Not everything is good so I selected only those that appeal to me (as always). On my previous post you may notice the cinematic mood that I impose on my photos, it is different on every photo and certainly can't just duplicate the processing of one shot to another. You may also notice there is a bit of miss focusing and that is because I chose to allow D90 decide on that matter. I thought the camera can detect people right away and prioritize that for focusing instead of other things. Although it's not that bad because the people are not always the subject, it's the cine.
My post-processing (PP) today is also similar in approach with just a little twist but I noticed most photos today are not that cinematic. I was thinking it was cinematic while holding the camera but the result was off or it can't be cinematic at all. I don't know what really happened but maybe I'm favoring shots that have street lights, car head-lights or the people are back-lit something like that. So I'm figuring it out why I only have 3 good cinematic photos. Few things I have in mind which I consider a learning experience. First, I should not shoot a frame with no evidence of light source at night. Evidence of light can be a light from a window on a background or street lights. Having no evidence that there is a light source makes the image flat or with no dimension. The light may not be in the frame but it should at least rim light people in the frame for the viewer to have a perception that a light is coming from the left, right or at the back. Frontal light is flat lighting, I'm not a fan of it but it can give fill light to lessen the shadows. I can't describe everything about evidence of source of lighting but if someone will try shoot at night you will notice that also. Second is, I should not include in the frame a substance that can take away the attention from the subject specially when it is being well lit also. For instance, let us take a scene of people entering the disco bar which you will place on the right of the frame but on the left there is a Christmas tree with lights on. In addition to that, there is a distance between the two that is dark. That exact picture makes your viewer pan their views from left to right or right to left making it more difficult to understand what the message of the photo is.
The two that I mentioned which I hope was explained well are in my opinion are something to keep on your pocket and maybe use it when the opportunity comes. Not all photographer will describe that amount of detail so if you need to clarify what I said just reply on my comments.
Here are my photos:
Unfaithful Wife. 6/365
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Movie Night. 7/365
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| From 20110105 |
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