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How to create contrasting photos a la the 70's? and got a better answer
Response from Антон Владимирович[+++++]
Response from 0[+++++]
in photoshop.
in photoshop.
Response from 0[+++++]
You have something wrong with your concepts. Not criminal, but photographic. Contrast is in no way a distinctive feature of photographic art from the 70s, 60s, or any other years. It is one of the characteristics of the image. If you by any mistaken impression think that the frame you show has any distinctive contrast, then you are utterly mistaken. Because the exposure in this shot is chosen intentionally or erroneously, which is more likely on the background, which abounds with halftones. Please do not write that this is a masterpiece from XXX or UUUU! History knows a lot of cases and even currents, when ignorance, marriage and mauvais ton was elevated to the norm and even to art. You are free to use the contrast for your own needs and as you wish. It is the brain that uses experience and knowledge to direct our actions one way or another. Women try to replace the analytical process with the emotional one, but it turns out to be a load of crap, because you can't put numbers for aperture or shutter speed into emotion, and you can't get the exposure you need. The formula, so to speak, is simple, but it doesn't work. And if it does work, it's simple and primitive even to control contrast and lighting and the heck out of it. You've already got offended and are complaining that you're such an old fool, who teaches you everything, but doesn't give you the answer, like "put it this way and that way, and everything will work"? Firstly, it's silly to be offended by the nature of things, and secondly, in order to control the contrast, you need to control the light. And no one knows what kind of light will be in each case. Not even God! Because if you name a value, you can tell right away that you've changed your mind, or you've got the wrong one in mind. And shifting the focus of shooting for a few SANTIMETERS! can lead to a total change in shooting settings. So there's only one thing I can advise: a photography textbook. Punch the chapter on contrast until you understand how it changes and what it depends on. You can only use it when you understand it yourself. No instructions will help.
You have something wrong with your concepts. Not criminal, but photographic. Contrast is in no way a distinctive feature of photographic art from the 70s, 60s, or any other years. It is one of the characteristics of the image. If you by any mistaken impression think that the frame you show has any distinctive contrast, then you are utterly mistaken. Because the exposure in this shot is chosen intentionally or erroneously, which is more likely on the background, which abounds with halftones. Please do not write that this is a masterpiece from XXX or UUUU! History knows a lot of cases and even currents, when ignorance, marriage and mauvais ton was elevated to the norm and even to art. You are free to use the contrast for your own needs and as you wish. It is the brain that uses experience and knowledge to direct our actions one way or another. Women try to replace the analytical process with the emotional one, but it turns out to be a load of crap, because you can't put numbers for aperture or shutter speed into emotion, and you can't get the exposure you need. The formula, so to speak, is simple, but it doesn't work. And if it does work, it's simple and primitive even to control contrast and lighting and the heck out of it. You've already got offended and are complaining that you're such an old fool, who teaches you everything, but doesn't give you the answer, like "put it this way and that way, and everything will work"? Firstly, it's silly to be offended by the nature of things, and secondly, in order to control the contrast, you need to control the light. And no one knows what kind of light will be in each case. Not even God! Because if you name a value, you can tell right away that you've changed your mind, or you've got the wrong one in mind. And shifting the focus of shooting for a few SANTIMETERS! can lead to a total change in shooting settings. So there's only one thing I can advise: a photography textbook. Punch the chapter on contrast until you understand how it changes and what it depends on. You can only use it when you understand it yourself. No instructions will help.
Response from 0[+++++]
I don't even think about taking pictures like this.
I don't even think about taking pictures like this.