I had a chance to shoot the Chronicle's Carl Nolte for the CCSF magazine. He was a character. I used an off camera flass bounced off the window near him to boost the natural light. The D70 has a nice feature where the on camera flash will trigger my speedlight w/out adding light to the scene.
posted by Unknown at 6:42 PM
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Thanks for posting Tony! The more I look at this picture, the more I like your composition. The shape and angle of the monitor in the foreground matches the shape and angle of the cubicle wall in the background. Mr. Nolte is perfectly positioned between these two elements. You also left enough of the background in place to establish that the subject was in his element (in the office). There's also very nice focus control, tack sharp on face and eyes, and everything else unobtrusively out of focus.
The lighting was also nicely done. There's just one thing that I want to note: I'm not sure if you intended it this way, but the image as a whole is a little dark on my screen. It could be brightened just a little bit.
-- Warren
Tony, you probably need to calibrate your monitor(s). I just did a very quick search and found this page where you can read about it... http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/
This is one of those shots you see in the newspaper or magazine that captures the essence of a story. It's a great shot that captures the main person in the story (I would assume) in his working environment. Just enough of the background and foreground is shown to reveal his office but it is out of focus enough to not distract from the main subject, Mr. Nolte.
I disagree with Benson. I know Nolte from my days at SF State. I would not have photographed him at the paper. You should have taken him somewhere in the to associate him with San Francisco. Perhaps I have background information you are unaware of, but I would have done a little research on the subject. This is a photojournalism assignment, you and others here are a bit caught up with the technical aspects of photography.
Martin,
Ouch, that was harsh, dude!
You have the benefit of having background information. I'm not familiar with the guy, so basically what I have left to comment on is my opinion of the composition and technical aspects of the image.
I loved your comment with the inside information, and for those shots that are supposed to be PJ style, we can really use your expert opinion.
--Warren
Hmm, a bit harsh? If I was a photo editor at a newspaper or magazine, I would have made the exact comments that I did.
We are all still learning, and we learn best by shooting more. Sometimes the photos work and sometimes they don't.
Point taken. But remember, we don't see the smile on your face when reading the comments online :).
Don't change a thing Martin, just keep commenting!
--WT
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