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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: paul_k on August 07, 2016, 13:32:52
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OK, I admit, I have a penchant for dressed up people, be it professionally (background in fashion photography) or just for fun (cosplay and fantasy).
So of course when it was that time of year again for the annual Castlefest ( one of the biggest 'fantasy' events in the Netherlands) at the 'Keukenhof', a large ornamental garden in Lisse, I could not resist.
As 'fantasy' is all about that, IMO the pictures should reflect that mood, rather then (and I eagerly use that as an excuse) should not so much about 'correct' technical reproduction or 'corned to corner' sharpness.
The series in its present form is for the moment primarily aimed at the visitors who were kind enough to pose, but will in a few weeks get a clean up for my personal selection
So after safeguarding myself in that way :D ,
http://www.pbase.com/paul_k/20160806_castlefest
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I like to have at least some representative pictures on the NikonGear site itself, and then eventually a link to other pictures. You seem to deal with colors in a very particular way (contrasty and very saturated); I first thought that this was particular to this Castle serie; but I had a quick look to some other galleries, and I find a similar style.
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The shot with the read head archer shooting the bow is really nice!
Please post at least one image form the series in the thread, thanks ;)
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The red head for me too - I have been wishing for a model like that for AGES!
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The red haired girl for me as well. What's not to like about the combination of fair skin, red hair, flowers as hair do and twisted horns to to top it all?
Agree colours are not on the softer side but their rendition certainly helps bring out the subjects in all splendour, intended or not.
Some of these girls will face a substantial task later removing all the make-up ...
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The red haired girl for me as well. What's not to like about the combination of fair skin, red hair, flowers as hair do and twisted horns to to top it all?
Agree colours are not on the softer side but their rendition certainly helps bring out the subjects in all splendour, intended or not.
Some of these girls will face a substantial task later removing all the make-up ...
Thanks for your kind words, coming from you I value them very much
The several reactions made me contemplate on why (with regards to the processing) I do what I do
To begin with, when I started photography way back when, I was always out to push my (B&W) films to the outer limits, and sometimes beyond, of their sensitivity (FP4 at 30 DIN, TriX at 33 or 36 DIN, and the likes)
Obviously that also came with high contrast negatives, and that combined with Agfa Record Rapid in Tetenal Eukobrom in similarly high contrast prints (when shooting color I preferred slide film printed on Cibachromes, when I had the money), something I still prefer in my BW and color images
Another great influence was the 1967 film 'Elvira Madigan' by Bo Widerberg, with the IMO after all these years still astonishing cinematography by Jorgen Persson.
I won't get into the details of the film, but the way the light in some scenes filters through the leaves of the trees http://www.famousfix.com/post/elvira-madigan-18787929/p623974?view=large is a thing that I have since tried to in some way emulate when the opportunity arose
And finally the films, the visually overpowering photography, and in particular colors of the socalled 5th generation of Chinese filmmakers, and in particular Zhang Zimou, with 'Hero' and 'House of Flying daggers' (the scenes in the bamboo forest) are a major major influence on the way I want to 'see' the colors in my 'fantasy' photo's.
So there is some sense amid the madness :-X
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I think, we all fell in love with Pia Degermark
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Thanks for the explanation, Paul.
I share the fascination for Jorgen Persson, and together with Sven Nykvist I value them high.
Perhaps Jorgen Persson most Iconic still comes from 'En kärlekshistoria' (A Swedish Love Story)?
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Shooting dressed up people is all about having fun , for them and the photographer, when I have done it is quite enjoyable, and with such good relation between the photographer and the models the results are most of the time superb
Thanks for sharing your series
and interesting to learn about the films that inspire you