fixed the crop in the first one. better?

i picked the bottom crop because with more 'headroom' on the top of the image it throws the whole image a little off balance. it though this was the most comfortable crop to look at.. no?

ya that one was the edit. it was all back lit. which threw a flare on the black part. had to edit it out and turn out like that. how do u guys prevent flares in back lighting?

I always light the background from the front and gobo it, and keep a 2:1 ratio.

thats wat i normally do. i didnt backlight for the purpose of lighting the background. wanted to create kind of silhoutte rim light feel.

edit: i think alot of you will find this thread very helpful :D

http://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=96872

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3605/...72fa2b39f0.jpg

Got a new hat and the Linden pin. Just curious as to what you guys use to edit your photos.

I use lightroom for all my editing

I use photoshop.

light balance-lightroom
editing-photoshop

Just the symmetry? What about the endangered polar bear on an escalator :)

No I didn't, just wasn't into it. Maybe another time.

Thanks for commenting on the blog. Hope most readers haven't found it evident that I've started shortening the stories back to just key points from the day. I'm glad the fact that I'm diligent, it helps out with my poor writing skills. :lol

Exactly what I use both for

Lightroom - Control light, adjust image to proper exposure and WB
Photoshop - Clone, masks, gradients, re-invent the colour wheel

Where did you guys learn how to use photoshop and lightroom? or was it just a trial and error type of thing. You guys got any good links?

There are a lot of good free tutorials on the internet. I go to www.planetphotoshop.com quite often for some cool tutorials, but I'm also taking courses for it too which I find I've learned way more than just learning from tutorials online. But that's just me. Some people will disagree...

1 more from last nite

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/IMG_9719.jpg

http://www3.telus.net/whiew/pic/Eye.jpg
http://www3.telus.net/whiew/pic/Kids.jpg
http://www3.telus.net/whiew/pic/Lion%202.jpg
http://www3.telus.net/whiew/pic/Lion.jpg

^ no color? with a lion dance, those are the things that strike out the most imo

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...2/30250003.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...2/30250021.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3565/...2717f05f6f.jpg

Got Lightroom and installed it today and played around abit. C&C on my editing would be great.

Edit is better in a way that it's brighter, but I think the highlights in the hat are a bit blown out. I think.

Do you just use the quick develop stuff on the side to edit the pictures? or is there more I'm missing

A little better, but the yellow/green is still noticeable from the incandescent house lamp.

Here's my edit.
I upped the blue, dropped the red and green. I found that the highlights weren't as bright as they should be (but this is just a general preference as I like to push to a cleaner white)

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...2717f05f6f.jpg

:cry:I hate you :cry: This program is pretty confusing to use and I'm not wizz with PS either lol

Don't worry, it all comes with practice and time

nice pics craig, the first one is crooked though :p

Well, since i'm around them all the time, i wanted to see how b/w would do.

haha since you mention it. shit, call me a n00b. Thanks again Colin.

I think it's almost time for a better media than the current, shit cheap 400 and cheap developer i'm using. :p