I’ve long believed and preached that post-processing photos off a camera is a necessary evil. That Adobe Photoshop was made to be every photographer’s bestest friend.
Not today, though. Not with this set.
I got inspired by Helga and her SOOC upload today in flickr that instead of going full edit berserk on this set, I’d show my shots as is. No post-processing (just resizing). No digital image magickry. Everything’s “straight out of the camera.” Make that straight out of the Nokia N82 camera (you may go to each of the photo’s page on flickr and check the exif data and see for yourself). The result: no angry purists.
Given the right light to enhance the composition, better angling, steady hands, correct camera settings, and, best of all, the eye/taste for great art, anybody can make a 5 megapixel camphone spit out goosebumps inducing wow images (based on my humble standards).
Camera setting: Macro mode, no flash, exposure at -2.0. Lighting: caving light, 21 LEDs. Magnificently simple, yes? Subject: Hellraiser: The Cenobite Lair Box Set from Neco (owner, housemate extraordinaire Anne Gomez).
Here are the photos. I hope you guys like them as much as I had fun shooting them.
More of this in my “Hellraiser: The Cenobite Lair” flickr set (33 photos in all). Access to the full sized images at 900 x 650 are only given to my direct flickr contacts, sry2say.
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28 April 2009 at 12:07 am
Very nice!!! Great shots
28 April 2009 at 12:43 am
Cool. You’ve managed to capture the creepy ambiance of it all.
Good stuff, again. :)
28 April 2009 at 12:48 am
Holy shit these are AWESOME!
28 April 2009 at 1:44 am
Thanks Karen!!
28 April 2009 at 1:45 am
Hey Ms Fruityoaty!! Thanks for your encouraging words in reply to my pseudo-emo plurk. Glad you liked these, din. (cozy)
28 April 2009 at 1:46 am
(evilsmirk) salamat Mr Larry!
28 April 2009 at 2:39 am
why are you putting your artistic skills in service to evil, evil toys? shouldn’t you be shooting sunflowers and such? LOL. :)
28 April 2009 at 9:42 am
AMAZING!! all using the phone?? wow!
28 April 2009 at 9:48 am
I’ll balance the evil off with my angelic food photographs na lang LMAO!
28 April 2009 at 9:52 am
In-phone ang framing and composition. Nagpapasikat lang ako hahaha. Thanks Alexei!
28 April 2009 at 10:03 am
Oooh, the drama! The lighting! The *insert photography terms that I know nothing about here* ! And this is why you’re late today, mahaha.
These are awesome. You’re awesome. I’m awesome for having awesome toys for you to take awesome photos of. XD
28 April 2009 at 1:33 pm
W00t for the toys! partly to blame ang mybrute and ang pag-copy/paste ng links ng pic sa entry shet LOL. Salamat AGAIN Anne for letting me take pics of your babies and for being the light-technician for some shots! Yay!
28 April 2009 at 6:22 pm
Ohhhh… Nice! *worships*
28 April 2009 at 6:43 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RIA!!! w00t!
29 April 2009 at 9:00 am
Very nice, Fritz! :D Teeheehee.
29 April 2009 at 9:28 am
Fritz the set is really cool. The photos are really really good. It’s not (just) the camera, it’s the lighting, angle and composition.
29 April 2009 at 5:57 pm
It’s like excerpts from a movie. Awesome.
29 April 2009 at 11:47 pm
@Tiffeh: thanks, Ms Japayuki!
@dhonjason: I’ve chosen the best ones from what I took and published only 33 (a very important number). Thanks for the kind words!
@Kevin: aiming to please, my friend. I’m glad you guys have flawless taste in things beautiful, albeit evil in essence XD
13 May 2009 at 1:34 am
Wow! The photos are great! Never thought that a camphone can produce photos like that. Got a N82 also, thanks for sharing the settings.
14 May 2009 at 7:45 pm
Beautiful! Very beautiful!!!
I wish everyday had this aura and I surely will enjoy my life! (no I am not being sarcastic)
Hands down for the great master!
Simplicity is beauty.. :)