Comments on: If Wishes Were Horses

By: BrodNeil

BrodNeil — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:40:06 +0000

Are these photos in Africa?
Great Shots. Very bold shots – GREAT photography.
Wedding Photographer Cebu

By: Russ Hickman

Russ Hickman — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:28:06 +0000

That second shot is awesome! I stared for a good minute before being floored by the rest.

By: Jesse Dittmar

Jesse Dittmar — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:59:21 +0000

@Phil
Here is a link about vignetting. http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Lenses/Canon-Lens-Vignetting.aspx
Most commonly vignetting happened in old large format cameras because the lenses could not provide enough equal light to the complete frame. As you can read in the article it often happens with very wide angle lenses shot wide open. It was cut back a lot on images when the leica came into play and with advances in optics. There are definitely lenses still out there that cause in camera vignetting. It can be a great effect and its too bad the digital age has ruined it to a certain extent by making it seem like a forced after effect.
Sorry i couldn’t find a more old school tutorial on vignetting, this link doesn’t give it the old timer ‘cool’ factor it deserves.
@ Rachel
Great selection of images! Riedel and Schoeller are two of my fav’s. I was in Schoeller’s studio a few months ago when he had all of the body builder’s prints on the wall right before they were sent to the press for publication. It was pretty amazing. I have his ‘Close Up’ book too, but I’d have to say these images work better as large prints than in book form. Don’t know when he’ll have a show of them, but I can bet you they’ll be large and they’ll be impressive.
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JD
http://www.jdittmarphoto.com

By: michael brooks

michael brooks — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:24:55 +0000

My first impression was the same as Phil’s: gorgeous shots but the vignetting and sky tones made me think Photoshop.

By: PAL NTSC VHS

PAL NTSC VHS — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:09:30 +0000

Great Pics. Schoeller and Steve Pyke is amazing.
“Take a gander” should be “Take a Gender”.

By: Ziv

Ziv — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:00:38 +0000

I love Schoeller’s portraits, but that image of Christine Roth is…just creepy.
Rachel, hold me. I’m scared.

By: phil bowen

phil bowen — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:02:29 +0000

i’m glad someone posted christoph bangert’s images from chad that ran in the new yorker, because i’ve had some questions about them.
i’m often a fan of vignetting in photos and in the case of some of christoph’s images above, the vignetting really pulls the eye in to the main subject.
i don’t really have any camera/lens combination that produces vignetting in my images, so for personal/artistic use i add it in photoshop in a way that i think makes the image better. especially wide angle shots. but i understand that adding vignette in processing is not acceptable for editorial use.
which leads me to the images above – and wondering where the vignetting comes from. are these shot on film? is he using a non-professional wide angle lens that causes vignetting? is he adding it in post?
i’m curious if there are any opinions out there.
-phil