Awww

[Dr. Z]

Not my baby thankfully (its my cousin's), but a great expression

[Matblack]

DRZ mate I think you need to seriously consider going professional at least on a part time basis, your shots are excellent and you have a great eye, the focus and framing of that shot is superb.

MB

[Tak]

Is that ferrero rocher I spy in the background?

[Flibster]

Originally Posted by Takhisis

Is that ferrero rocher I spy in the background?

Certainly looks like it.
The only posh chocolate that you can buy at every garage around the country.

Great picture though.

Simon/~Flibster

[Tak]

You can tell I have my priorities right in life - sod the kid, I see chocolate

[petemc]

I still think he's too smooth to be real

[Matblack]

Originally Posted by petemc

I still think he's too smooth to be real

DRZ or the baby? (Ba-dom tish)

I like it but I suspect some judicious use of photoshop as taken place, what effects did you use Martin?

MB

[Dr. Z]

Originally Posted by Matblack

DRZ or the baby? (Ba-dom tish)

I like it but I suspect some judicious use of photoshop as taken place, what effects did you use Martin?

MB

Aside from some very very gentle noise reduction, a teeny bit of sharpening and the obligatory levels tweak, absolutely nothing bar the removal of a crumb from the side of his mouth His skin really is that smooth!

As for going professional - I am just not good enough for that

[Matblack]

Originally Posted by DRZ

As for going professional - I am just not good enough for that

Maybe not yet but thats brilliant pic, maybe keep working with Pete and pic up a few little jobs if hes busy?

MB

[Dr. Z]

Originally Posted by Matblack

Maybe not yet but thats brilliant pic, maybe keep working with Pete and pic up a few little jobs if hes busy?

MB

Stealing his business... hehehe I dont think he is so saturated he cant handle the jobs himself, plus his equipment is more suited to the stuff he does than mine is...

Ultimately, I cant see him wanting someone trading off his name and in any case, our styles are so different as to make any connection a bit useless (other than as friends, of course).

Its always nice to know that people think you have the skills to make it as a professional but the more I get exposed to it, the more I see that actual photographic skill is something confined to serious amateurs / just-turned-professionals or the art-house types. "Serious Professionals" for the most part seem to turn out rubbish shots. There are a few pros that have never escaped the bottom half of the photography comp on "the other place" for instance. Its more about who you know and how much money you have to throw at it than how good you are. The guy that covers the Liverpool 08 stuff produces some truly rubbish photographs, yet still can walk into every photography comission going just because he has a big name.

Maybe I am a bit toooo cynical but its the way I see it from an amateur that has been slightly exposed to the world of professional photography...