Change Alley Fashion Shows Dec 04

mpenza · 7th December 2004

Just to share some pictures taken at the shows today. Was trying out some "portrait" shooting too.

mpenza · 7th December 2004

more pics here:
http://mpenza.clubsnap.org/gallery/changealley04

mpenza · 7th December 2004

comments welcome

Pics taken with 24-85, 100mm macro or 50/1.8 and external flash.

Buzz · 7th December 2004

nice even exposure...great pics....

....a few familar faces

mpenza · 7th December 2004

Thanks for the compliments

yup, quite a few familiar faces

lighting was suprisingly good. the glass panels of caltex house/change alley act as a gigantic diffuser

2100 · 8th December 2004

Actually....quite difficult to shoot with this kind of BG. Have you tried shooting wide open with the 100mm and 50/1.8? May not be enough.

Zplus · 8th December 2004

yeah! not eaasy with all that clatter. nice ones!

color is good.

mpenza · 8th December 2004

Originally Posted by 2100

Actually....quite difficult to shoot with this kind of BG. Have you tried shooting wide open with the 100mm and 50/1.8? May not be enough.

yup. background is rather clutterred with some bright lights (that could possibly be PSed away

). it's one reason why I shot a bit more close-ups than usual. have shot close to wide-open but it only helps when the models are nearer the end of the runway close to us.

mpenza · 8th December 2004

Originally Posted by Zplus

yeah! not eaasy with all that clatter. nice ones!
color is good.

thanks

everything was shot on AWB and the camera handled it well.

mpenza · 8th December 2004

took more pics today..... these are the ones with eye contact:

loaded more to the gallery. tried the 50mm with 1.4x tele with some shots but quality is not too good though (7520, 7598, 7703). sigh.
http://mpenza.clubsnap.org/gallery/changealley04

Petf69 · 8th December 2004

wa....not fair...why they always look at you only??

mpenza · 8th December 2004

Originally Posted by Petf69

wa....not fair...why they always look at you only??

oops

the models did look at me a little more today compared to previous days.

2100 · 9th December 2004

Originally Posted by mpenza

oops the models did look at me a little more today compared to previous days.

Yeah, right. One even chatted with ya...

You got the skin tones right today, better than the 2 days before. But metering maybe need to dial 1/3 stop down as the skin is slightly over, but have to say that the dark apparels seen today can throw it off easily.

mpenza · 9th December 2004

Originally Posted by 2100

Yeah, right. One even chatted with ya...

You got the skin tones right today, better than the 2 days before. But metering maybe need to dial 1/3 stop down as the skin is slightly over, but have to say that the dark apparels seen today can throw it off easily.

guess knowing some of them helps too

also, I was standing besides the official photographer.

I actually brightened the midtones a bit for today's pics. still not that used to color correction with my LCD monitor. sigh.

would be going down again tomorrow, hopefully earlier. see u there

mpenza · 10th December 2004

Are the pics a little bland in terms of color? got this comment from a friend.

Yildun · 10th December 2004

Originally Posted by mpenza

Are the pics a little bland in terms of color? got this comment from a friend.

The colours in my pictures are dull too. Guess it's due the ambience light and maybe the colour of their clothes (Designer don't flame me).

2100 · 10th December 2004

Mpenza, just dial down the exposure if you find it dull. Else bump up the saturation, but that can only help to a certain extent (and not clip certain channels).

Just remember, going down in exposure helps saturation. Of course don't do until grossly underexposure lar.

Bluestrike · 10th December 2004

Originally Posted by mpenza

guess knowing some of them helps too also, I was standing besides the official photographer.

I actually brightened the midtones a bit for today's pics. still not that used to color correction with my LCD monitor. sigh.

would be going down again tomorrow, hopefully earlier. see u there

time to change... CRT! :P

kekkeke.e.e.

Yeah the colours for the skin look much better

mpenza · 10th December 2004

space constraint lah

guess have to make do. one difficulty when editing with my current lcd monitor is that the color/tone changes quite a bit depending on the angle I'm facing the monitor. sigh.

7th December 2004	#1
mpenza Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,397	Change Alley Fashion Shows Dec 04 Just to share some pictures taken at the shows today. Was trying out some "portrait" shooting too. Last edited by mpenza; 7th December 2004 at 10:13 PM.

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mpenza Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,397	more pics here: http://mpenza.clubsnap.org/gallery/changealley04 Last edited by mpenza; 7th December 2004 at 11:04 PM.

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mpenza Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,397	comments welcome Pics taken with 24-85, 100mm macro or 50/1.8 and external flash. Last edited by mpenza; 7th December 2004 at 10:37 PM.

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mpenza Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,397	took more pics today..... these are the ones with eye contact: loaded more to the gallery. tried the 50mm with 1.4x tele with some shots but quality is not too good though (7520, 7598, 7703). sigh. http://mpenza.clubsnap.org/gallery/changealley04 Last edited by mpenza; 8th December 2004 at 09:38 PM.

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Buzz Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bukit Timah Posts: 220	nice even exposure...great pics.... ....a few familar faces

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mpenza Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,397	Thanks for the compliments yup, quite a few familiar faces lighting was suprisingly good. the glass panels of caltex house/change alley act as a gigantic diffuser

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2100 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,116	Actually....quite difficult to shoot with this kind of BG. Have you tried shooting wide open with the 100mm and 50/1.8? May not be enough.

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Zplus Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Some equitorial, tropical isla Posts: 2,357	yeah! not eaasy with all that clatter. nice ones! color is good.

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Petf69 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,312	wa....not fair...why they always look at you only??

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mpenza Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,397	Are the pics a little bland in terms of color? got this comment from a friend.

10th December 2004	#19
mpenza Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,397	space constraint lah guess have to make do. one difficulty when editing with my current lcd monitor is that the color/tone changes quite a bit depending on the angle I'm facing the monitor. sigh.