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Posted on 23/08/09 7:34:45 PM |
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Tom
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Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
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Posted on 23/08/09 9:34:48 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
Thank You Debs 
James, I love the way the chimp comes out of the frame but where is the PG Tips? _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 23/08/09 10:58:34 PM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
The advent of new technologies brings refinement to old ideas.  _________________ Is it necessary? Does it work? |
Posted on 23/08/09 11:51:02 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1871 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
Hmmm, a very minor adjustment to some of the furniture and the foreground contraption: 
Add a new photo backdrop: 
And then animate it (gif file). Lights! Camera! Action... Revised 27/8/009 
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Posted on 26/08/09 11:47:30 AM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
The Arnolfini Wedding Video .... 
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Posted on 26/08/09 5:45:38 PM |
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Tori
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Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
Here is my feeble attempt  _________________ From my 3 year old.."Why did the chicken cross the park? To get to the other slide" |
Posted on 26/08/09 6:16:26 PM |
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josephine harvatt
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Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
Very clever Kate! And Tori - not feeble at all, I like it ! _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 26/08/09 6:27:18 PM |
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Tori
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Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
Ty Josephine i think yours is pretty funny kate//Tom...very cool...like it a lot _________________ You can't spell random without tangerine, swordfish, disco, car |
Posted on 26/08/09 6:54:12 PM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply |
Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
Thanks Josephine and Tori. I love your Jeeves and Wooster, Josephine! |
Posted on 26/08/09 11:37:05 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
I like all your entries!! Jospehine was great and so quick, and I'm a fan of Arnolfini Wedding's wedding (my dad painted it once (rendered)), great excution Kate. Tori makes me laugh/amused, check out my nan below, but she had no zips then(?) .
Here is my quick 1st contribution. My maternal grandmother when she was ~17yrs ~@1906. (Excuse me: little interest to you, but I wanted to give it a try based off an old photo of her before married) I see PS problems, but like us all, we are ephemeral. A challenge for me  ! Not sure can fix so soon here, .......as have some other ideas, which..
...hopefully can give one more tomorrow. |
Posted on 26/08/09 11:45:07 PM |
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Tori
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Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
Josephine, Wanted to tell you how much i liked your color tone hue...in your first entry this week _________________ From my 3 year old.."Why did the chicken cross the park? To get to the other slide" |
Posted on 27/08/09 01:13:13 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
Tori, (we crossed), not febble at all in my humble opinion. Look fwd to more! Steve will give you much better feedback than I can. I just very much enjoy yours and all, espcially now back for a while. Trevor |
Posted on 27/08/09 3:38:54 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
With credit to Dali - Halsman work. The studio, work-in-progress ...  |
Posted on 27/08/09 3:41:42 PM |
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Tori
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Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
Well done Jota i love that you guys are really going so far with all of yours!!!! _________________ You can't spell random without tangerine, swordfish, disco, car |
Posted on 27/08/09 3:53:44 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
Thanks Tori, but I think most credit goes to Dali - Philippe Halsman h__p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Salvador_Dali_A_(Dali_Atomicus)_09633u.jpg . If I'd had time could have maybe PS'd another version of their part .. There is a Challenge!
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Posted on 27/08/09 9:29:12 PM |
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Emil
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Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
Very nice works here.  _________________ For me the creative process is more one of discovery than creation. - James Lee Burke |
Posted on 27/08/09 11:33:34 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply |
Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
Spookeh ! _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 28/08/09 08:58:23 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7047 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
