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mbarrick
Well, I just finished posting all the pictures from the fashion show last Sunday. Out of the 280 or so pictures I took I chose 125 to post (plus Isaac's poster), making an effort to have every outfit from the show represented, plus the usual bunch of general photos of drinking and dancing. I'm not as happy with this bunch as the pictures I took at the Forbidden fashion show last November, mostly because I found myself stuck in an awkward place in regards to the lighting. Red lighting is bad enough when JPEG compression is involved, but red backlighting just sucks. I really prefer not to use the flash, but it is impossible not to when things are backlit. All the interesting shadows get sucked out of the picture with a flash. I'm looking forward to early next year when I will be able to afford a more professional digital camera - something with less lag time between shots and more light sensitivity. But for now I do what I can with what I have ;-)
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Excellent!
Date: 2003-05-20 11:47 pm (UTC)Brighter colours aren't necessarily the way to go. Blues and greens work very, very well with digital images. JPEG compression is *designed* for pictures of people. Reds are intentionally blurred because then less image data needs to be stored for flesh tones and people's skin looks smoother, which is generally flattering. Greens and especially blues stay sharp. Green probably wouldn't be the most flattering, but blues would tend to make people's skins a surreal sort of white - could be very spooky. Maybe a little experimentation at Sin City would be the way to go before the next Forbidden.
With that said I'm not going to be at the June Sin City, that Saturday is the day Elaine and I fly to NYC and I'll be missing Covenant for the sake of spending money in New York. But come July I'll be happy to come out early to help with the grunt work so you have more time to play with the lights. And come November when my major debts are paid off I should be able to toss in a few bucks to help get some of the things I want to see ...because it is all good and well to bitch about how things "should be" and quite another to - literally - put your money where your mouth is ;-)