Recent Professional Works

[Frank Doorhof]

Thanks.
Camera : Mamiya RZ67proII
back : leaf aptusII-7
lens : 140 and 110mm

[AnthonyHope]

Antony, 150mm F3.5 seems to cause a much less pronounced color cast than 80mm. BTW, just in case, in order to subtract the cast, you can use Image/Apply, select mode "subtract" and offset equal to the brightest level of the white balance corrected image of the graycard.

Michael,
          Hi, ok, I'll give that a try. Its good to hear the 150mm isn't as bad as the 80mm.

Thanks for all the help.

Have fun..

Cheers

[tetsuo77]

Which inevitable has to be what they put in the showroom.

But yes, the 70s do carry a lot of blame: the standard-bearer of blancmange had to be the British Ford Sierra.

Rob C

Not really.
The Sierra was, and is, one of the masterpieces of industrial design of that age. Even Giugiaro [never been able to spell that surname right on the first shot, so apologies] is very keen to explain that it is a project he would like to have participated at, but Ford didn´t let him do so.

The problem with the Sierra, as with the first Focus, was their success.
There are very few cars that escape the overall dullness and blandness, and none of them are actually above, say, 15.000 euros in price. And no, Alfas are really not pretty. They are, on the very contrary, predictable, bland, and chinzy. They actually seem to be more of a german take on italian expresso: watered down. But for the 90´s GTV and Spider, I must admit.

But it is very true: apparently we no longer buy diversity, but neighbour-agahsing label. Hence, the epic failure of stuff like the Cougar, the Ka, the 607, Vel Satis, Avantime, first 166, Kappa coupé, C6, C4, A2, and so many others.

[tetsuo77]

Not really.
The Sierra was, and is, one of the masterpieces of industrial design of that age. Even Giugiaro [never been able to spell that surname right on the first shot, so apologies] is very keen to explain that it is a project he would like to have participated at, but Ford didn´t let him do so.

The problem with the Sierra, as with the first Focus, was their success.
There are very few cars that escape the overall dullness and blandness, and none of them are actually above, say, 15.000 euros in price. And no, Alfas are really not pretty. They are, on the very contrary, predictable, bland, and chinzy. They actually seem to be more of a german take on italian expresso: watered down. But for the 90´s GTV and Spider, I must admit.

But it is very true: apparently we no longer buy diversity, but neighbour-agahsing label. Hence, the epic failure of stuff like the Cougar, the Ka, the 607, Vel Satis, Avantime, first 166, Kappa coupé, C6, C4, A2, and so many others.

PS:
Next time, for the sake of style and being quirky, get a Volvo Estate Coupe.
Also known as the P1800ES, or 480ES [the C30 is nothing but a glorified real state agent car. Nothing wrong with real state agents, but so much wrong with their car choices.].

[Rob C]

PS:
Next time, for the sake of style and being quirky, get a Volvo Estate Coupe.
Also known as the P1800ES, or 480ES [the C30 is nothing but a glorified real state agent car. Nothing wrong with real state agents, but so much wrong with their car choices.].

Um, wasn't the Volvo P1800 the Saint car? You know, the coupé with the body made at Pressed Steel in Linwood, Scotland, all those many years ago? I remember seeing some driven past, unpainted, on trucks, through the fine Scottish drizzle. I wonder how long they lasted post-painting.

Estate agents? You must be mixing with the wrong ones: mine is a CLS and SLK AMG family.

;- )

Rob C

[tetsuo77]

Um, wasn't the Volvo P1800 the Saint car? You know, the coupé with the body made at Pressed Steel in Linwood, Scotland, all those many years ago? I remember seeing some driven past, unpainted, on trucks, through the fine Scottish drizzle. I wonder how long they lasted post-painting.

Estate agents? You must be mixing with the wrong ones: mine is a CLS and SLK AMG family.

;- )

Rob C

See?
So much wrong with their cars.
O : )

PS:
The P1800s, P1800e are the Saint car. The P1800ES is not. It is more similar to the defunct Arden XJS, a Jaguar XJS based shooting brake.
By the way, and related to estate agents, the AMG family is usually a perfect fitting for golf clubs or corpses. Specially in black.
O : )

[Rob C]

See?
So much wrong with their cars.
O : )

PS:
The P1800s, P1800e are the Saint car. The P1800ES is not. It is more similar to the defunct Arden XJS, a Jaguar XJS based shooting brake.
By the way, and related to estate agents, the AMG family is usually a perfect fitting for golf clubs or corpses. Specially in black.
O : )

Hey, tetsuo, you're slipping: it's the Fords that look cool in black. Mercs just have to be in silver.

Rob C

[dergiman]

To bring back the thread onto page 1!
Tested the new Profoto gear for its´ability to freeze motion. It does so indeed!

[dustblue]

It's been a long time since last I came here..anyway, recent works for <Food and Wine> and <L'officiel Hommes>

[wolfnowl]

Yes, but did you get to sample your work?  After the shoot, of course...  

Mike.

[BobDavid]

Another dog.

[Imaginara]

Yes, but did you get to sample your work?  After the shoot, of course...  

Mike.

Having shot a few food works, sampling the wares afterwards are not something you actually want to do. Undercooked (or almost raw) meat, clear varnish on veggies, fake buns, fake everything

[dustblue]

Absolutely!  

Having shot a few food works, sampling the wares afterwards are not something you actually want to do. Undercooked (or almost raw) meat, clear varnish on veggies, fake buns, fake everything

[wolfnowl]

Hmph!  Where's the fun in that?  I was under the impression that food shots had to be made to the standards of the restaurant or company normally providing them.  Oh well...

Mike.

[dustblue]

I did sample a lot..but usually not what we shot, the restaurants would offer us a meal after the shooting, and always that's much better than what we shot, at least those are real food  

Dustblue

Hmph!  Where's the fun in that?  I was under the impression that food shots had to be made to the standards of the restaurant or company normally providing them.  Oh well...

Mike.

[Rob C]

Hmph!  Where's the fun in that?  I was under the impression that food shots had to be made to the standards of the restaurant or company normally providing them.  Oh well...

Mike.

I also thought that there was legislation to prevent the use of substitutes for real food in advertising - at least, in Britain. Have I dreamed this? Not a dream I would select from the catalogue, but these choices are usually outwith my personal control, sadly.

On the other hand, it has sometimes occurred to me that it seems odd that the people who do fill my dreams, apparently total strangers for the most part, are all so well formed and characterised. I wonder if that is really some sort of throwback to people/events that one knew in a former life. I don't really feel that it's unlikely; I used to be very sceptical about such thinking, but the older I get and the more I realise how little any of us knows about the world and life, it seems increasingly likely that there is far more to this business of living than we are inclined to accept.

Topically, even the Easter Bunny may have a chance.

Rob C

[Frank Doorhof]

some from last week, just playing around a bit with session.

[Rob C]

Frank, it would be nice if you were able to let the dog see the bones now and again. However, perhaps you use vegetarian models.

;-)

Rob C

[Frank Doorhof]

Ok, ok, ok

I'm just not a nude shooter most of the time

[wolfnowl]

Frank:  I must be getting old - in the third image for example I thought, 'The model is pretty but I love the way the light and shadow is playing over the white cloth'.


Mike.