The Shutterbug Society; Activity #3: Ask and Answer

[ed1nburgh.livejournal.com]

Activity: Ask and Answer
Points: 10 points participatioon
Dates: NOW until Thursday, July 1 at 22:00 PDT.

Details: Since this is a photography club and we have members of all skill levels, for this activity, you're going to have the opportunity to ask or answer photography questions you've always wondered!

FOR QUESTIONS: Be sure that it is a question of substance. Asking, "What's a camera?" will not get you points, but asking something of more substance, such as "What is the rule of thirds?" or "What's the difference between digital cameras and film cameras," will count towards points. If you are only planning on asking questions, you must ask THREE questions to get participation points.

FOR ANSWERS: If you know the answer to a question you see, feel free to respond! In order to get participation points, you must answer one question with at least five, complete sentences. It is encouraged that you post an example of what you're talking about, to make your answer totally clear.

Of course, feel free to go beyond the minimum! You may ask more than three questions or answer more than one, or any combination thereof.

If you have any questions for me, please respond to the thread below!

Shoot things, legally! Join The Shutterbug Society today!

Comments

[gringotts.livejournal.com]

I try to set up my shots so I don't have to edit much, but since I'm a portrait photographer, well.... portraits and retouching come hand in hand. For MAJOR jobs (such as schools, dance classes etc.) I barely do any editing, especially if they're young. I'll touch up their skin a little if they have LARGE blemishes and I'll fix any err... well, cameltoe's if they are in leotards LOL THAT FELT SO WRONG TO TYPE XD

If it's for a standard shoot, it depends on what kind it is. If it's a fashion shoot, generally A LOT of editing goes into it. If it's a wedding... I tend to try to avoid editing as much as possible.

At the end of the day it's always good to pretend like you can't edit the photo and try to capture it as close to what you want as possible.

Nadine//Claw

[ed1nburgh.livejournal.com]

As a landscape/city photographer, I usually spend a LOT of time on set-up and less time on editing. For non-people shoots, it should be more about the setup.

When shooting nowadays, I primarily shoot in infrared, because you can either get white foliage (HERE (http://kalbaxecnailla.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d240n8t)) or get ultra-long exposures during daytime (HERE (http://kalbaxecnailla.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1hvtsw)). Infrared is a LOT of set-up, though my Nikon saves presets so that makes things a little faster. Infrared is then about 55% setup and 45% editing; in order to get that characteristic infrared look, you HAVE to be able to edit it a lot, because right out of the camera, it doesn't look very good at all. But that's the way infrared is supposed to be.

With regular landscapes, I usually do longer exposures anyway, and during the daytime, this requires a lot of filters and crap (don't you love my technical terms?) to be able to get the right exposure. Again, it's mostly set up, but with a little post-processing: fixing colours, adjusting exposure, etc.

tl;dr set up as much as you can so you have less to edit later--let nature do the work!