NON Square Cropped Portraits - (nSCP's) - Archive

[Ashwin]

Hi Ali,

My personal experience is that adjusting skin tones visually usually produces considerably less accurate results than white balancing off a gray card (or some other neutral reference); I only tweak visually on rare occasions (and even then it's more to correct for a slightly off printer profile than anything else).

Hi Colin,

My experiance says that even if you include Grayscale chart with absolute white to absolute black in steps and 50 % Gray in it., with close up photo for skin colour reference.

In any case you have to rely more on your judgement
Only for critical COMMERCIAL purpose you have to go as per your suggested method of every thing should be profiled

[Colin Southern]

My experiance says that even if you include Grayscale chart with absolute white to absolute black in steps and 50 % Gray in it., with close up photo for skin colour reference.

Hi Ashwin,

A grayscale is useful for checking exposure, but not needed for white balancing.

Only for critical COMMERCIAL purpose you have to go as per your suggested method of every thing should be profiled

Sorry, but I disagree. Profiling is essential is you want to take the guesswork + trial & error out of colour management; and whereas I'd like to think that any professional would consider it a prerequisite for commercial work, it's still very applicable to non-commercial projects if the photographer wants to make life a lot easier.

[Ashwin]

Hi Ashwin,

A grayscale is useful for checking exposure, but not needed for white balancing.



Sorry, but I disagree. Profiling is essential is you want to take the guesswork + trial & error out of colour management; and whereas I'd like to think that any professional would consider it a prerequisite for commercial work, it's still very applicable to non-commercial projects if the photographer wants to make life a lot easier.

Hi Colin,

Before responding to your opinion I would humbly request you to let me have your finding on My corrected version - and your corrected version and tell me what difference you have noticed.

Please note that this is not to say whose theory, yours or mine is right. But after your findings, I will share with you and all of you here in forum what I had found with my discussion which I had with FUJI people at PHOTOKINA ( GERMANY) which I specially visited for this purpose only in the Year 1982., when I was having my own Colour Lab for my Own work., and the problem which I was facing.

Hope you will not mind and favour me with your valued onion.

My knowledge is limited, whereas some of you, you are included have vast knowledge and experiance in every field of photography related matters. I respect you all for the work you are doing to the photography community by giving them proper advice and guidance.

[Antonio Correia]

Hmmm - 2nd time you've posted a photo of this person ... it's not one where your son has turned the camera on YOU is it?

That is also my guess I am afraid
I would like to have more detail on those blacks please !

[Antonio Correia]

Yeah, it was a shoot out...

Confirmation

Nice to meet you

[Nik]

[Alis]

Great shot, Nik! A little bit too bright for me but I am sure that is how you wanted it to look.Very nice facial expression...

[Alis]

[Nik]

thanks Alis!

[Alis]

[Antonio Correia]

Thank you Nik for posting this very nice portrait of this young lady.
Her position, the angle of rotation and the crop you have choose is indeed very pleasant.

[Antonio Correia]

Nice picture Alis. I do like the light.

[Antonio Correia]

What stroke me in Luca's portrait is the kind of orange light on his face and how the shot is enhanced by it.

Have you been using a filter here ?

It is very sharp and it looks you have used again, a great aperture
Are you using the central point all the time ?

[peterb533]

What stroke me in Luca's portrait is the kind of orange light on his face and how the shot is enhanced by it.

Have you been using a filter here ?

It is very sharp and it looks you have used again, a great aperture
Are you using the central point all the time ?

The orange has been toned down slightly. The Lighting in the room is very mixed, there is an overhead chandelier with three tungsten bulbs and the light behind Luca is one of these energy saving types in a yellow shade. Added to the mix is the flash, no filter, just the highlight card pulled out.

I find using the centre weighted exposure indoors with flash works well on the 5DII. I usually set the largest apperture I can get away with for children.

Peter

[Antonio Correia]

Thank you Peter for your explanation.

[Alis]

Nice picture Alis. I do like the light.

Thanks, Antonio! All natural sunshine

[Alis]

[Antonio Correia]

Playing games...

[carregwen]

What's he doing, Alis? Speaking to your broker to sell all your shares at a loss? Very good shot. I love the funky colours - trolley, jeans, oranges.

[Alis]

Playing games...

Texting while driving. At least he has his seat belt on