LichMD Posted April 1, 2007 Share #21 Posted April 1, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Etienne, beautiful photos, all of them, though I prefer the first as I think it's a more internal photo then the others. I'm curious which did she decide to use? Cheers, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tashley Posted April 1, 2007 Share #22 Posted April 1, 2007 Etienne, To someone like me who has precisily no grasp of studio work, those shots, especially the first one, are almost miraculously lovely. As is she. Kudos. Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne_werner Posted April 1, 2007 Author Share #23 Posted April 1, 2007 Nicely done , I like post 15 the best Hi Guy,Just wanted to say thanks for all your great efforts with Leica and was wondering, after looking at your web-site with the sheer amount of great pictures; where do you find the time to help us? Kind regards, Etienne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne_werner Posted April 1, 2007 Author Share #24 Posted April 1, 2007 Etienne, To someone like me who has precisily no grasp of studio work, those shots, especially the first one, are almost miraculously lovely. As is she. Kudos. Tim Thanks Tim,Yes she is easy on the eyes. Kind regards, Etienne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne_werner Posted April 1, 2007 Author Share #25 Posted April 1, 2007 Etienne,beautiful photos, all of them, though I prefer the first as I think it's a more internal photo then the others. I'm curious which did she decide to use? Cheers, Thanks, She is going with the first one for the concert poster. The second one will be used as a head sheet for her CV. Kind regards, Etienne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammam Posted April 1, 2007 Share #26 Posted April 1, 2007 Beautiful, Etienne. I do quite a lot of studio work myself, and this is an inpiration.I think next time, I will drop the D2X and try the M8. BTW, the first photo bears the caption «Violetta». Is this her name, or does she sing «Traviata»? I'm an opera nut myself. Actually, I was an opera stage director in the eighties and nineties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted April 2, 2007 Share #27 Posted April 2, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Etienne--wonderful work, really. I'm partial to the tones on the first one, but they're all very beautifully done. I take it you're as pleasantly surprised as Guy and I was when we first brought out the studio lights for the m8. With a pocket wizard on, it lets you work very quickly and accurately. I love it. As for focus, like all great cameras, sometimes the lens / mount or both need adjusting for best performance. Nice PP too. But most of all the control of the light is the killer here! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted April 2, 2007 Share #28 Posted April 2, 2007 This has one reason I decided to just go all M8 right now until i get a MF system or something really big . i have done a lot of work with strobes and the M8 and in different types of settings also and it realy performed flawlessly here. Normally i do a lot of lighting on the advertising side of my business and with a Microsync on the M8 is just awesome because it is small. I even have shot it tethered using the leica digital capture along with bridge to see the images come in. I am going to try this with C1 and point to the same file as the digital capture and hopefully C1 will work like this becuase you get BIG previews. So yes the M8 can be a great tool like this , obviously these portraits say something to that effect. What a lot of folks don't talk about their is the LCD and the zoom feature which is really quite nice . I can figure out my lighting very fast working like this. Okay i know i have a lot of experience here but even so it really does help a lot when you can see close to what is going on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne_werner Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share #29 Posted April 2, 2007 Beautiful, Etienne. I do quite a lot of studio work myself, and this is an inpiration.I think next time, I will drop the D2X and try the M8. BTW, the first photo bears the caption «Violetta». Is this her name, or does she sing «Traviata»? I'm an opera nut myself. Actually, I was an opera stage director in the eighties and nineties. Thanks Olivier. I was amazed at how easy the M8 is to use in studio. Violetta is her name. She, a mezzo-soprano, is the step daughter of James McCray, who was a tennor and now has a studio were he is teaching the next generation of opera singers. Apart from here looks, I have been told that Violetta is very talented. As you may have understood, I am a barbarian that listens to the beat of an other drum. Kind regards, Etienne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne_werner Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share #30 Posted April 2, 2007 Etienne--wonderful work, really. I'm partial to the tones on the first one, but they're all very beautifully done. I take it you're as pleasantly surprised as Guy and I was when we first brought out the studio lights for the m8. With a pocket wizard on, it lets you work very quickly and accurately. I love it. As for focus, like all great cameras, sometimes the lens / mount or both need adjusting for best performance. Nice PP too. But most of all the control of the light is the killer here! Thanks Jamie. Yes the M8 is certainly also a winner in the studio. And to think I bought this camera for private usage only, well I believe that it will get some more usage than anticipated. Kind regards, Etienne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted April 2, 2007 Share #31 Posted April 2, 2007 Thank god weve finally got someone brave enough and with the acumen to stop down. Very nice. Different look to film. Would you consider film for a shot like this if convenience wasnt an issue? If it was a wall hanger and not business, for your art, which way would you go? Regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne_werner Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share #32 Posted April 2, 2007 Thank god weve finally got someone brave enough and with the acumen to stop down. Very nice. Different look to film. Would you consider film for a shot like this if convenience wasnt an issue? If it was a wall hanger and not business, for your art, which way would you go?Regards Hi Rob, That's a tough question. I've used film professionaly since 1978. I have to admit that for me the convienience of digital by far outweights the quality of film. One of advantages some types of films have over digital is the DR. But in studio the need for DR is much less then when shooting outdoors where you do not have full control over light. There is one thing I