Non-Erotic Photos

[Ekserb]

What I did for our nation's birthday (I apologize if some of these are deemed "erotic" in a non-erotic thread)....

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[Mads]

Excellent work mate, wonderfully lit, skin tones are brilliant...
What kit do you use, if I may be so bold?

 

[Ekserb]

Excellent work mate, wonderfully lit, skin tones are brilliant...
What kit do you use, if I may be so bold?

Thanks! This model and I have a great rapport and we always get good stuff when we work together. Now forgive me for a minute while I geek out:

My camera is a five-year old Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D and a handful of Minolta lenses. For the studio photos I use Elinchrom strobes and a few modifiers like softboxes or umbrella reflectors. I built a rack to hold 9-foot wide paper rolls for clean backgrounds. For the outdoor shots we went to a location that I have been wanting to use for months.

 

[Mads]

I must admit I have a softspot for the Maxxum range... my first DSLR was a 5D which I loved apart from a fault with the flash which eventually killed the camera's usability. I tried to get it swapped, but sony had just taken over and weren't really any good with customer service, which is when I moved to Canon.
Again, mate, really nice shots.

 

[Ekserb]

I must admit I have a softspot for the Maxxum range... my first DSLR was a 5D which I loved apart from a fault with the flash which eventually killed the camera's usability. I tried to get it swapped, but sony had just taken over and weren't really any good with customer service, which is when I moved to Canon.
Again, mate, really nice shots.

When other manufacturers were announcing new digital SLRs, I thought of selling all my Minolta gear and going to Canon or Nikon, but the ergonomics on the Canikons were so painfully bad that I never liked the way they felt in my hand. The Minolta just felt right.

Sadly, Sony has moved away from the seemingly-complex-but-ultimately-simpler use of external buttons, switches and dials found on the later KM film and digital SLRs. When people see my camera bristling with all manner of controls, they think it's probably hard to use, but it's so much easier than diving into the menu system to change a often-used parameter. I can change half a dozen functions based only on the position of a switch and while still looking through the viewfinder. Sony's new cameras retain some of this, but their on-screen function selection—while not perfect—is better than the Canikons, I think.

Sony absolutely owns professional digital video, so why they are so late to bring HD video to the SLRs is beyond me. Maybe they worry that HD will siphon sales of their stand-alone camcorders? Perhaps, but it would be nice to not have to carry two pieces of gear when traveling.

I saw a teaser photo of a Sony DSLR with AVCHD markings on the body. If Sony were to announce a DSLR with "true" video recording capabilities, then we'd have a game-changer. The current crop of Canon DSLRs with video actually do a poor job of capturing fast-moving scenes or subjects. They exhibit lots of vertical waviness when the camera is panned quickly across a scene. If Sony could avoid those problems and produce a DSLR with video from a full frame sensor ... oh ... oh....

Sorry, I just had an orgasm.

Uh, back to the photos.........

 

[Mads]

http://imgur.com/6b0zl.jpg

 

[maria40]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/maccam/100_1787-1.jpg

My time at the Beach!! what a day..

 

[Syphus]

Sony absolutely owns professional digital video, so why they are so late to bring HD video to the SLRs is beyond me. Maybe they worry that HD will siphon sales of their stand-alone camcorders? Perhaps, but it would be nice to not have to carry two pieces of gear when traveling.

If we are talking about the consumer level, then yes, it is likely because they don't want to compete with themselves. If we are talking about the pro level, it is because making a video camera that can give high quality stills is much smarter than the other way around, which will be a lower quality video, or one awkward camera.

 

[Ekserb]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v685/maccam/100_1787-1.jpg

My time at the Beach!! what a day..

I should apologize in advance—I'm about to hit you with a bunch of questions.

What beach is this? Do you normally have fishing vessels and police boats this close to shore? Maybe it's associated with the BP oil leak? Please provide more details!

 

[maria40]

I should apologize in advance—I'm about to hit you with a bunch of questions.

What beach is this? Do you normally have fishing vessels and police boats this close to shore? Maybe it's associated with the BP oil leak? Please provide more details!

