Shutters Inc – episode 086

This week, how to find models without agents.
Bruce is planning on doing a shoot soon with a model from Ozmodel.


Test shot with the 135mm f2.8 lens
Bruce has got his new lens.
This is a shot ripped off quickly in the back yard before school, on the morning of recording Shutters Inc!
Nothing brilliant, I know, but gimme some time with it.We’ll get there.

Shelton answers a listener e-mail about how to best photograph people who are a little on the heavy side,
plus he also talks about ‘framing’ our composition.


Framing options

Looking room (looking into the shot)

Looking room (looking out of the shot)

Peru hut - original

Peru hut - cropped

Also, not mentioned on the podcast, but definitely worth sharing, are these panning shots from Andrew Sanigorski:

Recently you guys were talking about blurs and panning the camera to renders moving subjects stationary and I thought I’d share some of the work I’ve done with you and your listeners/readers which is a bit different as they don’t have a central sharp focus and are more concerned with the shapes and natural rhythms I’ve observed in the landscape.
The images (personal work) were exposed for between 1/5th to 3 seconds generally with small apertures to get the type of blurring i was after (of course I could have added an ND filter so wider apertures could be used). The images were pretty much adjusted using camera raw (Bridge) with some very minor PShop tweaking.









…plus these of Jason Kaechler’s crazy cats!


Cats 1

Cats 2
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Bruce Williams

I have been a professional audio engineer since the mid 80's and am happy to do for free in my spare time what I get paid to do during the week. I created Shutters Inc in May 2005, and it is today (as best as I can tell) THE longest-running photography podcast in the world.

2 thoughts on “Shutters Inc – episode 086

  • August 16, 2007 at 22:25
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    Hi.
    I have just started to listen to the podcasts. great stuff.
    You have asked for listeners to email you with questions but I can’t find an address, so I will ask here.
    My question – I have a Panasonic FZ3,12x zoom that I bought a few years back and think it’s great. I didn’t want the size and accessories of an slr but wanted a long lens to photo my son at Nippers on the beach and playing sports. I have dicided that I want to be a bit better than just happy snap photos. What is you suggestion? Join a club, do something online? Ideas please and remember not every wants to lug an slr around (did that back in film times)
    cheers from the Gold Coast,
    Paul

  • August 22, 2007 at 4:44
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    Hi,
    You ask for photos (window light) agian there is no address to send.Please let us know where?

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