Having some fun with long exposures and a mate.

I think they are pretty snazzy! They are quite atmospheric as the black ground is blacked out and I like the way the figures loom out of the darkness. They only thing I would suggest is to experiment with different crops, especially where you have large areas of black at the edges.
 
Thanks Paul. Used the light of my laptop screen to light it :D lol.
Yeh I was wondering about the crops.. Will deffs have a fiddle.
 
Hey brodie ! Love the ghostly darkness to these and quite stylish to!!! Me Cattermole and Hamish where discussing you earlier on in the week about how much progression,skill and maturity your photography is showing from your first posts. I'm no pro but I'm really enjoying your work at the moment! Great stuff :) :) :)
 
Oh, cheers Tom :) I was wondering why my ears were buring earlier this week! :D haha.
I must say I have learnt quite a bit i the short time I have been on the RPF.. Many many talented people who are filled with experience and information! Trying to absorb as much as i can :) lol.
 
No 1 certainly and maybe a bit off the top of No 4 to put the eyes towards the top of the frame and increase the tension. The last shot is really growing on me but I would only shave little bits off and maybe contain the image with a thin black border to hold the lighter and darker sides together.
 
I think you might have taken a bit too much off the top of the first one Brodie and the 3rd one needs some black space to the left I think (what is he looking into?). Maybe trying taking some off the right but not the left. The middle one is nice though. The last one of the series is definitely my favourite now.
 
Seeing a photographer—whether neophyte or old enthusiast—pushing the edge provokes loud cheers. The world is full of full-daylight-over-the-right-shoulder-sunlight snapshooters as my mother taught me, and the result is too often the totally forgettable snapshot—like the 100 bazillion that preceded it.

When you push the edge and lose, you win. Only by failure do you determine where the edge actually exists. Reshoot, just retreating a smidge and you have it. The worst thing that can happen is that you will learn. A win-win situation if ever there was one.

If an idea hits, do it!
 
I reckon you've pretty well nailed it there Brodie. Let's see what the others think too though. And, as Larry says, explore it all a bit further if your friend (or another) is willing. I very often return to themes over and over and have done for years.
 
Thank again Pete :)
yeh i want to give it another go, same concept just fiddle with what works best..
We were just chilling and i thought the laptop light created a cool effect with shadowing.. then it just went from there with messing around lol. and those are what came out of it haha. all good fun :)
 
Brodie Jackson said:
Thanks Paul. Used the light of my laptop screen to light it :D lol.
Yeh I was wondering about the crops.. Will deffs have a fiddle.
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I also like the ghostly look to this set. Nice work Brodie.

Inserting that you used your laptop for lighting. I think there is an iPad app to do that as well. The laptop screen provides a nice diffuse glow that I'm betting helped you obtain the ghostly look that I like here.
 
cheers Ralph.
Yeh, the light was just enough to light him but still soft enough to blackout the ackground. I liked the effect :)
 
These are really nice Brodie!
really great lighting and spot on use of the technique ... and to get a response from Larry about an image is quite an achievement in its self!
Im very impressed!
 
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