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Does this scream GWC to you? It does to me and I hate them. (wrinked white sheets) Am I alone in this feeling? Am I being a photo snob? Dec 05 06 09:01 am Link Vidmandave wrote: I believe we were calling them wronkled up bedsheets. Dec 05 06 09:03 am Link Wronkled (sic). We all start somewhere and maybe once they understand DoF and moving the model away from the background or even the "steam" bitton on the iron they will improve. We are all improving all of the time. Few people are able to entirely visualise the outcome of each shutter release. That is why they have stylists and assistants. Wronkled sheets screams beginner with nobody helping rather than GWC. Dec 05 06 09:04 am Link Yeah I did it when I was in high school but when I got the prints I was turned off and put them in a box in a dark corner of the celler. I guess I should chill out on this. Gels get these people Gels. that would help LOL I am in a weird mood today maybe its cause I called in sick to use up my sick days and have nothing constructive to do LOL Dec 05 06 09:10 am Link sheets can be cool as long as they dont look like wronkled bedsheets... Dec 05 06 09:12 am Link Wrinkled bed sheets dont' scream GWC, they scream beginner. In fact, when I first started, I used "wrinkled" bed sheets as a background (to use as white balance and later white out on photoshop) and I'm female with no intentions of anything with the models lol. Dec 05 06 09:13 am Link If you know how to blow them out, then using a wrinkled old bedsheet as a backdrop might not be as amateur as you might think. Sure, the set doesn't look impressive to the model, but... These were shot against a wrinkled bedsheet: Dec 05 06 09:14 am Link Using a wrinkled sheet is fine just as long as the model is on them. Dec 05 06 09:20 am Link gdsandy wrote: What he said. I even see quality commercial backgrounds being used badly to get cheap-looking results. It's more about artistic creativity, mastery of technique and understanding the capabilities and limitations of the equipment and how to take advantage of them than about the intrinsic quality of "accessories". We've all seen beautiful work with improvised materials and crap done with the best equipment. Dec 05 06 09:21 am Link If you leave it there and put some light behind it to create some lame effect then yeah, you're a GWC. If you're creative enough so that it doesn't appear as a white crinkled bedsheet, or it's worked into the shot, then no, you shouldn't be called a GWC just because you used that. Dec 05 06 09:25 am Link If the end result is good photography, does it really matter? Some of my work has been done against, well, interesting backdrops... Never underestimate a creative mind. Rich Dec 05 06 09:29 am Link Good points all Now I must un-narrow my mind LOL oh hey thats my 100th post Dec 05 06 09:33 am Link Daniela V wrote: Right on... but I think bedsheets are alittle too small... I use white muslin... and of course... TAKE THE WRINKLES OUT... check the avatar... Dec 05 06 09:47 am Link I used to use them and honestly still use them on rare occasions. Easy to edit and make look nice, easy to bump up exposure for hi-key work, easy to work with.. easy to extract a model and put her in another scene for a photoshop. But to leave them as is... eh... here is one... from october 2005 with my P&S camera! Dec 05 06 09:48 am Link David Scott wrote: It looks like it started out ironed and you have draped it Dec 05 06 09:55 am Link I have used wrinkled bedsheets on both my photographer port and my model port. If you think that D. Brian Nelson is a GWC, I must admit I would find that funny. If they are a deliberate part of the atmosphere, I don't have a problem with them. Dec 05 06 10:59 am Link Select Models wrote: And that's a very clean and hot look. That's the RIGHT way to do it. Dec 05 06 11:05 am Link haha, the wronkled bed sheet as Art. I did this a lot when I was using myself a the subject. I used a black sheet though and the lighting I was using just made it look like a solid black background. I say anything is fair game as a background. Be creative, use it in a different way or maybe just have fun with it. If you're