Photographer needed

[prettybillie]

Hi all

A friend of mine is looking for a photographer to do a portfolio for her daughter. I know there are heaps of great photographers out there who take fab bike piccies. Can anyone recommend someone?

Cheers
Leanne

[Trudes]

In Auckland?

[UberRhys]

Hi all

A friend of mine is looking for a photographer to do a portfolio for her daughter. I know there are heaps of great photographers out there who take fab bike piccies. Can anyone recommend someone?

Cheers
Leanne

Hi there, my friend Sharlene is into that game, she has a website www.focalpointphotos.co.nz (http://www.focalpointphotos.co.nz/) and is well affordable. Tell her Rhys told you about Focal Point Photos and she may even do you a deal... :msn-wink:

[prettybillie]

In Auckland?

Yup..............

[thecharmed01]

I would offer, but I'm in Wellington =(

[Nasty]

I would take note that taking great bike pics in no way means they take great girl pictures though ... seen some great bikes and great people done by the same person.

[Katman]

I can vouch for the quality of this guy's work.

http://yellow.co.nz/companies/Photographers/Norrie-Montgomery-Photography/100810919_1281.html

[3L4NS1R]

a portfolio for her daughter.


Mind I ask what sort of portfolio?

[Big Dave]

Yup - I do glamour work too. What's it for?

[Beemer]

I would take note that taking great bike pics in no way means they take great girl pictures though ... seen some great bikes and great people done by the same person.

Too true - I started life as a newspaper photographer then got into motorsport and was really good at it. Can do the odd wedding too, but to take good portraits, etc you need studio lighting and good gear. You also have to understand how lighting works - I can take some good people photos but it's certainly not what I do best.

[McDuck]

Mind I ask what sort of portfolio?

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[Madness]

I hear Zapf (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php?u=1374) is pretty good.

[McDuck]

I hear Zapf (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php?u=1374) is pretty good.

Not to long ago there was a thread of frosty asking where his photos are from last september...

[SARGE]

Yup - I do glamour work too. What's it for?

cmon dave ..no way in hell are you glamorous..


nice ass though ...

[Big Dave]

cmon dave ..no way in hell are you glamorous..


nice ass though ...

Leave my Donkey out of it.

[Big Dave]

Too true - I started life as a newspaper photographer then got into motorsport and was really good at it. Can do the odd wedding too, but to take good portraits, etc you need studio lighting and good gear. You also have to understand how lighting works - I can take some good people photos but it's certainly not what I do best.

Photoshop is our friend.

[Jeaves]

http://www.christraillphotos.co.nz/

[The Stranger]

Hi all

A friend of mine is looking for a photographer to do a portfolio for her daughter. I know there are heaps of great photographers out there who take fab bike piccies. Can anyone recommend someone?



Zapf, he's a really good photographer.

[Owl]

I hear Zapf (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php?u=1374) is pretty good.

I wondered who would be first to post that!:laugh:

[Lias]

I wondered who would be first to post that!:laugh:


Zapf, he's a really good photographer.


I hear Zapf (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php?u=1374) is pretty good.

Ignore These posts.. There are multiple people on these forums who havnt received photos from him after paying for them (I recall one persons been waiting 3 years, and another 8 months or so)

If you pick a KB'er, Big Dave is the man.

[thecharmed01]

Too true - I started life as a newspaper photographer then got into motorsport and was really good at it. Can do the odd wedding too, but to take good portraits, etc you need studio lighting and good gear. You also have to understand how lighting works - I can take some good people photos but it's certainly not what I do best.

I beg to differ, Lighting is necessary but not good studio lighting.
We do a LOT of glamour type shoots and use a combination of natural and clever flash lighting techniques then add excellent post-prod editing and no one would know we dont use several thousand dollars worth of lighting.
A lot of my images have been used in magazines, I have photographed for hairdressing competitions, magazines, photographic competitions and fashion events.

I believe there is a lot more to be said for good ole' kiwi ingenuity and a little knowhow as to how light and photography go together.
Composition is half the battle too......

At the end of the day though, you either can or cant - but 99% of can't is a photographer who isnt passionate enough about the subject.......
:msn-wink:

[Beemer]

I beg to differ, Lighting is necessary but not good studio lighting.
We do a LOT of glamour type shoots and use a combination of natural and clever flash lighting techniques then add excellent post-prod editing and no one would know we dont use several thousand dollars worth of lighting.
A lot of my images have been used in magazines, I have photographed for hairdressing competitions, magazines, photographic competitions and fashion events.

