I was asked by the forum members DaveinTN and Dwight Gruber some information about my photos. Given the fact that you guys really provided me with a lot of education on the marvelous P08, I think it's my time to share with you my tricks.
Among all these German ladies let's take a picture of a muddy Italian boyâ?¦..
To begin with this is a look of Paolo.Orange Photo Studiosâ?¦ehmm, my kitchen.
Yes, there is no black magic, nor Star Wars equipment here. So we have:
- the muddy boy, Beretta 9 mm (no jam since out of the box in 1993)
- some rounds
- some mud from my off-road motorbike (????)
- a tripod
- a digital camera good for 3 or 4 mega JPG
- a large sheet of paper, green, red, blue or while as you want.
- Minimum knowledge of Abobe Photoshop tools (Eraser, Magic Wand, Smudge, Layer)
- a couple of beers.
Fist of all put all the stuff on the paper sheet. The use of a homogeneous background will be later very useful to "eliminate" that from the photo itself. This technique comes from Hollywood action movies where the scene is take on a contracting background what is then electronically removed and replaced by something else (Mission Impossible, Matrixâ?¦)
I use green paper for colorful object and gray or white for "black" items. Both work fine, it's up to you trying and seeing what you find easier to handle.
Now it's time to shot. I usually take 10 shots, a little bit over exposed, with a relatively wide objective (28 mm, or 35mm). I find that this kind of focal length distorts a little bit the gun and makes the photo more attractive. At the end of the day we don't want somebody to say "huu, just another M9"!
I've picked up this one that doesn't look that badâ?¦.
â?¦..ooops I forget the beer! It's doesnâ??t matter.
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