April 2010 Archives

Gort, originally uploaded by jfrancis.

I'm enjoying my new Nikon D3s. It practically sees in the dark.

The grain is non-existent throughout most of its range, quite pleasant at ISO 6400, and starting to be a bit more noticeable, but well within the reach of NR software at ISO 12,800.

I needed a gradient from one color to another in the style of a woodcut and realized it was another good opportunity for the hard mix blend mode and custom halftones.

This is just a test. I'll follow up with the finished work later.

For a more convincing woodcut effect I plan to address the edge shape of the regions a bit more by hand.

Model Devin Coffin (who has only one arm) has a little fun with the 'one-armed bandit' concept in this latest entry to my 'Nothing is Real but the Girl' series.

About her modeling she says...
I want to show the world that women with limb deficiencies can still be beautiful!