"All things are photographable" thread

[Jan Pedersen]

JC, I am in awe of your creative drive, and ability to find unique beauty in your immediate environment. Seeing your name on a recent post means I click there first. Thanks for the inspiration.
Gorgeous jug

Agree with you Sly. Not sure how Jonathan made it but he seems to always have the time and the vision to create images from within 50 feet of his wife's naked body, he probably never get out of his PJ but I bet he is having a good time

[jcoldslabs]

JC, I am in awe of your creative drive, and ability to find unique beauty in your immediate environment. Seeing your name on a recent post means I click there first. Thanks for the inspiration. Gorgeous jug.

You're very kind to say this, thank you. I have to confess that much of my "drive" stems from laziness. The desire to photograph is always there, but the impetus to leave the house is not!

Speaking of inspiration, my photo of the pitcher was partly inspired by this image.

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

....he probably never get out of his PJ but I bet he is having a good time

Jan, this statement is frighteningly close to the truth.

J.

[jcoldslabs]

Inspired by Ken Lee's recent photos of a vintage phone. Deep toning added in PS for fun.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 6.5" B&L Cinephor projection Petzval, Tri-X Ortho (expired 1970).




Jonathan

[Ramiro Elena]

Very nice, love the toning. Is this using Ken's technique?

[jcoldslabs]

Very nice, love the toning. Is this using Ken's technique?

I think it's similar to how Ken does it. In my case I add a fill layer with a solid color. If I want a subtle effect (which is my normal approach) I use the "soft light" layer blending option at around 5-8% opacity, but if I want a more dramatic look I use the "hard light" blending option and raise the layer opacity to around 50%. That's what I did with the image of the phone.

Keep in mind I am still using a ten year old version of Photoshop (PS 7); there may be better ways to achieve this effect with the latest versions.

J.

[Steve French]

However you are doing it, it's a great photo !!

[jcoldslabs]

Thank you, Steve.

J.

[RHITMrB]

Keep in mind I am still using a ten year old version of Photoshop (PS 7); there may be better ways to achieve this effect with the latest versions.

J.

CS2 is free if you're willing to make an Adobe account: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitl...=cs2_downloads

[jcoldslabs]

CS2 is free if you're willing to make an Adobe account: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitl...=cs2_downloads

That's good to know, thanks. But I should have also mentioned that I am running PS7 because it is the latest version that will run on my ancient WinXP machine. (2GB RAM, Athlon 1.7 GHz processor). Someday when I migrate from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age I might be able to install CS2.

Jonathan