Comments on: The Halloween that almost wasn’t http://elwoodicious.com/2009/10/31/the-halloween-that-almost-wasnt/ Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. —Voltaire Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: james http://elwoodicious.com/2009/10/31/the-halloween-that-almost-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-9520 james Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:03:01 +0000 http://elwoodicious.com/?p=1994#comment-9520 Thanks! I've really come to love what a really wide aperture can do and since most of my shooting is candid portraits of Gabi that 50mm has become indispensable. I'd like to eventually get a speedlight so I can better shoot in the murk that is our home after sunset but if given the choice I'd probably choose a camera that can shoot cleaner images at a higher ISO, natural lighting is so much more expressive (plus it'd be one less thing for me to botch the shoot with!). Thanks! I’ve really come to love what a really wide aperture can do and since most of my shooting is candid portraits of Gabi that 50mm has become indispensable. I’d like to eventually get a speedlight so I can better shoot in the murk that is our home after sunset but if given the choice I’d probably choose a camera that can shoot cleaner images at a higher ISO, natural lighting is so much more expressive (plus it’d be one less thing for me to botch the shoot with!).

]]> By: Thom http://elwoodicious.com/2009/10/31/the-halloween-that-almost-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-9519 Thom Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:21:10 +0000 http://elwoodicious.com/?p=1994#comment-9519 I really love these photos. Incredible lighting. I've been using the external flash as a crutch lately and need to get back to my 50mm. I really love these photos. Incredible lighting. I’ve been using the external flash as a crutch lately and need to get back to my 50mm.

]]> By: james http://elwoodicious.com/2009/10/31/the-halloween-that-almost-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-9510 james Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:15:50 +0000 http://elwoodicious.com/?p=1994#comment-9510 Thanks! You are way to kind! I'm totally unsure of what I am doing to improve as it seems for the past year all I do is shoot pictures and unless someone demands I turn them around quickly I let them sit on the server waiting to be processed. I'm at a three month backlog at the moment. :-/ On the technical end, these were shot between ISO 800-1600 with a 50mm f/1.4 less in aperture value mode. Post processing was done using UFRaw for adjusting exposure and crushing black, and Gimp for color and hue correction. Thanks! You are way to kind! I’m totally unsure of what I am doing to improve as it seems for the past year all I do is shoot pictures and unless someone demands I turn them around quickly I let them sit on the server waiting to be processed. I’m at a three month backlog at the moment. :-/

On the technical end, these were shot between ISO 800-1600 with a 50mm f/1.4 less in aperture value mode. Post processing was done using UFRaw for adjusting exposure and crushing black, and Gimp for color and hue correction.

]]> By: Kirrus http://elwoodicious.com/2009/10/31/the-halloween-that-almost-wasnt/comment-page-1/#comment-9509 Kirrus Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:01:06 +0000 http://elwoodicious.com/?p=1994#comment-9509 These are amazing photos! You've really improved fast, to the point where I'd call these professional :) Glad she had a good night in the end :) These are amazing photos! You’ve really improved fast, to the point where I’d call these professional :)

Glad she had a good night in the end :)

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