The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread

Pessimism said:
Nah, I figured I wouldn't be close enough for the 50mm to be of value for me. I settled with my 100mm 2.8L because the thing utterly destroys flare/chromatic aberration. Plus on my crop the focal length is actually 160mm. The photo pit was.... ugh. So many buttfuckers were using massive flash units with diffusers - completely uncool for the band and everyone that had to look at them. Shit, this was my first show and even then I knew proper concert etiquette.

The lighting was especially terrible. Yes, I know the lighting in concerts is typically pretty dismal, but as I was told this one was especially so. It was pretty awesome to compare pictures with my friend Sanne though, since she was using her 70-200mm 2.8L on a crop body (equates to a 320mm focal length); just to see that some of my pictures looked like hers was somewhat exhilarating (she has been published... a lot). Everyone was rushing to the photo pit to blind bands for three songs while we scored this great area next to the mixing board just to the right of the stage that was only for people with all access/photo passes like we had. It was really weird standing there with a group of people with camera's, and then having security remove every one of them and letting us stand there to roam freely. Never had that kind of experience before.


I settled for the desaturated/re-tint type for now because I got pretty aggravated trying to turn his skin tone into something that doesn't look overly flushed. My goal is to get the picture to look like it was taken in natural light. Hopefully I can do that!
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I like the way the desaturated photo looks, not bad at all. Hopefully you'll be able to get into more shows and do photography though, that'd be really cool. Are you going to Scion Rock Fest?
 
For the desat/re-tint I had to really fuck with the color balance. Damned red/magenta was the fucking bane of my existence last night when editing.

As for Scion rock fest... I wish, it's basically in my fucking backyard - but I was unable to register for tickets.

I need to find out who the promoter is and just bug them for a photopass. My best friend said to just pick a random name and pick up their ticket (said person could still pick up their ticket after contesting that they are who they say they are by showing ID), but I don't know anybody else who has signed up. I wanted to pick up his ticket, but he already claimed it.
 
Doing some fun editing.



Windows movie maker really sucks for these kinds of things though, it's a pain to try to time everything with those simple tools.
 
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Pessimism said:
For the desat/re-tint I had to really fuck with the color balance. Damned red/magenta was the fucking bane of my existence last night when editing.

As for Scion rock fest... I wish, it's basically in my fucking backyard - but I was unable to register for tickets.

I need to find out who the promoter is and just bug them for a photopass. My best friend said to just pick a random name and pick up their ticket (said person could still pick up their ticket after contesting that they are who they say they are by showing ID), but I don't know anybody else who has signed up. I wanted to pick up his ticket, but he already claimed it.
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Fuck that sucks. Hope you'll be able to make it out some how. As for a photopass, contact this guy: johnathan@beyondmg.com. I tried messaging him for the hell of it, because otherwise I can't use my camera (according to Scion, any SLR camera is "professional" :erk:).
 
Feeling sorry for myself because I totally ate shit and banged myself up pretty good while out running tonight. Road rash/scrapey bullshit all over the palms of both my hands and two bruised/skinned knees. I'm really lucky I didn't hit the asphalt with my face or get run over.
 
Srontgorrth said:
Fuck that sucks. Hope you'll be able to make it out some how. As for a photopass, contact this guy: johnathan@beyondmg.com. I tried messaging him for the hell of it, because otherwise I can't use my camera (according to Scion, any SLR camera is "professional" :erk:).
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Hahaha, holy crap seriously? Hell, I might just say I have a point and shoot and not bring anything at all. God that sucks. I'll definitely contact him though, so thanks for the reference.
 
krampus said:
Why do people think it's cute??? You're the third or fourth person to say that.
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Hard to fully explain, but it has to do with the image of vulnerability it evokes. Makes you seem like a fragile thing that ought to be cared for, like a puppy.
 
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