do miss about the analog camera's, there was a lot less that could breakdown. This was especialy important in the days that I was still bumming around third world countries. In those days Reuters would provide all its staff photographers with the newest Nikon's. I would never take them with me. My gear would consist of 2 old Nikon F2's and a Leica M6. These cameras have only very limited electronics and were build to last. If something needed fixing, I could usualy repair it myself. That is something I would not want to try with the M8. So to answer your question, because of the photographic work I do know, I would stick with digital. Kind regards, Etienne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcarnes Posted April 8, 2007 Share #33 Posted April 8, 2007 Hi Rob,As far as the focusing issue is concerned: a few people, including my self, have had back-focusing problems. Some even have had to send back their M8 to Zolms. In all fairness, as far as I'm concerned, it certainly also has to do with my eye-sight. I've ordered a 1,25 focusing magnifier from Hong Kong. This should help with the 50mm, 90mm and the soon to order 75mm. I only have one coded lens; the 28mm. The VC 50mm nokton doesn't need coding (it does have a IR cut filter). I do have a 15mm and I am ordering a 12mm from VC. These might be more of a problem. When I shoot for myself, I will mostly do B&W. So the coding is not really needed. In colour I will probably test one of the profiles for C1. As far as PP is concerned, actualy surprisingly little.I shot the picture in both B&W jpeg and color raw. I used the jpeg only as reference. The only additional action to the raw output was a bit of sepia. Kind regards, Etienne Etienne, Thanks for the information. I've tried to not to be too jealous of the beautiful B&W these M8 cameras produce, but it's hard not to want to get my hands on one! I own a 40mm VC that would need to be used (probably for B&W) and I'd like to know I can use it if I choose to buy an M8. All this is fascinating for a film person. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 9, 2007 Share #34 Posted April 9, 2007 Etienne - Gorgeous photos - Lovely light, framing, pose, details, contrast, tonal range and mild toning. You've proven it is a fine sutdio camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirvine Posted April 9, 2007 Share #35 Posted April 9, 2007 Etienne, Thanks for the information. I've tried to not to be too jealous of the beautiful B&W these M8 cameras produce, but it's hard not to want to get my hands on one! I own a 40mm VC that would need to be used (probably for B&W) and I'd like to know I can use it if I choose to buy an M8. All this is fascinating for a film person. Rob Rob, I use the 40mm Nokton on my M8 from time to time. No problems there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne_werner Posted April 9, 2007 Author Share #36 Posted April 9, 2007 Etienne - Gorgeous photos - Lovely light, framing, pose, details, contrast, tonal range and mild toning. You've proven it is a fine sutdio camera. Thanks Stuart, A nice model certainly helps the picture. How is Barbara doing. Is she still enjoying working for Reuters? I recently read the new directives imposed by the CEO on Reuters photographers... This of course after the Libanese stringer incedent:mad:. The directives severely restrict any processing done in photoshop. I do understand the reason behind it but if I still worked there, I would be very hestitant to even change the contrast in the pictures for fear of being sacked. Kind regards, Etienne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 9, 2007 Share #37 Posted April 9, 2007 Etienne - Thanks for asking -- Barbara is enjoying it. Reuters is very proud of the relative integrity of their news (By the way: News is only 7% of their business). I say relative integrity based on an experience Barbara had when working on her Masters in Paris. Everybody knew that Generalisimo Franco would die any day and her professor assigned everyone to get a copy of every newspaper when he finally died. When he died they brought in the papers and compared coverage, which depending on the slant of the newspaper, ranged from Franco being the savior of Spain at one end of the continuum to his being a mass murderer on the other end. A valuable like lesson in bias. What did you do at Reuters, where and when? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne_werner Posted April 10, 2007 Author Share #38 Posted April 10, 2007 Etienne - Thanks for asking -- Barbara is enjoying it. Reuters is very proud of the relative integrity of their news (By the way: News is only 7% of their business). I say relative integrity based on an experience Barbara had when working on her Masters in Paris. Everybody knew that Generalisimo Franco would die any day and her professor assigned everyone to get a copy of every newspaper when he finally died. When he died they brought in the papers and compared coverage, which depending on the slant of the newspaper, ranged from Franco being the savior of Spain at one end of the continuum to his being a mass murderer on the other end. A valuable like lesson in bias. What did you do at Reuters, where and when? Yes, I'm very familiar with bias in the news. In 1973, I was living in Chile during the military take over. The local newspapers talked about Pinochet as the second coming whereas the foreign papers very much contradicting this view. Well like most things, the truth is somewhere in between. I worked for Reuters from 1985 to 1992. I was sold to them with the international photo devision from UPI. Talk about slavery;). I started as Chief Photographer for the Netherlands. After 4 years I made a promotion and became the regional chief of photo for Eastern Europe and Austria. During all this time, like most Reuters shooters, I was sent on several assignments outside of my region. I was sent to (among others) Algeria,Mozambique,Sudan,Ethiopia,Chad (border),Pakistan, Afghanistan (border) ,France, Russia and all the Eastern European countries (including Albania). I believe that I was blessed to work for them in those very interesting times. This was before digital. One had to carry a full darkroom and analog transmitter & cameras, lenses and clothing etc.. This meant carrying more than 100 kg when traveling. In some countries we had to buy bottle water in order to develop the negatives as the local water had to much sand in it. Often we had to bride an official from the local telephone company so that we could send our pictures out to the editing centers.Things certainly have changed for the better. No more D/R. Just a laptop and a sat-phone. But I do miss those times. Kind regards, Etienne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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