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David Hobby Profile picture
@strobist
Jul 11, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Twitter coming hard for photographer #AnnieLeibovitz with pitchforks and torches, when what they are really seeing are stylistic choices made after the fact in post production. Annie’s post has been trending toward ashen skin (in both AA and caucasian subjects) for years.
She’s one-note. That’s her look. @voguemagazine knew what they were going to get when they chose her to shoot Biles. Whatever fault that exist lies with Vogue’s DOP, IMO.
See, it’s not that hard Vogue https://t.co/SnZuek1fu3
For the photo geeks, that luminous skin tone is courtesy large, specular highlights.

From Lighting 102: strobist.blogspot.com/2016/07/lighti… Image

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Jan 9, 2023
Experimenting w/prompt engineering w/ #ChatGPT. Well-structured prompts yield more developed responses:

I want you to act as [X].
I will give you [X], as well as [X].
You will provide [X].
My first request: “[X]”

(Sample prompt is a throwaway idea, looking around my office.)
Chat GPT’s responses aren’t all polished winners, by a long shot. But the responses are already good enough to be a great prompt for brainstorming and developing ideas — even down to potential shot lists.
I am using #ChatGPT consistently as both brainstorming partner and backstop in product and idea development. It is proving to be a very capable development accelerator.

And this is the dumbest it will ever be.
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Sep 30, 2020
Gonna live tweet tonight — but doing so as mentions to @JoeBiden so as not to clutter up the streams of the uninterested. Follow both if you wanna throw it around. 🥃
@JoeBiden Oof. Praising yourself on COVID-14 right now is not a good look Donnie.
@JoeBiden Herman Cain would beg to differ.
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Sep 9, 2020
It’s the contrasting color of the embedded, normal interior light of the UPS truck that immediately confirms to our brain that this midday photo is a) real, and b) freakin’ INSANE.
There are other tells, too. The red LED at front of truck & ~2700K interior home lights across the street present as normal, telling us this is both real and shot on daylight white balance. The level of the ambient daylight is *darker* than the truck’s interior. We’re on Mars. 🤷‍♂️
As photographers, these chromatic disconnects are a powerful psychological tool to use when we artificially light our images. We can make things feel more real — or more surreal — as needed. Lighting 103 on Strobist is a full course on how to do this.
strobist.blogspot.com/2017/01/lighti… Image
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Aug 20, 2020
Frustrating/sad news on the Strobist front: It appears that the new, mandatory, @Blogger update is not functionally compatible with my site. I have written to them several times during the comment/feedback/transition period, with no response. (1/X)
I'm still considering for future options. But the inability to preview/edit a post in Blogger, if unsolved, makes it very unlikely that I can continue on that platform. No regrets if that is the case; it has been a fantastic 14+ years, and I'll always be thankful for them. 2/2
Update/Good(-ish) News: I've figured out how to circumvent most of the hurdles thrown at the site by the forced "improvements" to the @Blogger UI. Sigh. It's about 4x the work, and things might look a little different. But hopefully we can keep this car running a bit longer.
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Jun 8, 2020
Donating to local food banks to help people blunt the impacts of coronavirus? Find out who their main clientele are. In addition to fresh meats, these foods are highest demand items at our bank, which serves many Latin American families: shelf-stable, economical and nutritious. Image
As a white guy, I would instantly think “pasta.” 🤷‍♂️ But having learned better, we can now make our food bank dollars stretch further — and with better nutrition. Call your bank. They’ll tell you what’s needed.
Lastly, normal sized packaging, while not as economical as bulk, is preferred (to re-apportioned bulk) sizes by the clients because of perceived food safety issues. 3/3
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