Recent content by Gordon Scott

Interesting, but I do feel like she's sticking two fingers up at me!

Nice composition, but they are all underexposed for me - what mode were you using the camera in?

Nice natural portrait pose and sharp, but I find the white background a little distracting and the lighting flat.

Nice HDR and composition, although it does look a little like you've added the sky and I would have been tempted to clone out the chimney to the left.

Nice shots Lee.... you've captured their expressions great. A little tweaking in PP and you're there. Cheers Gordon

Thought I recognised the photos.... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1330817/Bizarre-pictures-young-male-deers-extraordinary-trick-attract-females.html

I really should get imaginative with user names.... gordonscotty

Good example of awful, rude critique. To the OP.... I think you need to consider tone mapped HDR as a process rather than a simple filter to apply to a jpg. Go out and find a subject that will really be enhanced by HDR. Inside churches are great or stone work or most scenes in the golden...

Commenting on the high key.... They are not really very good, the first is white background with some burnt out areas on the face; the second has good tones in the face, but the shirt is burnt out and their is far to much black. High key is more that a PP exercise; it's in the subject and...

I don't understand that statement... I am much more likely to get the model to pay me for the shoot as they are going to get some great photos for their portfolio. The exception is if I'm getting paid for the shoot, in which case I would pay the model accordingly; but that is not normal TFCD.

I have had very little trouble with TFCD models; in fact they have been great. I do filter out the ones that are not serious about being models,thus leaving people who want to work with me because of the mutual value to portfolios.

You appear to be making assumptions about things without basing them on legal fact. Model releases are not required in the UK, but I get them signed to make it clear to the model where they stand and also the stock agencies ask for them which is their prerogative. Just because someone in a...

Sorry, but this not true, the law intervenes if the images are indecent and nude, topless or in her underwear does not in itself constitute that.

Therein lies the dilemma.... I did a quick search on the Kate Moss and Sally Mann photos and although they show a lot of skin, they are not done in a sexually provocative way which would make them indecent in my understanding of the guidelines.... but I would not want to be the photographer who...

This statement is wrong, since 2003 the definition of a child was raised from 16 to 18 for photos. The problem with photographing under 18's is the definition of "Indecent"... this is of course easy to see when the photos are perverted, but not so clear as you reach the margins around...