with 70-300 DO lens, .9 hard + .6 soft  Grad ND

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[geotzo]

I thought he was saying just the opposite  ... it was easier to shoot it this way than do solve the problem with photoshop.  So I thought they were two different shots.

Very nice use of ND filter indeed.

[Frank Doorhof]

Shot today Leaf Aptus, RZ67ProII 140mm macro

[JoeKitchen]

Shot today Leaf Aptus, RZ67ProII 140mm macro

Nice work, but which Leaf?  Is it the new Aptus 10 56 megapixel?  Also have you ever used leaf for long exposures (like 5 to 60 seconds); if so how does it hold up?

[Frank Doorhof]

Nice work, but which Leaf?  Is it the new Aptus 10 56 megapixel?  Also have you ever used leaf for long exposures (like 5 to 60 seconds); if so how does it hold up?

hi
I own the aptus22.
But I've shot with most aptus2 backs including the 10.
The 10 is absolutly stunning would love to own one

I never use long exposures but 5 seconds in LC should be no problem.

[haefnerphoto]

Here's a recent shot taken of the new Saleen Mustang.  It's the cover of a brochure produced for the vehicle announcement.  Some great photography being shown here lately, very informative too.  Jim
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[Williamson Images]

I really like the curvy light reflections on each edge of the front fenders.  Nice.

Robb

Here's a recent shot taken of the new Saleen Mustang.  It's the cover of a brochure produced for the vehicle announcement.  Some great photography being shown here lately, very informative too.  Jim
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