samdrake123 Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 ^they are aren't they? im in the midst of a bureaucratic nightmare right now - so i got a grant for the cameras and my pay and all that to do this, and the organization was not happy at allllll with the product, and have been going back into the files and pulling out photos of muchhh worse quality. they wanna do an exhibition of photos that show 'windows of peace'. so they chose kids posing in front of their homework, smiling etc. instead of the photos that i've been showing here, which are much stronger images in my opinion (and if i allow myself to be arrogant, i know a little bit more about this sort of thing than a social worker). done venting - i wish these kids had internet/computers/cameras/knew english so they could get on here and contribute, that would be sooo dope if we had 30 kids from the panamanian hood posting daily in the days in pies thread. oh well. (ps, the organization took the cameras back, none of these kids got cameras now), kinda bullshit. This sounds awesome, minus the fact that they don't like the good stuff. Like other people have said, you should take the strong images and do something with them like a blog or something where the pictures can be seen, that's important! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__ __ __ __ Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 ^^ At least, then pass out flyers of the website at the actual show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 People generally have shit taste, I design websites for 3 Hospitals and these department head douches always try to turn the site into a boring ass online brochure. Try to engage them asking them why they chose what they chose and then use that to point out what they might be overlooking. The problem is they know their customers/clients way better than you, but you understand your field way better than them. They don't have any professional experience or knowledge in these matters and don't want to think too hard about it. They may ask their nephew who sucks but owns a camera and go with their opinion on shit. If you can engage them the right way under the right circumstances you may be able to show them how studying your specific field for years could benefit them more and why they aren't getting their moneys worth. People skills are huge part of my skill set now having to deal with PHD's who "know best" and then helping them "know better". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrshmonster Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 people in charge usually suck. hard. here's some from the other night w mercer and chupacabra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate* Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 It is so much easier for kids/teenagers to run up on someone and take a picture. and to think, we fret/talk about how hard it is frequently, and they don't even think twice about shoving a camera in a stranger's face. ^so true. some rad images for sure, some old stuff i've revisited.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad_news Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Some stuff from a month in Indonesia Who got snaps on the petrol? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrshmonster Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 body in the crosswalk is DOPE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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samdrake123 Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 those are aweosome .beardofzeus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freshysnapper Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrshmonster Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 error mode props Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrshmonster Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 some more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_ARTIFACTS Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 some randoms from a few years ago.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COSMOGRAMMA Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 THAT FIRST ONE 0____0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhMyGosh! Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Beardofzeus...that first monkey shot is dope. Must have been a fun trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayorMeanBeans Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 So my time is wrapping up here, been spending a lot of time in photoshop re-doing photos in bw, i'm pretty sure that for an entire project this is the one i'll end up using. Some of these photographs are over a year old, not sure which ones i've shown. none of them have been seen in bw though. props to mercer for convincing me that this wasn't trash. i think its gonna go in the final product. theological discussions about the value of the bible, written on the walls of a former crackhouse. i have really mixed feelings about leaving next week. i feel like i could continue this project forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DeSent Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 PAGE 666! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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siks6siks Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 film scan 90s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Pretty noisy but still like this one. PAGE 666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Palmer Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 One for page 666 I didn't do anything to this shot and we weren't in a red room. It just came out extra evil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayorMeanBeans Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhMyGosh! Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Another really good find today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhMyGosh! Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 ..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mercer Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 I'd take a look at the histogram/curves and bring the highlights up if you're going to edit it. That pretty much goes for both of them, sometimes if it's flat light or just underexposed you can fix that. In photoshop go to image/adjustments/curves a histogram will show up letting you know if your whites are white or blacks are black. Peep: link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Eric Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 I think the plane shot is better in color, I normaly go for BW... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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