Self-Portriats (my friends, this is a challenge)

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-08-25 09:15pm

Kickass, Spoofe. Yay for digitalizing.

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-08-25 09:31pm

I could resist touching that up a little bit.

kill me if you like.

That's odd. I don't remember resizing it. Ugh. Tired.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-08-25 09:49pm

Mad · Post by **Mad** » 2004-08-25 09:55pm

Gil Hamilton wrote:Well, there was the Adonis thread where all us guys took off their shirts and posed without them... of course, none of the pictures were nearly as high quality photography as your pictures.

Speaking of which, what are the results of the last two polls?

sketerpot · Post by **sketerpot** » 2004-08-25 10:00pm

bohemianfey wrote:Sketerpot! That's awesome. Try it with an invariation, nagative and then solarize. Demon Dei.

Thanks!

I couldn't solarize it because I have the Gimp rather than Photoshop, but I did have some fun playing around with the color map:

And jmac, I took another crack at touching up your photo. Behold your dazzling beauty:

I despeckled everything except your face (which I wanted to keep sharp), and tuned down the redness.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-08-25 10:02pm

That's a great photo, Stormie. On minor technical notes, if you were going to do it over again, I'd make a smidge more negative space on the left side and raise your head a bit more, to get implied symmetry in your shot. Plus, adjust your f-stop a bit so you get a little less exposure. This is to pick up the red in your hair and the blue in your eyes more, and it won't effect the white alabaster of your skin tone in the shot, because it's got a bit less color. It's excellent though.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-08-25 10:06pm

Gil Hamilton wrote:That's a great photo, Stormie. On minor technical notes, if you were going to do it over again, I'd make a smidge more negative space on the left side and raise your head a bit more, to get implied symmetry in your shot. Plus, adjust your f-stop a bit so you get a little less exposure. This is to pick up the red in your hair and the blue in your eyes more, and it won't effect the white alabaster of your skin tone in the shot, because it's got a bit less color. It's excellent though.

Sally Walden wrote:The Fish is talking!

Cat In the Hat wrote:Yes, but is he saying anything?

I got none of that. English please.

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-08-25 10:09pm

I did the photoediting on the original from that, I was considering using a double layer and keep the original eye-colour, but dashed the idea when it was finished. The original he sent me was rather orange tinted so I added a bit of desaturization, changed the hue, brightened it, added contrast, sharpened and viola. I was going for a rather monochromed look, slightly translucent with a hint of almost a robotic or droid like sense.

This house is driving me insane, this computer doesn't have my Photoshop 8 so I'm using some crappy, half-rate, faker program. It doesn't even despeckle.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-08-25 10:19pm

StormTrooperTR889 wrote:I got none of that. English please.

Translation: if you have that shot taken again, make the empty space to the left of your mug a small bit wider and lift your head to balance the photo. Then fiddle with the f-stop (the ring one your camera that controls how much light enters a shot) to make the over-exposure of the shot slightly less extreme, which makes the color of your hair and eyes stand out more in relation to your pale ass skin.

Got it?

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-08-25 10:39pm

I don't think I can play with teh f-stop. But I can try on the others.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2004-08-26 12:21am

Couple more:

I was tempted to crop the images a skosh, but I think the current picture balances are very natural as-is.

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-08-26 12:45am

Tres bien. The second is by far better than the first. It has character, good compositon, the lighting suits and it's well shot. The first is lacking depth. The angle could be better for a flat surface.

Post by **Dalton** » 2004-08-26 01:06am

Meh, why not. This is a pic of myself I took a while ago. It was a blind shot from the side with a digital camera. With the way I cropped it though I don't think there's enough leadroom.

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-08-26 01:16am

Hmm it has potential, but there are a few things glaring at me. I the lighting. Use the light to your advantage and let it add perspective to your picture. You need more negative space. The picture is too busy. Over all I like.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2004-08-26 01:18am

I'd show you a picture of myself, but then I'd have to kill you, as always. Anyways, some members with paticularly good memories will remember a nice artsy farsty photo I (or my sister, take your pick) took of myself a while back. If I remember correctly (I'm sure I do), I received every female posters phone numbers shorty thereafter. Coincidence?

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-08-26 01:33am

I think not! You should repost it and bring back the manheat.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-08-26 01:34am

bohemianfey wrote:I think not! You should repost it and bring back the manheat.

[size=0]Pssssssst... He's lying like the gnome he is on the phone numbers part.[/size]

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2004-08-26 01:35am

Rogue 9 wrote:Pssssssst... He's lying like the gnome he is on the phone numbers part.

EXPOSED! *dun dun dun*

*flees to the hills with his self-proclaimed hotness*

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2004-08-26 01:43am

I don't suppose anyone will believe me if I said I look just like my avatar...

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2004-08-26 01:43am

bohemianfey wrote:I think not! You should repost it and bring back the manheat.

Gah, I did a search for it, found the thread, but the picture no longer exists on website X, and certaintly no longer exists on this computer. Sad really; maybe someday you'll be able to witness the Mike Iannazzo Experience In 3D[size=0]*[/size], but today is not that day.

[size=0]Not actually in 3D[/size]

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-08-26 04:28am

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:
bohemianfey wrote:I think not! You should repost it and bring back the manheat.
Gah, I did a search for it, found the thread, but the picture no longer exists on website X, and certaintly no longer exists on this computer. Sad really; maybe someday you'll be able to witness the Mike Iannazzo Experience In 3D[size=0]*[/size], but today is not that day.

[size=0]Not actually in 3D[/size]

Stop torturing me. The pain is more than I can bare.

(the second one is horrible, I know, but I can't fix it with this piece of shit software)

KhyronTheBackstabber · Post by **KhyronTheBackstabber** » 2004-08-26 05:09am

BOO!

A picture of me from last Halloween I was fucking around with.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-08-26 05:59am

You win the aphrodite contest, end of story

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That said, you are a great photographer and a nice image editor.

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2004-08-26 09:08am

Ace Pace wrote:You win the aphrodite contest, end of story .

You'd be surprised what you can do with a good camera, the right setup, and a good editing program. I've seen professional portraits of people that, compared to how they actually look, are nothing short of virtual plastic surgery.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-08-26 09:30am

bohemianfey wrote:
Darth Garden Gnome wrote:
bohemianfey wrote:I think not! You should repost it and bring back the manheat.
Gah, I did a search for it, found the thread, but the picture no longer exists on website X, and certaintly no longer exists on this computer. Sad really; maybe someday you'll be able to witness the Mike Iannazzo Experience In 3D[size=0]*[/size], but today is not that day.

[size=0]Not actually in 3D[/size]
Stop torturing me. The pain is more than I can bare.

Intentional misspelling?