I have to admit, winter in Scandinavia looks beautiful...though I am not a winter gal myself:) That second photos is really very gorgeous! To answer your question about the retro look on my photos...it's more about how I edit it rather than the ISO. I use a Nikon d5100 and have it on auto ISO so it automatically adjusts to light. To edit I use photoshop elements - duplicate layer, then blend with soft light, add a layer then paint in with color 000d5e and blend with exclusion, from there I add an adjustment layer and fiddle with the levels, then add another adjustment and warm it up with a warm photo filter. Depending on the photo, I may vary it up a little and choose different blending and gradients, but that is the general way I edit. Sorry to write a book here, I hope that helps a bit:) xx Marisa
Hello Marisa:). Thanks for the answer about the ISO. I just asked, because I decided to improve my technical skills and I was on a photo shoot at dawn this weekend. It was really amazing, because everything was quite, it was quite cold, but the air was fresh and I was there totally alone with my camera and the stand just taking pics.
These are really cool methods, what you described. I do not have Photoshop yet,but might invest in one if my motivation holds on longer. I am more experimenting now with using the stand, longer expo.time, checking the light conditions at different stages of the day and the ISO numbers. I made on pic on the dawn-photo session with ISO 800 and 30 sec exposition time,I will post it here now,that you can see it. It had quite the retro look feeling and that is how I remembered your photos, because also there you have this nice soft lights etc.
I will post that picture now and then you can see it yourself :)
I have to admit, winter in Scandinavia looks beautiful...though I am not a winter gal myself:) That second photos is really very gorgeous! To answer your question about the retro look on my photos...it's more about how I edit it rather than the ISO. I use a Nikon d5100 and have it on auto ISO so it automatically adjusts to light. To edit I use photoshop elements - duplicate layer, then blend with soft light, add a layer then paint in with color 000d5e and blend with exclusion, from there I add an adjustment layer and fiddle with the levels, then add another adjustment and warm it up with a warm photo filter. Depending on the photo, I may vary it up a little and choose different blending and gradients, but that is the general way I edit. Sorry to write a book here, I hope that helps a bit:) xx Marisa
ReplyDeleteHello Marisa:). Thanks for the answer about the ISO. I just asked, because I decided to improve my technical skills and I was on a photo shoot at dawn this weekend. It was really amazing, because everything was quite, it was quite cold, but the air was fresh and I was there totally alone with my camera and the stand just taking pics.
ReplyDeleteThese are really cool methods, what you described. I do not have Photoshop yet,but might invest in one if my motivation holds on longer. I am more experimenting now with using the stand, longer expo.time, checking the light conditions at different stages of the day and the ISO numbers. I made on pic on the dawn-photo session with ISO 800 and 30 sec exposition time,I will post it here now,that you can see it. It had quite the retro look feeling and that is how I remembered your photos, because also there you have this nice soft lights etc.
I will post that picture now and then you can see it yourself :)