Best enhanced photo

This is an actual photo of James by Sean Ward of Sean Ward Photography - but Sean messed with the color and made everything but the board B&W, do we have some other photographaers than can work magic?

Like this?


Or this?


Yup...

It ain't magic.

what Sean created is similar to a technique that has been used for 150+ years. I learned it in photography school* way back in the '70's (before digital photography and photo shop).

If you don't want to create the image using a computer -

Print a Black and White negative on paper (not RC Paper) and bring out the Doctor Martin dyes.

You simply dye the areas on a B&W print that you want colored.

*The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

I beg to differ...it IS magic.
To take something "average" and make it "spectacular" is magic. To draw emotion and peak an interest - magic. To trick the eye - magic.
Ed, please don't talk to my kids about Christmas...because I think there's a little magic there too...even though we all have a pretty good idea how it's done.

Magic? Nearly anything in graphic you even didnt dream of is my job
Only what you need is quality input.

now in video too...

This is one of the many edited pictures I have done. There is so much you can do to make the picture look cool. This is the famous James Walker.

Hey Bre - we have the first one framed - you are so talented.

It's genetics I'm sure. Just like James.

How About Best Faked Photo, they always give me a smile.}

the technique for Bre's two photo is called "posterization" (american translation).

This was made popular in a monthly photo magazine around 1975.

This too, ain't magic

Now, the ideas that Mike Walker comes up with for a wakesurf board...tht's magic!

Ed, can you explain to us the difference between the darkroom techniques for posterization and for solarization as well as their respective places in the pop photo art scene?
That oughta keep Ed busy for a while.
In the meantime...here's another

Ed,
Magic would be taking a picture of wakesurfing at Lake Clermont and making the water look somewhat inviting.
Greg,
Nice work on that last one.
Dennis

Denns,

I have no idea where Lake Clermont is. Can't help you there.

Gregg, quick and dirty - solarization is done while the print is in the soup and image just starting to form. Hit it with a strobe, throw it in the fix until desired effect is achieved.

Funny, I was wondering when someone would bring up solarization.

Respective places in pop art? Purely subjective.

Even though I have a degree and 23 years experience in the field, I'm one that has always considered Photography a craft and not an art.

I love your wakeboarder shot!

(Message edited by ed_g on March 05, 2007)

Ed, ya make me smile...

Ed-
Photography isn't a craft, quilting is.
You'll never be able to 'craft' a photo.
Even a degree and 23 years experience will never yield such an ability.



(Message edited by themilelowclub on March 05, 2007)

Enhance...
Enhance...
Enhance...
Oh, just print the damn picture!!

Hey Gregg,
Can you show us the actual pic that you enhanced from?

Hey Ed,
My bad I thought it was a Lake. I guess you call that body of "water" The Clermont Chain.

This is fun

Arun shot this a couple years back.
Here ya go...


I used it as a punch line for a thread on who has the largest wake.

The 3 legged guy was a punchline for a thread on toxins in the delta.

The big head girl I used as part of joke too.
A thread about wake fashions.
Steve Madden meets hyperlite.
This was before any closed toe bindings existed.
Like this:


Furry Ugs were just hitting the scene...



Wow, I haven't looked at these in years. In retrospect, I am quite the visionary...

Morning Dennis!

Yes, it is the Clermont Chain of Lakes.

Make it inviting?... how does a water temp of 74 on March 4 at 10:45 am (and temp is rising daily), and never a fee to use the boat ramp or parking lot.


Some of the best wakeboarders and wakeboarding coaches in the world don't seem to mind being on the Clermont Chain of Lakes.

Clermont is listed in Waterski Mag as one of the top six places to visit for watersports during the winter months.

How about your home lake?

Hey Ed,
I am sure that your chain of lakes are great. My thought was it would take "magic" to make them look inviting to get into the first time. The tannic acid does give them a color that is not as appealing as some of the lakes in my county.

hey Gregg,
where can I order those grey boots with pink shoe strings. My daughter really loves them, Who makes them? I looked all over the internet and can't find them.

Hey Dennis!

help me with this...lets say that someone dropped to earth from another planet,

would they prefer to be in Florida with blue skies and warm brown water or in California with the warm brown air and cold blue water?

California! In addition to the Lakes and Rivers we have mountains to snowboard, (real) waves to surf and don't have humidity levels so high you can drink the air.

Heres on I did to show one of my classes about PhotoShop