Recent Professional Works

[LKaven]

You mean because of the fake blur?

For an 85mm at f/2.8, that looks real enough.  It's a very nice portrait.  On my screen, the shoulder camera right is severely posterized.  It's probably a JPG artifact. 

[HarperPhotos]

Hi Luke,

Good spotting. I have redone the shot and it looks a lot better

Cheers

Simon

[ACH DIGITAL]

Very strong portrait Simon. Enjoy your new camera..

[HarperPhotos]

Hi Antonio,

Thanks your food shots look very appetizing. Yes this new Nikon like yours is for me perfect for the work I do and is just spectacular. I am looking forward to shooting some cars in my studio in a few weeks with my new beast. As a result of getting the new camera I have decided to sell my entire Mamiya 645AFDII kit as it now completely obsolete and use the money in new Nikon glass like the 28mm F1.8, 45mm PC-E, 85mm PC-E and hopefully later this year Nikon’s new 17mm PC-E.

Cheers

Simon

[Pics2]

Hi Antonio,

Thanks your food shots look very appetizing. Yes this new Nikon like yours is for me perfect for the work I do and is just spectacular. I am looking forward to shooting some cars in my studio in a few weeks with my new beast. As a result of getting the new camera I have decided to sell my entire Mamiya 645AFDII kit as it now completely obsolete and use the money in new Nikon glass like the 28mm F1.8, 45mm PC-E, 85mm PC-E and hopefully later this year Nikon’s new 17mm PC-E.

Cheers

Simon

I remember you own Leaf Aptus 75. Are you selling that, too? What is your experience in comparing Aptus and D800?
Thanks!

[HarperPhotos]

Hello,

I’m keeping my Leaf Aptus 75 to use with my Mamiya RZ and Sinar P2 kits. The biggest problem with Nikon is the software it is simple terrible. The major problem I have with it is I cannot get live video and digital over lay at the same time as I do with Leaf Capture. This feature is very important when shooting packaging where the food stylist have to get every element in the exacte position.

So any one at Nikon is reading this please I beg you to up grade your softwear! As I have only had the new Nikon for a week and am crazy busy I haven't had a chance to compare but I what I have all ready seen the Nikon D800E is superb.

Cheers

Simon

[bcooter]

Hello,

I’m keeping my Leaf Aptus 75 to use with my Mamiya RZ and Sinar P2 kits. The biggest problem with Nikon is the software it is simple terrible. The major problem I have with it is I cannot get live video and digital over lay at the same time as I do with Leaf Capture. This feature is very important when shoot packaging where the food stylist have to get every element in the exacte position.

So any one a Nikon is reading this please I beg you to up grade your softwear! As I have only had the new Nikon for a week and am crazy busy I haven't had a chance to compare but I what I have all ready seen the Nikon D800E is superb.

Cheers

Simon

Simon,

I'm sure you've thought of this but one solution is to print a black and white, clear overlay to go over the back of the camera screen and a second overly that goes over an hdmi monitor, if you want to use the Nikon.

I usually make the large overlay's in 5% and 10% increments and work from that with tape that allows it to flip out of the way.  (Actually we do this on the RED more than any camera).

It may not seem as elegant as an electronic overlay in software, but allows you to add copy delete, twist and turn and give yourself plenty of bleed room, also just flipping the overlay out of the way gives the stylist and client a real view of the complete image.

Then if we want to take it to the max, (in either moving or still), the dit just takes an electronic overlay and put's it into photoshop over a processed jpeg or screen shot, or on motion imagery we drop it into the nle and preview it from start of the clip to finish.

Just a thought, but to me this works a lot better on set than alway waiting for something to process out, until we get close to final.

IMO

BC

[HarperPhotos]

Hi James,

Thanks for the advice. It reminds me of the old days last century when I would blu tack the layout onto a wall and then put a piece of acetate from a 4x5” sleeve onto the back of the Sinar P2 screen and trace the layout on to it. It was crude but it did the job.

Cheers

Simon

[MrSmith]

just use the excellent overlay facility in capture one.  you just drag any jpeg/tiff/raw file and then you can change opacity/scale/position etc, it shows the transparency in photoshop files too.

[HarperPhotos]

Hello,

I’ve just purchase Phase Capture One for the Nikon D800E as it has digital overlay, but unfortunately Nikon live video won’t work with the software.

Hopefully the nice people at Phase could modify there Capture software so Nikon and Canon live video would work in the future.

This would make me a very happy photographer.

Cheers

Simon

[Dick Roadnight]

On Hasselblads, if you have the Adobe "full kit" you can draw or trace an overlay in Adobe illustrator, and overlay it on live view and re-draw as required?

¿does anyone do this?

¿does it work as well with Phase, Leaf, Sinar...?

[ChristopherBarrett]

Not professional, not from mfdb, actually not even a photograph.  What the hell?  ... from the new short film we just shot down in Louisiana.  Red Epic / Cooke Panchro/i + 1/4 Black ProMist filter.

[amsp]

Not professional, not from mfdb, actually not even a photograph.  What the hell?  ... from the new short film we just shot down in Louisiana.  Red Epic / Cooke Panchro/i + 1/4 Black ProMist filter.

Would be more interesting to see the actual movie 

[fredjeang]

Not professional, not from mfdb, actually not even a photograph.  What the hell?  ... from the new short film we just shot down in Louisiana.  Red Epic / Cooke Panchro/i + 1/4 Black ProMist filter.

I like ! Great capture.

As for not being MF...well, the Epic is the MF of motion no? so you're not that much in the wrong section.

[ACH DIGITAL]

Not professional, not from mfdb, actually not even a photograph.  What the hell?  ... from the new short film we just shot down in Louisiana.  Red Epic / Cooke Panchro/i + 1/4 Black ProMist filter.

Chris, what's is the film about? I'm intrigued.

[ChristopherBarrett]

It's actually somewhat autobiographical.  The story of an 8 year old boy coming to terms with his parents divorce, reconciling his image of his father with who that man actually is.  Set in Louisiana in the late '70s, it's a vignette from the life of a family falling apart.

More on our FaceBook page...  http://www.facebook.com/AManOfLimitedEmotionalMeans

and the title sequence as a tiny teaser... https://vimeo.com/christopherbarrett/review/45070951/4f44f3300f

Thanks,
CB

[NikolaBorissov]

Saudade

h4d-40, 28/4, dead sea, israel

[ACH DIGITAL]

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h4d-40, 28/4, dead sea, israel

Hi Nikola, I like the fist one very much. The composition is very strong, the dress blowing, echoing the exotic landscape in the background.
ACH

[Pingang]

This is one of the best use of HCD 28/4 I have ever seen.


Pingang
Shanghai

Saudade

h4d-40, 28/4, dead sea, israel

[wolfnowl]

Another vote for the first one.  Love the 'butterfly wings' she has!

Mike.