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Sep
7
2012
Sarah Beaufoy / Coco de Mer and the X-pro
Posted by dave@davepiper.co.uk on 07 Sep 2012 / 7 Comments


For most people who know me, they will know, or soon will know how much I love the Fuji X-Pro1.  This Newton inspired shoot with Sarah Beaufoy was shot using the X-pro and just the light in the room.

We had a spare day and thought we should have a little shoot using the house. Sarah had this wonderful set ( Coco de Mer (www.coco-de-mer.com) so we thought we should shoot !


As all photographers grow we change our style and change the inspirations behind the work, at the moment I do seem drawn to the powerful iconic photos of the Newtons and Baileys.  One of the things about Newtons work I love is the way he keeps away from normal angles and lighting. Something we was keen to try with this shoot.  The Black and white conversion was done in camera using the Fuji Film Simulation modes. Some extra dodge and burning was added in Photoshop after.  I used the technique of making a new 50% Gray layer and converting this into soft light then painting on the layer with large soft brushes.  Trying to preserve the noise from the camera was an important detail. Shooting at High ISO on the Fuji is great as you can use it to creative effect in a nice way, especially with B&W. These were shot using the Red Filter.

We shot with the 18mm, 35mm and 60mm Fuji Fujinon lenses,


Thank you to Sarah for the cookies also !!

 

  • http://www.davepiper.org.uk Dave Kai Piper

    As with the many things that inspire me, I see this as a chance to take one or two elements from a subject and translate them as my own. This is not to say that I wanted to shoot something that looks like Newton shot it. I don’t see much sense in that. As you say, we all are forever chasing our own style.

  • Evil Ted

    + he gets a cute girl into her underwear, so shut up fool!

  • Alex

    Beautiful work!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/will.crockett.16 Will Crockett

    Hey KoolIce, I find your remarks rude, disrespectful, and unnecessary. Might I suggest you learn some manners before you comment on images that you know nothing about? It’s guys like YOU that prevent other shooters from sharing their work publicly because they don’t want to deal with the lack of common courtesy, and I want to learn from others who share their work.

    DAVE: These images are sublime. The style, the execution, the movement are all world-class and I am very glad you shared them with me. Thanks!
    WC

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