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Re: [OM] ( OM ) nearly, or not quite

Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) nearly, or not quite
From: "Jeff Keller" <om-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:28:39 -0700
Sometimes just being different gets people to stop and look at the pictures
longer. The first time I saw this "style" it made me think it was a printed
poster or something that started out as a photo but had so much post
processing that it had become something else. The standard thoughtless print
out of a 100 fact sheets on a laser printer yields something even more odd
... very pale with a blue cast ... yeah, no contrast just different hues.

The photographer who took these and processed them said he had worked for
another company and is trying to establish himself. I haven't had time to
ask many questions. I helped him get going with some perl scripts to
generate web pages. He seems to be quick to learn all things photo & web. He
was shooting with a Nikon cropped sensor, a Tokina 11-? zoom, and a ball
head. He spent almost no time trying to level his camera. He triggered his
camera and it snapped at least 5 exposure steps (jpg's) automatically. He
uses Lightroom for at least some of his processing.

I'm guessing about the automation. Generally the verticals are perfectly
vertical and no barrel distortion which is surprising for a super wide zoom.
The color and contrast are very uniform even though the lighting often
varies dramatically. The blue sky is probably often added in. In this area
we generally have a high early morning fog which often makes the sky almost
white until around 10am (and air temperatures very mild). It seems the
photos are almost always posted to a domain whose name matches the house
address. They generally post about a dozen images and sometimes have an
automatically scanning panorama.

Judging by the displayed format and the super wide angle I suspect the
Vicaso displayed pictures I carefully looked at were taken by a Zuiko 7-14
and four-thirds camera. Some/most(?) of the local real estate photos are
taken by free lance phototgraphers/picture takers who send their files to
"headquarters" where they are processed and posted to the web.

I find it interesting ...

Jeff Keller


-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 4:56 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) nearly, or not quite

Maybe that's the indication of "heavily automated" that Jeff mentions. :-)

Chuck Norcutt


Piers Hemy wrote:
> You want my feedback on the posted images?
> 
> YUK!  Where did the contrast go?
> 
> --  
> Piers 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Keller [mailto:om-list@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 29 July 2009 08:09
> To: 'Olympus Camera Discussion'
> Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) nearly, or not quite
> 
> --snip   
> 
> I'm seeing a number of local real estate photographers creating very
heavily
> processed pictures. I haven't heard any feedback from buyers/sellers yet.
> I'm guessing the workflow is very heavily automated ... which I hope to
> learn about.
>
http://www.julianalee.com/homes/2009/monroe_dr_300/home-for-sale-pictures.ht
> m is rather typical. 
> 
> --snip

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