doing a simple headshot you could probably pull it off quite well though. Iron the darn thing, it doesn't have to be wronkled. Dec 05 06 11:12 am Link David Scott wrote: I know you didn't ask for an opinion, but since you put your work out here regarding this subject... Dec 05 06 11:14 am Link ...as long as they don't have stains(coffee stains, right?) on them, they can work sometimes... Dec 05 06 11:18 am Link Vidmandave wrote: Yeah I think that's what I did.. I know it was draped.. actually two sheets. I didnt have much room to work with and had too much in the background that was disctracting and would have been hard for me (at the time) to edit out. I was just starting photography seriously around this time so I was still learning a lot about lighting and such. Ah, good times lol Dec 05 06 11:21 am Link Daniela V wrote: Thanks for the opinion I didn't ask for. It's a picture of using wronkled sheets back when I was first starting out. As in the post I just did, I was still learning about stuff. I don't use sheets too much anymore, I actually don't even remember the last time I used one as a backdrop. I did use one so I could bounce some light off it for my flash, though Dec 05 06 11:25 am Link I've only used white bed sheets once, and I used a pair of them. Somehow, I don't think this is really the effect you are criticizing: Click the thumbnail, to view the full-size image. Most people really seem to like that image, and I'm happy with it as well. I normally use a large professional painted-muslin background, but decided to use white sheets for this one image. The end result is a very intimate portrait. It's not what your gear is, but what you do with it that matters most. Dec 05 06 11:25 am Link Vidmandave wrote: Great pictures scream. They will not be ignored. There are many ways to make great images. Dec 05 06 11:31 am Link Glen Berry wrote: Bingo! Dec 05 06 11:33 am Link Wronkled bedsheets=yuck! Dec 05 06 11:37 am Link SickShooter wrote: Really? The one you're laying on, in this image from your own portfolio, doesn't look so bad... Dec 05 06 11:48 am Link David Scott wrote: I think the lesson to be learned here is that even if you're starting out, don't use crinkled bed sheets. 1. they have GWC written all over them and 2. you're just starting out, so you don't know how to use them yet. Dec 05 06 11:49 am Link This one had a bedsheet as a backdrop and I'm proud to admit it !!! (although it wasn't wronkled!!!!) www.jonroberts.co.uk Dec 05 06 12:02 pm Link Make sure you use the side with out stains.......otherwise I dont have a problem with them....... Dec 05 06 12:06 pm Link Please forgive me father, for I have wronkled. Dec 05 06 12:08 pm Link Jphoto wrote: This is different. You're USING it in the image. Dec 05 06 12:12 pm Link Daniela V wrote: Yeah them drawers are CLEARLY plus sized period panties. Dec 05 06 12:15 pm Link she's supposed to be getting ready to sleep, not being a seductress..hehe:) Dec 05 06 12:19 pm Link Daniela V wrote: Thanks for sharing. Dec 05 06 12:20 pm Link This is another bedsheet photo althought, it's black, not white, and honestly it's one of my favorites. Again, early days.. used it as a backdrop, never used this photo on my port but I still like it a lot. Planning ot use it as background on my website. Looks good on there. Dec 05 06 12:23 pm Link doesn't it depend on the thread count? Dec 05 06 12:25 pm Link Oh Gosh,,,now there's going to be math...I'm screwed!! If it adds to the total atmosphere of the pic I say what the heck Dec 05 06 12:30 pm Link shoot now i am a GWC.. as i do use sheets and my cat does sleep on them and not only do they have wrinkles but if you blow it up just right, you may be able to see cat hair.. oh shoot. Well, i let them know from the start i aint no pro. "all i want for christmas is my own studio..my own studio..my own studio.." Dec 05 06 12:32 pm Link Back in the days when MM started, there was a classic thread where some newbie photographer was complaining that hew was not getting any respect. ...then it was noticed that he was using a stained sheet for a backdrop in his pictures! It was the wildest thread ever (until the Urheartsdesire episode last week). Dec 05 06 12:34 pm Link |