I wouldn't say they weren't ~~pretty~~ attractive, they're just very young. Skin is basically a giant biological pool, and at most programers ages, they can't help getting dry skin, acne, etc.

If you analyze the photographs, you might realize how unbelievable it is that these teenagers and young (very young) adults have created a million dollar sport in Korea.

I'm a fan for truth in design, and art. If sharper photos look better, despite the people in them looking un-pretty, keep it.

Great photos btw. I love the color, something I've never been good at creating.

GTR

51559 Posts

February 14 2009 20:58 GMT

#23

did elric get killed

ichimarugin680

United States182 Posts

February 14 2009 21:41 GMT

#24

Nice photos

iPF[Div]

Spain572 Posts

February 14 2009 21:41 GMT

#25

I you want I can give you a little highpass trick I do in photoshop that will sharpen better (and WAY more realistically) than any sharpen tool in photoshop.

I think your regular style looks way better even tho sometimes i'm not super happy with them (I'm a photographer, and a very picky one at that ^_^) Basically I think you need to find a middle ground between these way more realistic shots and your usual heavily saturated ones. I suggest messing around with Lightroom's autotone and autoexposure (autoexposure is quite possibly the greatest tool ever, I too use a nikon and feel your pain when shooting indoors T_T, with this you should be able to shoot a couple apertures lower and get the focused picture you need and then fix the lighting later on)

uhh send me a pm if you want to share photoooo techniques cuz i can go on forever here lol

IntoTheWow

is awesome32277 Posts

February 15 2009 00:04 GMT

#26

Thanks as usual : ]

Weiman

Netherlands91 Posts

February 15 2009 00:11 GMT

#27

Hey never GG, what gear do you use exactly? It seems the colours are way off in a lot of shots, too much red basically. I hope you're not shooting on vivid.. Also, the focus seems to be off in quite a lot of shots.. try focusing on the eyes when doing a portrait, I suppose you're using a prime lense at it's widest aperture.. which gets you a small depth of field. Love the composition and angles though

LonelyMargarita

1845 Posts

February 15 2009 01:01 GMT

#28

On February 15 2009 05:52 PhorClayton wrote:

Show nested quote +

I wouldn't say they weren't ~~pretty~~ attractive, they're just very young.

I think she's actually saying relative to when XellOs was traveling with the team. Relative to XellOs, even professional models are ugly.

And on that note, XellOs loses his hair in 24 hours...such a sad day tomorrow will be

Oh ya, thanks for the photos too, even if they aren't of Seo Ji Hoon.

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

February 15 2009 01:12 GMT

#29

On February 15 2009 09:11 Weiman wrote:
Hey never GG, what gear do you use exactly? It seems the colours are way off in a lot of shots, too much red basically. I hope you're not shooting on vivid.. Also, the focus seems to be off in quite a lot of shots.. try focusing on the eyes when doing a portrait, I suppose you're using a prime lense at it's widest aperture.. which gets you a small depth of field. Love the composition and angles though

I'm using a Nikon D40X with a Sigma EX 70-200mm lens - the colour is probably off because I think my laptop's settings make things look a lot paler to me. I'm working on getting it sorted, but my OS is in Korean so it might take a while. As for the focus - actually that's usually deliberate ^_^; I enjoy focusing on weird places upon a person's face and playing with the rules of typical portrait photography - I'm not wanting the same style as Fomos/Fifo so all this really is experimentation until I can get a better camera.

Thanks for the advice.

@iPF[Div]: Thanks - you sound way more knowledgable than me - I'll PM you tomorrow.

@Jyvblamo: Yes, we laughed so hard when he held that up. Some of the fans yesterday - especially the talented girls who drew pictures at the matches and that kid who crossed out the Hwaseung on his balloon really made us lol.

@GTR: Shockingly he made it out alive. He did leave before the end though.

deathgod6

United States5064 Posts

February 15 2009 01:24 GMT

#30

On February 14 2009 20:53 emucxg wrote:

lol hahaha

Am I the only one who noticed The Hundreds sweatshirt?

QuickStriker

United States3694 Posts

February 15 2009 02:24 GMT

#31

Very very nice pictures!!!! And I'm included in one of them too!! yay!!! Haha, I love it when I saw everything and more in real live than on TV!!! Definitely epic!!!

lxginverse

Monaco1506 Posts

February 15 2009 02:30 GMT

#32

On February 14 2009 20:53 emucxg wrote:

lol hahaha

ROFL

Fontong

United States6454 Posts

February 15 2009 02:53 GMT

#33

On February 15 2009 11:24 QuickStriker wrote:
Very very nice pictures!!!! And I'm included in one of them too!! yay!!! Haha, I love it when I saw everything and more in real live than on TV!!! Definitely epic!!!

I'm guessing you are asian then? I didn't see any white people in those pictures.

Or...don't tell me...

You are Le Jae dong?

RaiSad

United States325 Posts

February 15 2009 03:00 GMT

#34

I want to see pics of NeverGG herself

United States6173 Posts

February 15 2009 03:20 GMT

#35

I think what's making them fuzzy is either mediocre glass, or too big an aperture...or a combination of both. They're both out of your control, though (sharper lenses = more money out of the pocket, and the lighting at those events looks to be a nightmare), so whatever.

Decide for yourself. They're your photos, after all; they should reflect your own style. (:

ZidaneTribal

United States2800 Posts

February 15 2009 03:23 GMT

#36

On February 14 2009 20:51 DoX.) wrote:

ROFL. CJ merchandise ran out?

lollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

QuickStriker

United States3694 Posts

February 15 2009 09:05 GMT

#37

On February 14 2009 20:51 DoX.) wrote:

ROFL. CJ merchandise ran out?

Hahaha, that's funny!! I don't think I saw that on the screen though... as for the CJ balloon... I think it was because I took one that he couldn't get one!