Blanco Y Negro
A late start and some more wind issues limited my time on Bikini Beach but a few images stand out. I played for the second day in a row with the full frame. Instead of shooting with the 11x14 or 4x5 crop in mind, I shot trying to make perfectly good portraits in the 35mm frame. I'm not sure I like it but it's been a good exercise in composition.
I also feel like the whole model release thing is a pain in the arse. While most people are happy enough to sign it, without a crew of folks helping me, it's an added logistical challenge that I don't really need. Going forward, especially by myself, it's going to take some real persuasion to make it part of my standard operating procedure. Plus, having hundreds of dollars on set is nerve-wracking.
I converted these two portraits into black and white using the channel mixer as usual. I can't quite figure out why some images work so much better in color versus black and white. This isn't a new issue for me or anyone else but the digital world makes this an interesting post-production choice. While I try to shoot with color or monochrome in mind, sitting around editing these images can easily lead one into tempting Photoshop terrain. It did tonight for me anyway.
Take Pictures.
I also feel like the whole model release thing is a pain in the arse. While most people are happy enough to sign it, without a crew of folks helping me, it's an added logistical challenge that I don't really need. Going forward, especially by myself, it's going to take some real persuasion to make it part of my standard operating procedure. Plus, having hundreds of dollars on set is nerve-wracking.
I converted these two portraits into black and white using the channel mixer as usual. I can't quite figure out why some images work so much better in color versus black and white. This isn't a new issue for me or anyone else but the digital world makes this an interesting post-production choice. While I try to shoot with color or monochrome in mind, sitting around editing these images can easily lead one into tempting Photoshop terrain. It did tonight for me anyway.
Take Pictures.
2 comments:
Hey Clay, great to see all the recent posts and the street studio work is always fascinating. Out of interest why the decision to pay for the model-release? Does the money make things legally clearer or simply act as an incentive? Did you have a problem with getting signatures before? How do you match photos to signatures?
Keep up the great work!
it was inspired by a talk with my stock agency. they know the deal better than most and apparently is does come down to the line in the release about "valuable compensation" which in this case would be 1 dollar. i haven't been doing releases since the new york project so signatures weren't an issue. in terms of keeping track of who is who, that's something i need to work on.
what i like about my streetstudio is that it's something i can do alone, adding all this paperwork and logistics is a pain.
sadly, however, it seems like i am going to need to incorporate it.
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