First to enter the studio was Josephine Harvatt, with a striking Jeeves and Wooster entry (strange to equate Hugh Laurie’s Wooster with this House). A perfect fit, with subtle shadows on the wall and exactly appropriate lighting on the figures. Just a touch more shadow beneath Fry’s feet, and it’s perfect. Very good patching of the original table and chair. And so good to see the result in the second entry, with a neatly removed camera. Very fine work. An intriguing period couple from mguyer, who slot neatly into the scene. The sepia tinting is appropriate for the period, of course, but way are the figures and the background different shades? Tip: hold the alt key when you select Hue/Saturation, or whichever adjustment you used, and it will repeat the previous settings. A charming burlesque scene from Ben Mills, with an unlikely trio of characters - the way the soldier is leaning on the table is excellent. The eyes are all on (or near) the same level, as would be appropriate for the horizon: but the perspective clues in the picture (the uprights on the camera, the horizontal lines on the left wall) show that I was crouched when I took the photograph, and that’s therefore the viewer’s position. To be consistent with this, the figure on the left should be larger and higher, as she’s nearer to us. Tricky stuff, perspective! The faded tone of vibeke’s entry matches the delicate hand tinting of the family group: and what a miserable family they seem to be. The whole scene has a perfect period feel to it: nice work. A rather surreal entry from horonggo. If the people are in sepia, then the whole image should be as well! Small problem: the man is looking up at the woman, but as he is standing in front of her he is looking in the wrong direction. I enjoyed the second entry - a great pose! A very clean entry from tooquilos, with the camera expertly slid out of the way and the background correspondingly rebuilt. A touch more contrast on the woman on the right (compare her blacks with the clock, for instance) but otherwise a perfect montage. Love the footsie action! And a charming animated - the passing time is a very neat addition. Three fullmontage characters from Nick Curtain - good to see they’ve come in useful! Very tidy fitting in the scene, and the added lens flare is a good touch. The viewfinder frame and focus indicators add interest - clearly not a period camera! Very fine work from LonnieK: those silhouettes give a neat framing to the image, and that lighting screen is a nice addition. The model could do with a shadow on the wall, perhaps? And that’s an attractive dress she’s almost wearing. Expert animation from james, who now has animal movements pinned down perfectly. It’s the great sense of timing that really makes these work so well: not so regular as to look like clockwork, but appropriate for the chimps’ behaviour. I wonder, though, if the looping animations would benefit from a fade in and out to mark the beginning and end? I like China’s idea to take the camera outside - with a photographer peering into it, and a scene to photograph. The crumpled card effect works well here. Just one thing: the sepia colour should be all over the paper, not just inside the image area. A fine cast assembled for Deborah Morley’s star studded entry: Mae West returns from the Dali museum to gaze up at Clark Gable, while Joan Crawford looks on with that expression that only Joan Crawford could manage. It’s a good integration into the scene, with subtle hand tinting. My only problem is with Gable’s shadow on West: he’s lit from the other side! I’ve always said it’s amazing how much difference light and shade can make to an image. Tom’s entry has pools of light that draw the eye and focus the attention, bringing a new level of interest into the previously flatly-lit image. There’s a warm glow here that wasn’t in the original - a very attractive piece. I especially like the Sistine Chapel backdrop. Just a couple of things: the skeleton could do with a shadow on the chair surface, and I personally find the TV rather distracting. An ingeniously modified camera view from brewell: I really like the way the model is almost completely obscured, and the upside-down view on the camera back is an authentic touch. But why is the view in black and white? It’s not a print! Veering wildly off-topic once again, michael sinclair begins by trashing the original studio, before adding a new backdrop in the second entry and then ending up with a final animation that, while it’s certainly an accomplishment, has little relevance to the original brief. You must have been hard to teach at school, Michael! Ingenious work from katew. The figures (and the mirror, and the dog) are from Van Eyck’s 1434 painting The Arnolfini Wedding, and the idea of updating it into a wedding video is an excellent one. In the original, the reflection in the mirror showed the entire room distorted - but we can’t get close enough to see if you’re in there, Kate. What a great idea! A great period figure from Tori, sitting neatly in the chair - and a good subtle sepia tint to the whole piece. The only problem here is that the figure is too highly contrasted compared to the rest of the scene; take the contrast down a little, add some shadows on the ground and on the backdrop, and she’ll blend in perfectly. A maternal grandmother from Jota120 - and she does fit nicely into the scene, appropriate for the period. She seems a little low contrast compared to the background: a touch stronger, I think, to complete the effect. A fun second entry - not a lot of the original studio left in here, though! The Dali/Halsman photograph, though, is an astonishing piece of work. Did someone actually throw those cats? How did they make the water follow that S shape? And how on earth did they manage all this without Photoshop? Eyecatching work from Emil: what an extraordinary image this is! Absolutely mesmerising. The combination of Motion Blur and lightning is fantastic - a truly arresting piece, and a great one to end the Challenge on. Good work, everyone! |
Posted on 28/08/09 10:23:23 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
Thanks again Steve. Re:
Apparently: In the studio Dali, paintings, easel were hung by wires (I left them in) and the chair is being held aloft by Mrs Halsman. The weird/surreal part for me, with several attempts, a bucket of water is thrown together with the three live cats! Each attempt was photographed and the best one chosen. (This technique would not work of course with that period camera, exposure too slow! ). All cats were well afterwards.
No PS in 1948! Guess for the Life Magazine image they erazed the wires and Mrs H from the photo using traditional photographic print development editing techniques. |
Posted on 28/08/09 11:42:50 AM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply |
Re: Challenge 263: The photographer's studio
Thanks Steve. The Arnolfini idea was David's, and I decided to include the camera, which is from a previous challenge! |
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