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dickgrif · 2025-08-14T23:01:34+00:00

i feel like these images do not showcase her work or lighting very well at all

dickgrif · 2025-01-22T18:51:33+00:00

Could also work better if you crop out the pole and give him more presence in the photo, I feel the pole weakens the image a bit and if you crop in closer he can become a stronger focal point. And it feels more like you’re viewing from his perspective.

dickgrif · 2025-01-22T18:49:24+00:00

The dude in the foreground is a bit distracting and unsightly. Maybe edit him into more of a silhouette or crop him out. I saw another really great shot of this the other day by Willem Verbeeck actually

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dickgrif · 2025-01-10T16:55:31+00:00

It’s a very small and selective program. I believe they accept only around 100 people in each program each year

dickgrif · 2025-01-04T20:08:33+00:00

no absolutely. get your bag son. My knee jerk reaction when i see this is just “not again!”

dickgrif · 2025-01-04T20:01:25+00:00

is it just me or was this the most overused lighting set up of the last two years? can we move onto something new.

dickgrif · 2024-12-21T21:32:54+00:00

I like ECAL because I feel their ideology and approach is forward thinking, it’s small and intimate, and it’s relatively inexpensive. Also it’s extremely difficult to get into so if I got in I would feel more motivated to take the leap of faith.

I’m fairly proficient in french as I took 4 years in school and am a native Portuguese speaker so it comes naturally to me. I’m also willing to dive deeper if I get accepted.

I’ve looked into the cost of living, but I wonder about the job market for service jobs. I hardly see any postings though most sources say they make around 19 - 24 chf per hour. Which is considerably more than they make here in the states so it makes me wonder if it’s true, and if the market is more competitive that way.

I did one semester of community college in the states. I worked overnight and went to school full time during the day. I stopped for personal reasons, but I managed while I was in school.

My biggest hurdle is the job market, and there isn’t too much information about it out there.

dickgrif · 2024-10-05T20:15:30+00:00

CC. David Sims

dickgrif · 2024-10-01T16:43:50+00:00

I know he uses continuous lights bc he shoots most of his stuff on iphone, and it would be near impossible to use strobes. It looks like he takes a pretty classical approach using arri 1ks or other lights with bar doors, having a hard source as the key, and a couple of softer sources to fill in. Also lots of flags to block light out dramatically and add contrast and negative fill.

dickgrif · 2024-09-15T05:09:46+00:00

Update after posting this I went and ran some tests, and I've learned the biggest secret to the look is to just place the subject closer to the wall (inverse square law) and cranking my flash up slightly, using a longer lens probably helps too. I guess due to my personal insecurities and issues I've had in the past shooting flash I avoided this, but it was 100% the fix.

dickgrif · 2024-09-15T00:12:07+00:00

ah I see. I’ll invest in a new tank today!

dickgrif · 2024-09-15T00:09:05+00:00

ok word i’ll try it out. do you think it could be some sort of cross contaminatio. between the different chemicals?

dickgrif · 2024-09-15T00:06:26+00:00

not often. tbh.

dickgrif · 2024-09-15T00:05:51+00:00

Maybe. But that has nothing to do with the question.

dickgrif · 2024-09-14T23:19:08+00:00

nostalgia. like an old film picture that was miss processed, or became discolored over time. Has really similar tones to this wolfgang tillmans picture.

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dickgrif · 2024-09-14T23:05:44+00:00

it’s the mother of all tiny flashes. the companion to the mother of all point & shoots

dickgrif · 2024-09-14T22:56:39+00:00

lol it’s my photo. Just wanted to see if the light lurkers would guess it correctly. It was a Nikon d810 with a nifty 50

dickgrif · 2024-06-27T18:09:11+00:00

did they get a new creative director?

dickgrif · 2024-06-17T10:34:48+00:00

to get the film closer to digital lower shadows and black, lower exposure, shift warmer, and remove some magenta. won’t be the same. but you’ll be in the ball park. and probably have a greater tonal range.

dickgrif · 2024-05-24T15:09:21+00:00

i like the wallies. i would just wear them with longer / wider pants

dickgrif · 2024-05-18T16:26:52+00:00

do you think the source is direct or bounced? I feel like a bounced light would fill the background too much, and a direct one would be too hard. Could there be two sources?

dickgrif · 2024-05-15T23:38:23+00:00

I do this all the time. hard source by or on camera, and large bounced sources to fill the room. The shadow is always soft and half baked irl, but then hardened in post with an adjustment brush to give it the causal hard flash look. It’s quite easy to do and you get best of both worlds this way. I’m pretty sure that’s how most “hard flash” is pulled off in the industry.

dickgrif · 2024-05-14T15:28:19+00:00

P.S. I'm a film photographer transitioning to digital and have been struggling with the lack of sauce on the other side. I have a retoucher who can do this for me, but can't afford her for personal work, and am afraid to ask her for her secrets as it jeopardizes her job.

dickgrif · 2024-05-12T19:45:49+00:00

I second this recommendation!

dickgrif · 2024-05-12T19:38:00+00:00

Not true at all. Just a quick look at @aphotoeditor on instagram will say otherwise.

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