Beers photos

Victor

I've added some beers photos here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=53768343&postcount=536 (several posts) and here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=53768343&postcount=571 (several posts)

Some of them are a biut out of whack, bleached or too dark - the lighting in the pub wasn't the easiest to work with. What needs to be done to correct them. I've tried goofing around with Contrast, brightness and I have an 'auto enhance' option on the software I have (Photostudio?), with mixed results.

I'm using a compact digital and while outdoor night shots are generally OK, I have yet to master interior shots and people.

Any tips?

Fajitas!

The main problem is the flash on a point and shoot, remember I had my flashgun pointing behind me when I was taking photos? That's so the light would bounce off the walls behind me, and come back a lot more natural.

You could diffuse the flash on your camera by putting, for example, a Rizla skin, over the flash? It'll look a bit naff, but it works!

For the ones that are too dark, try using Shadow/Highlight in photoshop, it can bring a suprising amount of detail back!

The auto enhances aren't that great, because the software dosn't know what you want!

rymus

Where are all the photos of my beloved photography boardsies? Oh the humanity. Al, get your arse in gear!

Cal

Victor,

Try running them through Noiseware (the free one is at the bottom of the page). It will remove a lot of the noise you are suffering due to lack of light.

Cal.

ThOnda

Fajitas! And when we'll see some of your back-flash pictures?

rymus

personally I'd rather not see any of him flashing his backside... I'm sure we'll get enough of that in a couple of weeks time

elven

Ahem, well, yes.

We were fairly lacking in photography people that night it must be said. We were even forced to integrate with a few spooky people!

I'm struggling to remember what the 'hifive' was for, but it must have been exciting at the time...

Al, c'mon with your lot... of course, not the ones where I look like a drunkard - not that I got extremely minced on 3 glasses of wine, that is, noooo.

Victor, if you want to take decent pictures in conditions like that, you need some sort of light source - but when you use the on camera flash you get the nasty shiny thing, and if you don't use flash you get a long exposure which blurs everything. However, if you can manually override your camera enough to get it to fire the flash at less than full power (sometimes achieved by covering it with tape or something like that), and combine that with a slightly longer exposure, you can get a happy medium that can sometimes turn out really funky.

rymus

I'm a supporter of the rizla paper or tissue paper flash filter for P&S

odonnell

elven wrote:

Ahem, well, yes.

We were fairly lacking in photography people that night it must be said. We were even forced to integrate with a few spooky people!

I'm struggling to remember what the 'hifive' was for, but it must have been exciting at the time...

Al, c'mon with your lot... of course, not the ones where I look like a drunkard - not that I got extremely minced on 3 glasses of wine, that is, noooo.

Victor, if you want to take decent pictures in conditions like that, you need some sort of light source - but when you use the on camera flash you get the nasty shiny thing, and if you don't use flash you get a long exposure which blurs everything. However, if you can manually override your camera enough to get it to fire the flash at less than full power (sometimes achieved by covering it with tape or something like that), and combine that with a slightly longer exposure, you can get a happy medium that can sometimes turn out really funky.

the hifives were basically celebrating the idea of going home, getting you to dorn a bikini, and film you firing my airsoft M4 to the sound of some thrash metal.... chicks with guns style.

look, it wasnt my idea... it was the pervs on the photography boards. I was a mere bystander, unsure of whether to start beating people up, or actually try to play out the idea....

perversion rules ok

rymus

odonnell wrote:

the hifives were basically celebrating the idea of going home, getting you to dorn a bikini, and film you firing my airsoft M4 to the sound of some thrash metal.... chicks with guns style.

:eek:

"cheque please..."

odonnell

rymus wrote:

:eek:

"cheque please..."

hey like i said it wasnt my idea.... anyone else thinks about it and ill come calling.

Fajitas!

Mine have been online for days now!

http://alhigginsphotography.com/boardsbeersgallery/

I didn't put up many of ours, because I doubt the rest of boards is too interested in our antics

odonnell

outstanding...cheers al

nothing too bad there

got any of the cool lighting photos from goth place?

rymus

odonnell wrote:

ill come calling.

Outstanding.. you wouldn't clean the windows and mow the lawn while you're at it would ya?

Jaysus.. after looking at Al's photos I'm kinda glad I wasn't there... What a bunch of hysterical freaks!

Fajitas!

Lol, will get the goth shots up soon!

rymus

I can hardly contain myself at the mere thought of it..

ThOnda

I wish I hadn't asked for the photos... I DO look like a freak! For love og Jezus...

Oriel

Nice hosts Al, I must get along to one of those things.
If it wasn't for all the freaks...

rymus

I wouldnt worry, you'll blend right in

odonnell

the goth part of the night was just the perfect ending to some funny goings on.... a nice bit of whisky, a nice bit of freakyness, and some Sex Dwarf by seb.

outstanding!

[EDIT] - i must not post filth. i must not post filth. i must not post filth. i must not post filth. i must not post filth.

Fajitas!

Edward.

I'll ban you... Dirty boy

Oriel, despite the nerdyness, they're quite good craic.

And there's some suprisingly good looking women there too.

elven

"And there's some suprisingly good looking women there too."

Aye, the ones you bring along from college, heh...

And you! With the dwarf! Enough!

rymus

good looking college girls? Where do I sign?

Fajitas!

The NCAD registration fee's

odonnell

elven wrote:

"And there's some suprisingly good looking women there too."

Aye, the ones you bring along from college, heh...

And you! With the dwarf! Enough!

Welcome to my new sig....

magicbastarder

elven wrote:

"And there's some suprisingly good looking women there too."

you should photoshop the blokes so they're good looking too. something like this:

http://www.iwanexstudio.com/
check out the portfolio.

odonnell

well....

theres a difference between good-looking, and fake-looking.

Funny that Barby was modelled on the ideal woman at conception....and now the ideal woman is modelled on Barby.

elven

What's that bloke got against freckles? He takes some perfectly good looking women/men and turns them into mad plasticky things. Ugh.

ThOnda

Don't worry, we prefere you in real than in plastic fake form

odonnell

im withdrawing from this before theres a divorce

Valentia

magicbastarder wrote:

you should photoshop the blokes so they're good looking too. something like this:

http://www.iwanexstudio.com/
check out the portfolio.

Christ that is an awful site.

rymus

hugely pro looking with the ol google ads down the side :rolleyes: