After two days also no one post.... except hack fusion.... haihz.. i start with the stage first la..

Here is the stage.



Keep posting LYN PPL!!!

This post has been edited by derek87: May 1 2008, 11:48 PM

By Hack Fusion. Help him move here.

2nd batch by hack fusion.

Here's mine. I put the same set on my gallery last night but nobody seem to notice it.

Anyway, here's some from the fashion show at 1Utama I went on Sunday. tried out my latest addition, the 70-300mm and trying out my friend's 580EXll.

Very noob shots la, if compared to the ones I saw at other photography forums.

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Only these are nice... I'm too tired to add watermark on the photos la. Don't curi ah.

other forums? like which one.. ?

This post has been edited by derek87: Apr 28 2008, 02:18 PM

shutterasia

hey ur angle quite center wor, u got nice spot for the shot?

I was on my knees right in front of the stage.

lolz... i was there too when shooting for FCUK...

was u there?

You guys shoot tele..

So here is one of my UWA shots.

pic 1 n 3 like overexpose

when Penang can hv this kind of model har...

This gal is pretty... Any more of her picture?

derek: thanks for the move~

3rd batch

wow fusuion ,
What camera and lens you used ?

I cant read through exif

Here are my 1st batch of photos. Taken with D40 and 55-200mm...My first attempt on fashion show...C&C are welcomed

I think if Canon should b L lens.
70-200 f4L with 3500D + flash unit ?
Just a while guess.

Too warm the photos

This post has been edited by KTCY: Apr 28 2008, 09:26 PM

wow... i like all ur pic, hack-fusion.

they're perfect from my point of view

btw, abit OT, where you guys get the ultraman pic? i oso wan le...

Victor3010:
Ur pics were too warm and some OOF, esp the 1st pic.

, i use 350D + 70-200 F4 L only,

M mode, 1/200-1/250(depend the model movement speed), ISO 400, F5.0-5.6

thanks~~

yes the pic is OOF already, 1st time shoot fashion show, i didnt know is that hard to shot since the model keep moving haha~~

Yes I was there.

Pic 1 maybe I edited too much on brightness. But I kinda like it this way la...

I like how pic 3 was lighted. It must be some one else's flash from the left side. It's nice la in it's own ways I think.

WB = Auto or Manual ?
Cause your WB seems accurate compare to Victor3010

This post has been edited by KTCY: Apr 28 2008, 09:33 PM

use auto~~

I used tungsten.

ok.. I'll take note about it next time.. i set it on auto.. what WB u recommend to use?

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Added on April 28, 2008, 9:55 pmi tried the AF-Servo, the one which track moving subject, is it ok to use that??i find it inaccurate at some times although once it manages to track a subject

This post has been edited by Victor3010: Apr 28 2008, 10:00 PM

Good composition, but i felt the colors were abit warm on the models and the exposure was alittle over.

This post has been edited by travis_ckf: Apr 28 2008, 11:29 PM

Thanks for the compliment dude. If i were to give it a more cool WB, and perfect exposure. The picture wouldn't turn as interesting as it should be. I have my own reasons of not throwing the warmth and the over exposure away from the pic.
The warmth is to show the mood/feeling of the environment.
The slight over exposure is to give it a feel that there's spot lights on the models.
That's what i was thinking when processing them.

Thanks anyway.

This post has been edited by derek87: Apr 29 2008, 12:08 AM

my humble shot, c&c welcome

This shot could be better if it's wider... framing is too tight. need a bit of head space.. and should show the whole lcd at the side...a bit under exposed just my two cents.

#3 is nice.

Other than that is not as good as those i mentioned. need more work. Dont stop. Three more sessions for you to shoot. Grab this chance and practice!

Here are shots from the side. Full body, catwalk. Sorry if you are asking where are the chinese guys pics. Their catwalk is not good, they look awkward in the pictures. Some are still ok. But again. Their looks..a bit Not all, some only. haha...

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This post has been edited by derek87: Apr 29 2008, 01:15 AM

Shot slightly from the front. Look at the first pic and you'll know where i stood. Full body, catwalk shots too.

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#8 This girl has the most consistent catwalk i would say, most of my shots of her, is nice. Her catwalk is better than others.


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#11 This is the only girl that smiled with teeth exposed among the other models. A lot of photog's fav.. lol..


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This post has been edited by derek87: Apr 29 2008, 01:26 AM

./Hack-Fusion: Good pictures man... What kind of system you are using? 70-200?

