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epiic

Exploring Photography

Apr 25, 2011 05:40

I fall behind in things and then play catch-up often. When this happens with my photos, it can be sort of interesting: I see pictures I liked when I took, but don't really care for anymore. I see pictures I thought were lousy and realize they aren't so bad, and maybe with just a small adjustment they could have been great. When catch-up happens ( Read more... )

photography, learning photography

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piratess__ April 25 2011, 19:20:29 UTC

• I like the Mushi-shi photo and think it stands out from similar photos in its muted colours, framing, and focus. I've seen a few episodes of Mushi-shi, but I don't think that affects my opinion of it ( ... )

epiic April 26 2011, 00:30:04 UTC

> you have millions of thoughts racing through your head during a photoshoot, there's only one thought going through mine: "I hope I don't look fat." :D
lol

Yes, it was helpful. Thanks for taking the time to reply in detail.

epiic May 4 2011, 01:52:35 UTC

Katsucon pictures aren't quite done yet, but Reki pictures are here:
http://epii.info/anime/2011-Katsucon/

Let me know via IM or something if there are any you'd rather I remove. (Only one I'm pretty set on keeping is #9)
Colors are edited a little on most to be slightly more like the colors of the series, but less saturated.

piratess__ May 5 2011, 03:57:52 UTC

Thank you Ted! I like quite a few of them. :3

yoshikochan April 25 2011, 21:48:23 UTC

I like both of your photos too: the first one captures life, you can see those two are having fun just hanging out, and I feel like it's more meaningful than posing. It just feels so natural and gives you a sense of vibrance and having fun with friends ( ... )

epiic April 26 2011, 02:32:25 UTC

to show off the costumeThis is important including to me as a cosplayer, but like you mentioned, with the different photographer perspective, it ends up being a pretty low priority when taking pictures. Unless there's some detail I see that I decide needs showcasing, in which case I'll do something to show it off ( ... )

yoshikochan April 27 2011, 20:04:17 UTC

I think it's also a matter of confidence - I get pretty self-conscious while posing, not wanting to look silly or awful or stupid, and end up going for something more conservative. While a pro model will probably have overflowing self-confidence at that point. Needing direction is more a matter of having confidence, I think, but that's not something people can just decide they want ^^; so they put confidence in you as the photographer, instead.

Mmm giving a mirror is good. I think with expressions, rather than being like, "smile more" or "don't smile", asking them to express a feeling helps more. "More angry, more sorrowful, more questioning", something like that... I find it really helps me when I think of an emotion in my head, rather than how to move my face. ^^;;

kitsunesqueak April 26 2011, 03:09:48 UTC

Don't have time to give a detailed response right now - many assignments staring at me - but just to comment on the Mushi-shi photo:

I've only watched the beginning of the live action movie, so I doubt it'll affect my judgement of the photo. Either way, I quite like it - the off focus gives it more of an ethereal hazy feel (dunno if that's what you were going for) but it has more impact than an in-focus photo would since I feel like it suggests that there's something more to the photo than just a person dressed plainly walking across a bridge.

Just my two cents and hope I make sense ._.

epiic April 27 2011, 13:01:23 UTC

Copying response from tsuzusushi on FB here for personal reference, because here I'm likely to refer back to ( ... )

envirion April 28 2011, 05:29:55 UTC

I haven't watched Mushi-shi (well maybe some trailers and a bit of the first episode? I don't really remember enough to make an impact though ( ... )

epiic May 3 2011, 00:27:21 UTC

Interesting - on Saturday, when talking to another photographer, "pictures that tell a story" ended up being the best way I could thinking to describe what I'm aiming for, without having remembered it's what you wrote here.

And for that reason, I think I do much better with characters I really know, versus the quick summary people give me when I shoot them if I don't know the character. And the shoots I most look forward to are characters I know. (In one case, last AX I had not much interest in shooting one of my friend's outfits, but now that I know the character, I'm very eager for another chance.)