I believe there is a lot more to be said for good ole' kiwi ingenuity and a little knowhow as to how light and photography go together.
Composition is half the battle too......

At the end of the day though, you either can or cant - but 99% of can't is a photographer who isnt passionate enough about the subject.......
:msn-wink:

By lighting I was including flash as well, but if you have to do heaps of post-prod editing then that's cheating a bit in my view!

And you're right - I love taking photos of cars and bikes and cats and landscapes. I don't enjoy taking group shots of people nor so-called 'glamour' shots. And weddings are a pain in the arse!

[boman]

The woman who did our wedding photos was superb. Very accomodating , and we got our photos back quickly too. http://www.katrinajohns.com

katrina@katrinajohns.com
Katrina Johns 021 298 2344

[thecharmed01]

By lighting I was including flash as well, but if you have to do heaps of post-prod editing then that's cheating a bit in my view!

And you're right - I love taking photos of cars and bikes and cats and landscapes. I don't enjoy taking group shots of people nor so-called 'glamour' shots. And weddings are a pain in the arse!

Hehehehehe

You are right though, too much post-prod is bad, but I will always concede to a couple of basic edit presets in Lightroom that you really cant beat when you are doing glamour/portrait work.
I also will go through and remove things like really obvious/bad acne, acne scarring that the subject doesnt like and a few other bits and pieces (after hearing what the model does and doesnt like about herself) like that, the things that dont affect the personality of the shot, but make the subject more flattered..... Glamour work is all about making the subject them, but the them they see in their minds......
I love taking photographs of people and babies/families because I love capturing the relationships...and them!

But then I also take pretty good (well from the feedback I have had) pictures of bmx riding, again there is a certain passion there because my partner rides, so anything he is passionate about has an aspect of attraction for me.

I am looking forward to being able to get some MX shots and testing the theory, that because I like bikes, I will, maybe, get a few decent shots of riding/riders LOL

[Big Dave]

to do heaps of post-prod editing then that's cheating a bit in my view!

Yeah yeah - but If you are doing it purely to make money and the result is exactly the same as lugging 20kg of gear to the gig - who cares?

I read all this 'passion' stuff. I don't see it that way.

If high art is the aim. Different story true.

I'm doing a job for a fashion house now and I hired Geoff Osborne to take the catalogue shots because of his lights and studio (and D1). The field work I did myself and photoshopped the crapola out of it.

Horses-courses.

That's why we asked what the gig was for too, miss billie.

[thecharmed01]

I read all this 'passion' stuff. I don't see it that way.

Heh, you have to have an amount of passion to do photography...that and creativity. Without those two vital ingredients, you are merely a button presser who gets lucky occasionally.
You have to be passionate to invest the time in learning the craft. No passion? Then why would you bother learning how to do it right?


If high art is the aim.
And that my friend is the passion I speak of right there in a nutshell :bleh:

[Big Dave]

I think what you call passion I call logic.
The parameters are easy and it's either right or it's not (usually indexed against a production budget.)
Enhanced by efficient operating of the machine

[thecharmed01]

Perhaps..... but logic alone will only get you so far.
Logic an achieve good photos, but passion is that little driving force that makes you want to use logic to make a good picture, that is memorable and catches people's eyes. I guess it's the artistic side that is why photographers are generally quite creative people.
Whether it's creative in the sense that they look at things differently and get those stunning once-inn-a-lifetime shots, or creative in that they can use anything around them (not necessarily with expensive equipment) to make sure that the photo they take, is a fantastic one.
:)

[Big Dave]

Perhaps..... but logic alone will only get you so far.

Far enough. :-P

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10477984

Or there is a Doyen's view:

'My idea of a great photograph is one that is in focus and has a famous person in it.' - A Warhol.

[ManDownUnder]

Leave my Donkey out of it.

I'm the Donkey... dick!

[Big Dave]

I'm the Donkey... dick!

?? - No members of my family are named Richard.

[thecharmed01]

Or there is a Doyen's view:

'My idea of a great photograph is one that is in focus and has a famous person in it.' - A Warhol.

Bwahahahahahahahaha

Classic!

[Big Dave]

Bwahahahahahahahaha

Classic!

'tis his third best line.

Favourite is: "Oh, I don't use that one any more. Now I say: 'In 15 minutes - everyone will be famous'".

[mkphoto]

see my recent photos of the schools event at Ardmore on the 24 May.

If you require similar action and a few posed pics contact me.

www.mkphoto.myphotoalbum.com

mkphoto@paradise.net.nz