I need you to use a filter... - DPChallenge Forums

06/09/2009 04:34:18 PM · #1

So I'm talking to a client last week when her mother suddenly states, "I'll need you to use a filter for every photo that includes me." Of course my first reaction is WTF, but I simply asked what type of filter she would like me to use. She got very frustrated and explained that the photographer on her last cruise offered to use a filter and the results were amazing. She was proud to also add that she only needed a #1 filter but that her mother looked great with a #2. She then looked at me as though I was completely incompetent and walked away to offer advice on another topic. I explained to my client that there would be an additional charge for every photo where I had to use a "filter". I know I can apply a skin softening filter in photoshop and then mask it to only affect her mother, but I still have no idea what filter had been applied on the cruise. Anybody actually pay attention to the cruise photographer so they can explain this to me??

Thanks again,
~ Dave

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

06/09/2009 04:38:40 PM · #2

They don't PP on cruises, that's all about turnover. The "filter" will be a softening filter, it imparts a nice glow. #1 is weak, #2 medium, #3 extreme. Lemme dig up a shot I just made testing my new #1 and post it, hang on.

R.

Apple iPhone 5

06/09/2009 04:40:17 PM · #3

I do believe it's the Distort > Spherize filter... ;-)

JulietNN

Canon EOS R7

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

06/09/2009 04:43:18 PM · #4

dear god i could use some filtering today, can you stack the number 3 filters to make about a 12 filter????

Mark-A

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

06/09/2009 04:44:52 PM · #5

Smear tons of vasaline over a cheap skylight that'll make her skin look soft ;)

Haha should have given her the reply "Oh that would be a soft focus style filter it makes your skin look so much better than it actually is" LOL you might not have got the job though ;)

06/09/2009 04:45:31 PM · #6

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Thank you!! I get the feeling that I will find out, once again, that I am incompetent and this is one of those things that every real photographer knows.

Mark-A

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

06/09/2009 04:45:31 PM · #7

If it's that bad ma'am we might be better off leaving the lens cap on for every shot? ;)

Originally posted by JulietNN:

dear god i could use some filtering today, can you stack the number 3 filters to make about a 12 filter????

JulietNN

Canon EOS R7

06/09/2009 04:47:07 PM · #8

Yeah, i would go with the lens cap on, even leaving the camera at home might work out well too!

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

06/09/2009 04:49:39 PM · #9

Originally posted by Nusbaum:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
They don't PP on cruises, that's all about turnover. The "filter" will be a softening filter, it imparts a nice glow. #1 is weak, #2 medium, #3 extreme. Lemme dig up a shot I just made testing my new #1 and post it, hang on.

R.

Thank you!! I get the feeling that I will find out, once again, that I am incompetent and this is one of those things that every real photographer knows.

Nah, it's fairly esoteric unless you're a PPoA shooter LOL. I never actually used one before, but one of our members sent me his. It's pretty cool. Here it is; see how nice and soft the highlights are? Will be great for skin tones.

R.

Message edited by author 2009-06-09 16:54:17.

project365

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/09/2009 04:49:56 PM · #10

Originally posted by Mark-A:

If it's that bad ma'am we might be better off leaving the lens cap on for every shot? ;)

Originally posted by JulietNN:
dear god i could use some filtering today, can you stack the number 3 filters to make about a 12 filter????

Make sure you charge extra extra $$$ to leave lens cap on.

JulietNN

Canon EOS R7

Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount

06/09/2009 04:55:00 PM · #11

you all are so mean!!

I am having a bad week!!

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

06/09/2009 05:03:29 PM · #12

I'm searching B&H just to see one, but I don't think I could make myself screw one of those onto the end of my 70-200 2.8L. I almost teared up just thinking about it.

glad2badad

Apple iPhone 16 Pro

Lensbaby Sweet 35 Optic

06/09/2009 05:23:47 PM · #13

Here's a few shots I've taken using a Tiffen Soft Fx 3 filter...

They can come in handy at times.

bradshaw

Spypen QX-O

06/09/2009 05:24:10 PM · #14

Originally posted by Nusbaum:

I'm searching B&H just to see one, but I don't think I could make myself screw one of those onto the end of my 70-200 2.8L. I almost teared up just thinking about it.

just throw on a UV filter telling them its a "soft filter" then do the adjustments on a PS. The lady sounds kinda like a b!%*h, huge pet peeve of mine is when some one is telling me what they want in a image but talking down to me like they know more about photography then I do.

ambaker

Google Glass Google Glass

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

06/09/2009 05:32:16 PM · #15

Originally posted by bradshaw:

The lady sounds kinda like a b!%*h, huge pet peeve of mine is when some one is telling me what they want in a image but talking down to me like they know more about photography then I do.

Yeah, me too... Only they usually do. But I'm not gonna let that stop me.

06/09/2009 05:37:14 PM · #16

Originally posted by Nusbaum:

I'm searching B&H just to see one, but I don't think I could make myself screw one of those onto the end of my 70-200 2.8L. I almost teared up just thinking about it.

Be brave! That lens is just too danged sharp for old ladies with alligator skin ;-)

R.

06/09/2009 07:03:48 PM · #17

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Nusbaum:
I'm searching B&H just to see one, but I don't think I could make myself screw one of those onto the end of my 70-200 2.8L. I almost teared up just thinking about it.

Be brave! That lens is just too danged sharp for old ladies with alligator skin ;-)

R.

Once again I'm reminded how much I don't know about photography. Thanks for pointing out the softening filters and the example. I've been readying about the options and now I'm wondering if I am better off with an actual filter on the lens or leaving the softening to post processing. As usual, there are opinions both ways. A number of people suggest that software filters don't match the affect of the original Ziess Softar filters.

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM

06/09/2009 07:26:16 PM · #18

Originally posted by Nusbaum:

I've been readying about the options and now I'm wondering if I am better off with an actual filter on the lens or leaving the softening to post processing. As usual, there are opinions both ways. A number of people suggest that software filters don't match the affect of the original Ziess Softar filters.

I'd say yes, for portrait work. Remember you can shoot it both ways, then if the soft filter isn't what you want you have a sharp image to work on instead.

R.

NstiG8tr

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

06/09/2009 07:58:40 PM · #19

Originally posted by Nusbaum:

I had to laugh my ass off when I read this.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

06/09/2009 08:07:39 PM · #20

I would go with a Godzilla filter. It does wonders...

You should've seen her before the filter was used!

eschelar

Canon EOS-7D

06/09/2009 08:49:44 PM · #21

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

I would go with a Godzilla filter. It does wonders...

You should've seen her before the filter was used!

Is that a #2 or a #3?

FireBird

06/10/2009 07:44:07 AM · #22

Originally posted by eschelar:

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
I would go with a Godzilla filter. It does wonders...

You should've seen her before the filter was used!

Is that a #2 or a #3?

There can be only one.

Mark-A

Canon EOS-5D Mark III