Victor3010 : Time to upgrade your camera and lenses la... Quality not so good.. First picture seriously OOF... D300+70-200 VR should gurantee the minimum acceptable results...

kwong_82 : Timing has to be improved. Dun simply always looks at your LCD screen for playback. Focus on pictures taking... not playback...

derek87: Overall pictures and angle are ok... But constrast too high on post processing. Higher contrast might work for most pictures, but not potrait and fashion...

Too bad I cannot join you guys... I was sick...

This post has been edited by TheVoIP: Apr 29 2008, 09:29 AM

TheVoIP : i use 350D + 70-200 F4 L

No wonder the results so good... It is a white lense after all...

Last time 300D + 70-200 still shxt results because the tracking was too bad on 300D... I guess 350D improved a lot...

Good job there...

sigh.. Lolita is not there

back hometown already contract over

Missing since Fashion on 1 2007.

Contrast high? maybe gua.... Anyway, this is tamron's colour. i shoot raw..raw = 0 - contrast , 0 sharpness, 0 to everything. process that time also din bump contrast... Haih.. no L colour mah.....

Nonsense. Even giving a top of the end cam like D3 to the TS and yet he will come out with the same old thing. I suggest him to improve his skills before considering upgrading.

TS? LOL..... meh...... im TS... but you highlighted Victor3010.

Sure bo...?

Last time my pictures always suck like his... OOF, bad color... you name it.... everything no good...

After getting 40D and some L lenses, everything change..

See my recent picture this month, simply take only... without flash also ok now;

ops, mistaken identity, i mean was victor3010, not ts!

eric:
if u asked me, i personally felt i not impressed with ur fashion pics with ur 40D, i felt hack did way better. So in the end, it skills that counts

second that.. hack did a great job. Only timing and some framing for certain pics not that perfect. But.. his picture Pops. It like crispy in another way to me..

This post has been edited by derek87: Apr 29 2008, 07:15 PM

Thank you for ur comment, will try to improve my best!

haha.. give me some time, i'll improve, still new in this field, what advice u mind to pass to me on those shots?

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Added on April 29, 2008, 10:34 pm

i personally like ur shot #5 the most,, nice timing and composition.. and the colours is just right

This post has been edited by Victor3010: Apr 29 2008, 10:34 PM

what system are you using? my advice is.

study fashion runway photos before you go shoot without knowing what you actually need to do.

whatever photography it is, study first. then practice with it.. Once you are use to it, you will soon have your own idea to take on a photography assignment.

Take it serious everytime you go out for a shoot. Do not take it as a hobby which you simply just snap snap snap and go home after that, you wont improve like this. Just have to be serious.

And also trial and error. First time cannot, go second time. third time, fourth time.. and so on...

just my 2 cents.

My round for Fashion On 1:

In this series, i was standing not in the photographer section but on the side of it. That why the composition is quite, limited

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In this series meanwhile, i got myself the photographer's tag but was sitting on below the stage. Not a good place IMHO.

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In the following series, i standing on the side inside the photographer's section.

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More to come!

Round 2:

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12.this must be amber chia, but i chopped her hands, argh why she make such pose?!


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hmm.. nice pics. but i wonder how you guys get the photographer tag ah?

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totally non sense... camera and lens combination doesn`t matter in shooting this fashion show... the stage is bright enough for all kinds of camera to focus correctly and fast....
mind you... i used:
300D, 350D, 400D, 30D, 20D
50mm f/1.8, 50mm f/1.4, 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II, 17-40 f/4L, 16-35 f/2.8L, 70-200 f/2.8L IS, 28mm f/1.8...

all this combination. i can get fast and accurate focus even for those cheap combination, i managed to get reasonable speed and accuracy...

the one i bold is correct.. but one thing is why you wanna compare an L lens colour and cheap lens colour... you have the money.. you can go ahead buy what ever you like.. even for 1200mm to shoot that fashion show.... if not get the medium format digital version with leica or carl zeiss to shoot the fashion show.. no one will stop you doing that...

how I wish I have thw time to post up my (Newbie) pics for comments and advice. But I've been very busy in the office of late(and likely will be for the next 3-6 mths) .quite a few of my pics has shadows which makes it not so nice.

My point is that... camera equiptments do make a differences in the outcome...

When I was using D70... always dissapointed with these and that... Even the basic color also all wrong...

After changing to Canon and some L lenses, at least everything working according like I wanted

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Added on April 30, 2008, 9:21 amI am telling you that equipments does count... It is what I had learn... And it is why my friends and I bought different lenses so we can share among us...

