Recent content by CelticRambler

I made my first animations with a pencil and the pages of my school dictionary! Good times. Who needs tablets or AI ... :hi:

As you know, the golden rule for portrait shots has always been "focus on the eyes" ; but that really should be a more lenient "make sure the eyes are in focus" because it'd be a really weird head that needed any of the space behind the eyes to be in focus, but chins, lips and noses are almost...

Okay, that gives you about 8.5cm/3 inches to play with, front to back. Just about enough for most faces, but close to the limit if you have a model with a prominent nose and you focus on the eyes. Might be teaching you to suck eggs, but remember that dof is spread equally in front of and behind...

Definitely less "scientifically accurate", more "photogenic", than before though! :yes: For completeness, I'd be interested in knowing also what focal length lens you're using, and at what distance you have the camera set up.

I would highly, very highly, recommend getting yourself a copy of Affinity Photo. A very reasonably priced one-off payment (think it's about $60-70 at the moment, you've just missed their spring sale :tear:) stand-alone, non-cloud based product with unlimited updates forever. I've been using...

Are you shooting and processing in RAW?

:eek: ... Greetings, caveman! :hi:

Fixed that for you! 🤓 What you're dealing with there is expectation vs reality. In one of the many branches of my professional life, I look at skin up close, and that's exactly how it looks. When "ordinary people" look at skin on other "ordinary people" they apply a sort of in-built soft-focus...

In the last few years, I've twice been the user of a professional photographer, one in the context of a family event, the other as part of a get-this-old-guy-back-to-work incentive :bow: Two different studios, two different countries, but in both cases the photographer provided only a limited...

Yup! :yes: But you need to do that in collaboration with your target clientbase and taking account of the work involved on your part. Concentrate on getting this bit clear in your head before worrying too much about what phrases to use on the website, how much detail to display up-front, or how...

Definitely a major improvement on the previous versions. The characters are really starting to look now like "independent actors" within the scene, rather than simple component parts of an animated background.

OK, you posted that while I was adding my nickle-and-dime advice. :bag: It's not a great idea to give the client all the pictures, unless you're taking so much care with each and every one that you never make any mistakes. If you're rattling off several dozen shots, some will have an eye closed...

We're getting into hard-core business "stuff" here (leave your artistry at the door ... :D ) but it's important too. Nate's right about the psychological effect of "random" pricing - as long as there's some consistency to it. A good way to get to this "random" price is to break down the package...

Hence my emphasis on the phrase working with you, not for you. ;) You've a long way to go before the situation will arise, but you're heading straight into service that - if managed correctly - can generate a lot of repeat business. That one guy or gal who comes to you for head shot may treat...

One more thing: your choice of font. You have four different fonts on display - two in the logo, one for the heading and footer, one for the menu. That's not good design practice (loads of articles on this topic if you google it) and while it might not make a difference to a wreck-recovery...