Rick Waldroup
New member
I want to thank everyone for their kind words about the shot. This is a bit of a departure for me, as I am really a pretty much straight-up street shooter. I hardly ever manipulate my photos at all- just normal processing, etc.
However, I started a new project titled, "Dream City", in which I am attempting to manipulate a lot of the shots "in camera". The only real PP work on this was done in Silver Efrx where I toned it and darkened the corners a bit. Other than that, all of the diffusion and soft focus effects were done in camera using a set of home-made diffusion filters. And these are really crude, home-made filters- pieces of frosted plastic I hold up to the front of the lens, pieces of plastic baggies folded over and sometimes punched with holes to get a certain look. On one shot, I used an opaque bottle cap and screwed it on the lens. Sometimes, I am even slightly jerking the camera during exposure to get a blurred, diffused look. I tried the old trick of smearing vaseline on a filter, but did not like the look, so I started looking around the house for material I could make filters out of.
You can see more of the shots here http://rickwaldroup.zenfolio.com/p605287827?customize=1
I am in the process of moving my shots to a new website, so this site is still under construction, so excuse the lack of photos and content to this new website.
Thanks once again to everyone.
However, I started a new project titled, "Dream City", in which I am attempting to manipulate a lot of the shots "in camera". The only real PP work on this was done in Silver Efrx where I toned it and darkened the corners a bit. Other than that, all of the diffusion and soft focus effects were done in camera using a set of home-made diffusion filters. And these are really crude, home-made filters- pieces of frosted plastic I hold up to the front of the lens, pieces of plastic baggies folded over and sometimes punched with holes to get a certain look. On one shot, I used an opaque bottle cap and screwed it on the lens. Sometimes, I am even slightly jerking the camera during exposure to get a blurred, diffused look. I tried the old trick of smearing vaseline on a filter, but did not like the look, so I started looking around the house for material I could make filters out of.
You can see more of the shots here http://rickwaldroup.zenfolio.com/p605287827?customize=1
I am in the process of moving my shots to a new website, so this site is still under construction, so excuse the lack of photos and content to this new website.
Thanks once again to everyone.