The demystification of dave hill! let's all help!

[superkoax]

mtmm: NOW THAT'S NICE!!! Great work! did you take multiple shot's from the background?

[Mtmm]

I did take only one bg shot and forgot that beauty dish behind me as you can see from the reflection.

http://photographyisrad.com/2007/12/...tty-toney.aspx

Wooo! Dave has updated his blog and that Ghostface Killah's new comedy book is out now. Only 15 dollar. Some of the shots are at Dave´s website. Cool!

-edit- ordered

[superkoax]

mtmm: nice! Will check it out after my movie is finished Death Proof by Mr. tarantino

[Mtmm]

Death proof was pretty cool.

[superkoax]

mtmm: Just checked out(yes I know! A bit late) the new pictures from DH...Looking very good! His style fit's comic books...The DH style can remind a bit of comic books...the film was very nice btw! Like roadmovies a lot!

[Mtmm]

Originally Posted by superkoax

mtmm: Just checked out(yes I know! A bit late) the new pictures from DH...Looking very good! His style fit's comic books...The DH style can remind a bit of comic books...the film was very nice btw! Like roadmovies a lot!

Dont expect anything if you are about to watch Planet terror, that sucks big time.

[scottyb70]

Originally Posted by cheshirepoet

Lol, well perhaps I am a little biased since I work for Bill, but expensive equipment isn't what determines your results, they're just tools and it's how you use them that gives you great results. Bill told me how years ago he use to teach an adult evening class at a college on photography, and someone said the same thing. So he had everyone go to his studio for the next class and let them use anything they wanted. Even with all of that at their disposal, they were disappointed with their results. Bill then proceeded by setting up a little still life shot, hung up a white bed sheet, and used a clamp light from Lowe's and took a beautiful shot.

Mtmm, I'm glad you like the blog !

Can you post a link to his website?

[superkoax]

here is the link....EEEEEENJOY!!!!!

http://www.billsimonephotography.com/

[pellepiano]

My images is usually in another style, but this one is leaning somewhat towards the Hill style ( I think ). I could be so wrong =)

http://www.pellepiano.com/thread_ima..._dave_hill.jpg

[pixelzombie]

Originally Posted by pellepiano

My images is usually in another style, but this one is leaning somewhat towards the Hill style ( I think ). I could be so wrong =)

http://www.pellepiano.com/thread_ima..._dave_hill.jpg

those fleshtones are looking good, but i think you could go further...

[scottyb70]

Originally Posted by superkoax

here is the link....EEEEEENJOY!!!!!

http://www.billsimonephotography.com/

Thanks. He does very nice work. Similar to Dave Hill and others.

[superkoax]

Originally Posted by pellepiano

My images is usually in another style, but this one is leaning somewhat towards the Hill style ( I think ). I could be so wrong =)

http://www.pellepiano.com/thread_ima..._dave_hill.jpg

can you tell us abit on how go trough making the shadows down the ground believable??? Just want know the shadows IMO looks good...Are they real or fake?

[pellepiano]

Yes, they are fake =) The ground was very forgiving when painting in some shadows. I used my Wacom Bamboo to just darken some areas under their feet.
The people were shot one by one ( have a very small "studio" ) , extracted and pasted in.

[punkjumper]

Pellepiano, your shot is really cool. it looks like there a masking error with the two on the right. the guys hand is in front of the girl.

[pellepiano]

Yes, amazing I did not see that, I must have retouched the wrong file. I have to do something about that. Looks terrible.

Thanks for pointing that out.

[edit] I changed to another image.