Years Past (Millennial with old truck) C&C Welcomed

[KimC]

I recently took this image of a friend's son. He just loved this old truck we found, so decided to use it in an image.

The truck was very red and overpowering so that's the reason for the conversion.

[Shadowman]

Nice look as it emerges from the shadows.

[mknittle]

very nice capture Kim

[DEAN01]

Nicely captured, Kim. As John mentioned the scene emerging from the shadows draws the eye to the subject.

[KimC]

Thanks for commenting John. I love the dark shadow :-)

Nice look as it emerges from the shadows.

[KimC]

Thank you for your comment Mark.

very nice capture Kim

[KimC]

Thank you for your comment Dean. He was looking for a more "manly" shot and I believe I got that for him.

Nicely captured, Kim. As John mentioned the scene emerging from the shadows draws the eye to the subject.

[Mike Buckley]

What a great connection between a young man and something that he likes! Well done!

I'm curious to learn if the two of you tried a variety of poses.

[bnnrcn]

It is a nice image Kim The truck looks really huge.

[KimC]

Thanks Mike :-) ! Not with just him. I did shoot a few of he and his dad at the truck. This was one of my favorite shoots to date - this family was a ton of fun and we had a great connection. There were so many images I was pleased with...and the family loves them.

What a great connection between a young man and something that he likes! Well done!

I'm curious to learn if the two of you tried a variety of poses.

[KimC]

Thanks Binnur. Big, old farm truck.

It is a nice image Kim The truck looks really huge.

[Mike Buckley]

He was looking for a more "manly" shot and I believe I got that for him.

You definitely did. That speaks volumes about the quality of communication between photographer and subject (in this case, also the client) and your ability to deliver the goods he was hoping to receive.

[KimC]

Thanks Mike.

You definitely did. That speaks volumes about the quality of communication between photographer and subject (in this case, also the client) and your ability to deliver the goods he was hoping to receive.

[Donald]

An excellent job of the B & W conversion. I also think it's a very well set up image. Strong composition and the 'balance' between man or vehicle being the dominant subject is just right. And that, I think, is very much to do with the lighting, which is very good.

[KimC]

Thank you for your comment Donald, I appreciate it.

An excellent job of the B & W conversion. I also think it's a very well set up image. Strong composition and the 'balance' between man or vehicle being the dominant subject is just right. And that, I think, is very much to do with the lighting, which is very good.

[Manfred M]

Some how I missed this one. Very nicely done and the rationale for going B&W makes a lot of sense. Trying to fight a giant red reflector in the shot would have been rather challenging. It looks like you had some fairly harsh lighting hitting your (primary) subject, given the shadows in the image.

If it were my shot, I might go back and dodge the eyes a tiny bit. The lighting is giving him a bit of the "racoon" eyes look and bringing the eyes out would open up his face a bit more. (I know - it's a really super niggly point).

[Mike Buckley]

(I know - it's a really super niggly point).

I can top that when it comes to super niggly points. If you're going to go to the trouble of lifting the shadows in the eyes (I hope I would do that and often have), you should also go to the trouble of lifting the other shadow areas. That's because photogs such as myself will notice that, lacking special lighting equipment, it's a dead give away that some shadows were lifted during post-processing and others were forgotten.

[Manfred M]

I can top that when it comes to super niggly points. If you're going to go to the trouble of lifting the shadows in the eyes (I hope I would do that and often have), you should also go to the trouble of lifting the other shadow areas. That's because photogs such as myself will notice that, lacking special lighting equipment, it's a dead give away that some shadows were lifted during post-processing and others were forgotten.

Yes and no Mike - I know it's a bit of a cheat but the commercial photographers I've talked to about this in the past have all said the same thing: Concentrate on the face, the rest does not matter nearly as much. I would agree that PP is not the best place to make these changes, but it should be done while taking the shot = fill light, either with a reflector (requires an assistant) or fill flash (while fighting the reflections off the truck windshield)..

[FootLoose]

Nice composition, Kim, and good conversion.

[Mike Buckley]

the commercial photographers I've talked to about this in the past have all said the same thing: Concentrate on the face, the rest does not matter nearly as much.

That's an understandable attitude of a commercial photographer. They can't justify the time to really get everything "right" because they have to make a living at it.

On the other hand, we hobbyists at least who think as I do can justify the time even if we don't have the skill or talent to get it "right." My point is that the attitude and results of the pro photographers are not necessarily the gold measures simply because they are accomplished professionals.

As an example, when I was in high school in the 1960s, I took clarinet lessons from a clarinet player who was also a cello player in the orchestra of a very popular nationally (probably internationally) broadcast television show. He explained that when he and the others played a really fast major scale on the cello, they would simply skip the seventh tone of the scale and play the 8th tone twice. This might have been the practice of the commercial guys playing television shows but I learned later that no respectable cellist in a major college symphony orchestra, much less a major pro symphony orchestra, would ever think of doing that.

So, when I hear and see what the commercial photographers do, I don't hold that as a standard just because it's their standard. When I see some of the full-page and two-page ads in magazines, my thinking about that is confirmed.