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27-MAY-2007 Lonnit Rysher

Fun in the Sun

Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
1/250s f/5.6 at 180.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time27-May-2007 14:02:45
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 5D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length180 mm
Exposure Time1/250 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias0.50
White Balance
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Canon DSLR Challenge29-May-2007 21:45
Ok, I'll buy that (no pun intended)! :) Thanks. ~ Lonnit
Canon DSLR Challenge29-May-2007 18:12
Lonnit, I think it's the sunglasses that give it that fashion feel. The shades are in stark contrast to her attractive, confident expression. It could easily be an advert for them and therefore suggestive of fashion. Very nice shot. -Najinsky
Canon DSLR Challenge29-May-2007 17:14
Eh, that's pretty vague. LOL! Of course it would involve clothing and accessories; I'm more interested in the specifics of the "aesthetic". For example, here, Lee felt the sense of the genre, despite the fact that no location is included. I don't know that one could grasp much of a story line from it either. His, although specific to this particular image, gave more detailed analysis. I guess there are books on the subject which I should look into. :) Thanks for trying! :) ~ Lonnit
jnconradie29-May-2007 09:29
Lonnit, here is nice "safe" definition, courtesy of Wikipedia:

"Fashion photography is a genre of photography devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion items. Fashion photography is most often conducted for advertisements or fashion magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, or Allure. Over time, fashion photography has developed its own aesthetic in which the clothes and fashions are enhanced by exotic locations and story lines."

Any suggested changes/additions? :-)

Regards jnconradie
Canon DSLR Challenge28-May-2007 22:08
That helps for this image... don't know if that's all there is to it. Anyone game on a definition of fashion photography? ~ Lonnit
Canon DSLR Challenge28-May-2007 19:28
Here is what led me to the comment:

wind blown hair
shades
bleached processing
does not look like direct eye contact

I hope that helps. 8-)
theFly
Canon DSLR Challenge28-May-2007 17:59
Thanks, gentlemen.

Lee, you're right, it does have that fashion-shot feel. Now, tell me, so I can replicate the genre when I desire, what makes a fashion-shot a fashion-shot? I've been wondering about that recently anyway, so I'm glad you brought it up.

Nico, I really did laugh out loud at the hair comment! As for the processing, I used the Nic Effects "old photo BW" filter, followed by a Lucis Art. The Nic made it nice, but the Lucis gave it pop. ~ Lonnit
Canon DSLR Challenge28-May-2007 13:59
nice fashion shot.
theFly
jnconradie28-May-2007 06:13
:-) In the previous Challenge, with "Feelings Book", you had a single strand of hair out of place; this time around you have not a single strand of hair in place! :-)

Creative portraiture work, as always, Lonnit. And of course also interesting processing work. Would you care to eloborate a bit on how you achieved this bleached-yet-high-contrast "feel"? Regards jnconradie