Hahahhah i'm sorry. I was at OC Maryland and on that day there were lots of boats out on the water. The water was very choppy, that's why you see the police out. I wasn't on the boat

 

[functioncurve]

You'll have to excuse me, I've been busy taking photos of other subject matter.

 

[functioncurve]

Just a girl eating her sausage...

 

[Ekserb]

Just a girl eating her sausage...

HEY, HEY, HEY! This is a NON-erotic photo thread and here you are posting that ... that ... smut! For shame!

 

[nonimura65]

Yay! I finally found my old pictures

This was taken on my first visit to Busch Gardens in Tampa.

 

[Ekserb]

Yay! I finally found my old pictures

This was taken on my first visit to Busch Gardens in Tampa.

She's thinking: "Hmmm. The food on the other side of this glass is pink and relatively hairless. Yummy."

 

[nonimura65]

She's thinking: "Hmmm. The food on the other side of this glass is pink and relatively hairless. Yummy."

 

[Mads]

http://imgur.com/Dj7dS.jpg

From my first roll of 35mm Kodak colour film through my recently acquired Canon AE-1

http://i.imgur.com/gp4WI.jpg

 

[vanessa65]

It has been sometime since I last visited here. I see there have been some terrific photos loaded up.

The colours in the last two photos (boat and beach wall) are are great Mads. I'm assuming that was film you used there. It might be my imagination but do film pics still look better than digital (?)

Great location to take pics Phil (an old bridge)? ............I very much like the outfit your model is wearing, oh, and the cut off jeans, wow. The paper roll is very effective as a backdrop; I've never tried anything like that........don't really have sufficient space; I don't think paper would work all that well outside.

Love the sausage shot Functioncurve


Richard

 

[tcwild100]

HEY, HEY, HEY! This is a NON-erotic photo thread and here you are posting that ... that ... smut! For shame!

LOL!

I'm thinking FC just has an eye for the sensual

 

[Mads]

The colours in the last two photos (boat and beach wall) are are great Mads. I'm assuming that was film you used there. It might be my imagination but do film pics still look better than digital (?)


Richard

Thanks Richard.
Indeed it was film, just some cheap kodak iso 200 film.
I'm not convinced that film is inherantly better than digital, though I think the experience of film photography can be more complete. With digital you can snap away until you get what you wanted, whereas with film you have to take the time to learn the camera, the settings, take the time to compose the shot etc.

 

[Ekserb]

Great location to take pics Phil (an old bridge)? ............I very much like the outfit your model is wearing, oh, and the cut off jeans, wow. The paper roll is very effective as a backdrop; I've never tried anything like that........don't really have sufficient space; I don't think paper would work all that well outside.

Richard

Yes, it is an old, unused bridge about an hour from my home. I had to drive over a mile on dirt roads to get there and found it a few months back quite by accident. (I had been having fun with my Jeep shortly after buying it in November.) I have been wanting to use the location for a while and Dailyn was game. We shot in the studio for a couple hours then moved to the bridge.

I am very lucky to have a living room/dining room space that allows me to set up a tall, wide backdrop and still stand far enough back to allow me to use my longest lens for portraits.

You know, they do make backdrop rolls in vinyl. I'm sure you could set that up on an outside studio as long as you have a solid, flat floor under it.

 

[Ekserb]

Thanks Richard.
Indeed it was film, just some cheap kodak iso 200 film.
I'm not convinced that film is inherantly better than digital, though I think the experience of film photography can be more complete. With digital you can snap away until you get what you wanted, whereas with film you have to take the time to learn the camera, the settings, take the time to compose the shot etc.

I beg to differ. For most people, using film was the means by which they exposed their images, but as soon as it came out of the camera the rolls were handed off to a lab for development and printing. Very few people did their own B&W developing, and almost no one had the money for home color developing.

Digital, on the other hand, allows almost anyone to take charge of the entire process—from imaging to printing—all from the comfort of home. No longer are the nuances of the photo left to some technician at a one-hour photo lab. If I want to create dark, yet subtle shadows, I can do that. If I want to try something else with the same image, I can. There really is no limit to the control I can exercise over my work.