In fact IMO with good camera and good lenses, sometime it is hard to get bad pictures...

Just like my experices with D300 is also good... But older Nikon are dissapointing la... Once you compare you know la...

This post has been edited by TheVoIP: Apr 30 2008, 09:21 AM

let me post mine, 1st time shooting... C&C are welcome

1. Front view.


2. back view


This post has been edited by secretguy83: Apr 30 2008, 02:27 PM

i suggest you use photobucket or imageshack bro...

i think tats becuz u din tweak the white balance and picture settings in ur D70s carefully? I do agree that contrast lvls improve with L lens...but its only by a little margin if u check it out in professional lens reviews
IMO i think any canon lens with a Ring-USM feature is good enuf to get good shots...hahah...luv the AF speed

However i do agree camera like 300d 20d and its predecessor lose in terms of color tweakings compared to 30d 40d blabla....I found out that i can alter colors and contrast better in 30d, but given tat noise increment comes in when altering picture styles at high ISOs

hmmm...i think we should skip the mindset of "better gears takes better pictures" instead focus on how to improve with ur present gears =) tat should be a more constructive way of improving our photography skills
oh btw, skip the technical part...nice contrasty lighting(i think it fits for the modelling atmosphere) and skin tones from vincentaudio ; hack.fusion & derek87...shot in RAW and re-edited or in JPEG direct? mind to share?

This post has been edited by kwws: Apr 30 2008, 03:21 PM

those are USER PROBLEM.......

i been using 30D paired with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 and 50mm f/1.8 shooting a few fashion show.. all didn`t show any problem on focusing the model...
trade off is can`t do close up....

basic colour wrong? you mean white balance????? you can tune that on your camera settings example kelvin temperature on D70 or on 30D/40D.. using kelvin temperature with colour tweak graph...
can`t be the camera showing the 3 basic colours example red as green? green as yellow?

This post has been edited by snowmei: Apr 30 2008, 07:56 PM

I almost though this is panning. Anyway nice ones!

I might agree on some and disagree on some as well. Equipment might help but if u putting say, a person with D3 shooting with a 18-200 lens compared with someone who shoots with say a d70 with 70-200 but knows how to use his cam properly, i gave put my hats down to that d70 user.

Its very subjective, but as what snowmei says, if someone who uses good or bad gear but shoots poorly, i gonna put the finger on the photographer skills rather than the gears.

Front view abit soft n OOF. But like the reflections on the floor, not bad i should say.

my photo alot of OOF cos hand shaky, n i zoom till max... haha...

anyone makin the trip down there tomorrow?

i am...

wat's the schedule for tomorrow ? brands that will be showcase ?

from 12pm to 7pm
Fyi... pumpkin patch... island shop.... motherclub.... padini concept store... flowergirl..... poney.... lewre.....

wonder whether pumpkin patch would have kids as models. Kawaaaii

went there 12pm +... 1pm shoot kids... waited for the 2pm island shop. After that they say island shop postponed to 4.30pm.. dulan d... went back after that. so now im at home...

think my plan to go cancel lah. Too freaking tired.

upload your pics la bro... wanna see more...

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Added on May 1, 2008, 11:39 pmThis batch is my close up batch. They also comes with catwalk version. but... bla... i dun bother to post...
Lazy to watermark. It's ok with me if you save them up and say it's your photos. Only god knows.
Instead i uploaded small sizes this time. 800 height not necessary ler...









This post has been edited by derek87: May 1 2008, 11:39 PM

Flower Girl



This post has been edited by lanun8: May 2 2008, 12:49 AM

derek: nice set. Unfortunately like mine got some pics not as nice due to harsh shadows.

Too bad I miss the kids show. Very kawaaii the models.

what to do... shot from below.... i was bending my back like hell... more than 45 degrees pointing up.. LoL... i also noticed the shadows of the clothes on the neck areas...

Aiyoyo! So cuteeeeeee!

Too bad I missed it.

after seeing the fellows members posting, i think hackfusion and the guy above, got better composition. (NOT because of GEAR)

what about the colour? i'm not satisfied with WB.. can share the setting? kelvin or wut ever..

btw this is my original shots..

Guys/Gals, anyone has photos from Nine2Nine's collection which took spot on 3/5/08 @ 8pm?? Supposed to take them for a friend but can't attend cos I had urgent personal matters that I needed to look into .. If anyone has it and willing to share with me, please PM me .. TQ!