I know what you're saying about the picture taking phase, but I also point out that the film process is so relatively slow that most shooters would not remember from the time of exposure to the time they see the prints what the actual camera settings were. This would usually lead to more wasted frames and more trial-and-error. Digital has the distinct advantage of allowing the photographer to see the results of his or her exposure settings immediately after the shot is taken. The learning curve is very fast in this manner and this is why there are now so many skilled photographers in the ranks of the amateurs—they just learn faster.

I grant you there are also far too many photographers who will never know the difference between a good and bad composition, but you'd have that with film or digital.

 

[PolyLvr]

What I did for our nation's birthday (I apologize if some of these are deemed "erotic" in a non-erotic thread)....

http://web.me.com/pdbreske/literotica/PICT2575.jpg

http://web.me.com/pdbreske/literotica/PICT2149.jpg

http://web.me.com/pdbreske/literotica/PICT2034.jpg

http://web.me.com/pdbreske/literotica/PICT1840.jpg

http://web.me.com/pdbreske/literotica/PICT2325.jpg

I find most pictures of women erotic in some way. For me it's all in the degree.
Beautiful pics.

 

[Mads]

Digital, on the other hand, allows almost anyone to take charge of the entire process—from imaging to printing—all from the comfort of home.

I'm not entirely sure thats a good thing if I'm honest. Dont get me wrong, its great that anyone can do almost anything they want without spending a shedload on developing, but I think an awful lot of people aren't any more involved in the process now than they were, except they dont have to take it to a printers.
I'm even inclined to think that its actually a fairly small percentage of people who will ever do more than click "auto adjust" in picasa, for example.

No longer are the nuances of the photo left to some technician at a one-hour photo lab. If I want to create dark, yet subtle shadows, I can do that. If I want to try something else with the same image, I can. There really is no limit to the control I can exercise over my work.

I'm with you on that. I absolutely love being able to adjust things as needed, though I believe that the aim for me is to get as close to what I want as possible and do as little in the way of editing as possible.
I dont know what your thoughts are on that?

I know what you're saying about the picture taking phase, but I also point out that the film process is so relatively slow that most shooters would not remember from the time of exposure to the time they see the prints what the actual camera settings were. This would usually lead to more wasted frames and more trial-and-error. Digital has the distinct advantage of allowing the photographer to see the results of his or her exposure settings immediately after the shot is taken. The learning curve is very fast in this manner and this is why there are now so many skilled photographers in the ranks of the amateurs—they just learn faster.

Yeah, I can see what you're saying there. Its a purely personal point of view obviously, but I take greater satisfaction in getting a shot on film right than I do on the digital camera. That said, I will freely admit that almost my entire learning curve was on my digital cameras, and I'm now comfortable enough to translate that onto the film ones, be they manual or not.
I think my main point is that, for me, the challenge of making sure its right before you press that button is what holds one above the other in terms of enjoyment. Yes I could take that approach on the digi but it just doesn't feel the same to me.

I grant you there are also far too many photographers who will never know the difference between a good and bad composition, but you'd have that with film or digital.

Brace yourself. I completely agree.

Mads

 

[vanessa65]

It is probably psychological, but when I look at on old film photo, it appears seamless. With digital, it can appear layered, particularly and mainly, when taken with the earlier camera's. Today though, digital cameras are the only way to go. I would never go back to using film. (does that sound like a contradiction)?

In my opinion, digital overtook film a couple of years ago. I added to my collection of camera's; buying a Canon 1D ..............and everything changed after that. I no longer thought to myself, "Film might still be better". My favourite camera is still the good 'ol Pentax K10 though.

As you say Phil, digital camera's are the photographer's Holy Grail: go outside take fifty photos, come in, put them on the computer........pick the best or go and take a few more and try different settings. Moreover, one can play around with them in an editing programme as you say and then export them to the world!

I've never had so much fun in all my life.

Richard

PS
"You know, they do make backdrop rolls in vinyl. I'm sure you could set that up on an outside studio as long as you have a solid, flat floor under it."

Yes, I have seen them on photographic websites here in Oz but the penny didn't drop. I thought why would anyone use vinyl [inside], it would look awful under lights.