Attention: Marc S.

[Ellissentials]

Well I consider myself (after years and years of learning) "OK" and somewhat decent at CS5... but not even CLOSE to your level.

Basically I have quite crappy pictures of myself, that I'm looking to make interesting and would absolutely appreciate your help!! If I give you an image, (or a few) could you work your magic on them? Just make them appealing and interesting? This is a shot in the dark really, but I'm horrible with real people manipulation :( All my skill (lol) is in abstract / digital art.

Not sure what I can do for you (I'm a poor person) .. but I'll do whatever I can in exchange for a bit of help.

Thanks for considering it. :tup:

[epik1]

Post pics, there's more than 1 person on this forum who's good at photoshop lol.

[Ellissentials]

Well indeed! Sorry for slightly insulting anyone else.. I've just seen what he does with human manipulation and it's phenomenal. And considering the pictures I have are total shit.. lol I have a shit camera :(

Posting pics in a second. :tup: Thanks for considering Epik1!

[Ellissentials]

This all needs to be taken out of context and have some type of majorly awesome manipulation done to it.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/206904_10150145114289518_565974517_6385997_4644290 _n.jpg
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/295960_10150283377819518_7470260_n.jpg
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/215364_10150164033634518_565974517_6517996_4943194 _n.jpg
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/205098_10150164035779518_565974517_6518015_886705_ n.jpg
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/217568_10150164045319518_565974517_6518193_6691443 _n.jpg

I really think what it's going to come down to, is I need to go somewhere and "pose" or something. I'm trying to make lemonade out of lemons... or even limes at this rate. (What a stupid saying.. it takes lemons to make lemonade!!)

[Ellissentials]

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/255062_1987006107191_1004454289_2300828_3330083_n. jpg < maybe can chop me out and do something with this? I dunno... I suck at photography lol

None of those photo are great to work with, but bah.. that's what I have handy at the moment. I can go, like I said, take a picture somewhere posing a certain way, but I'm clueless as to angle, backdrop, pose position, light etc etc etc

[Nick Bike]

what do you mean by appealing and interesting? for an actual promo photo?

[Ellissentials]

Yep.

Someone is going to have to be amazing to make any of those images stand out and say "wow, that is cool"
:(

[Sean]

The problem is not the photos mate... :P j/k! Looking forward to see what this comes out as :)

[Marc S]

that one with the sun is a cool pic, i rekon there is a bunch of ideas out there for that, i'll have a look when i get some time see if i can come up with anything.

[Ellissentials]

Thank you Marc, I mean this when I say I really do appreciate that and your time. I wish I could pay for the work, but I'm on government support as it is, and a bit behind on my bills :( :(

Thanks!! :tup:

[Ellissentials]

The problem is not the photos mate... :P j/k! Looking forward to see what this comes out as :)

LOL I know right? What a mongrel!

[Ellissentials]

**UPDATE**

The sole reason that I wanted to get something like this done, has been confirmed. I'm going to be submitting "DJ Charts" to satelliterecords.com, hence why I need this image done. If you want general ideas of size etc, please go to www.satelliterecords.com and check out the "DJ Chart" section.

I'll be sending in my charts very very soon, so the sooner I could get some pro quality portrait work done, the better. You can be as creative as you want with the image, as long as you can tell there's a person in the picture LOL (I know Marc has done some absolutely 11 out of 10 quality stuff with his own pics before...so I'm hopeful!)

[thehadgi]

Kris, any of your friends have a DSLR? I say get some cool clothes, stand against a brick wall, and get a shot or two in high quality and maybe some peeps on here can give it an interesting look

[Marc S]

^^ this, one of the reasons i can work well with my shots is because the originals are like 3500x2500 or RAW files, using a smaller jpeg means the tools you need can often do more harm than good, thats not to say nothing can be done, but nothing with any "detail"

[Ellissentials]

:( I have no friends with good cameras.. I have about 3 friends within about 60 minutes from me. I used to have a lot of friends, but over the last 10 years, I don't have quite as many (locally) I have TONS of friends in the UK and many states away tho

If something can be done with any of those pics that I've linked that'd be wonderful, if not then I guess I'm S.O.L. .. I can maybe try to give them my pro logo : /

[Marc S]

the logo is good to be fair, but dont write them off just yet, i'm sure some people will give them a go, i'll mess with 1 or 2 when i get time

[NickJames]

:( I have no friends with good cameras.. I have about 3 friends within about 60 minutes from me. I used to have a lot of friends, but over the last 10 years, I don't have quite as many (locally) I have TONS of friends in the UK and many states away tho

If something can be done with any of those pics that I've linked that'd be wonderful, if not then I guess I'm S.O.L. .. I can maybe try to give them my pro logo : /

Even if you don't have a great camera it would be best if you staged something: Just you against some sort of matte surface (white wall, sheet, etc) or you against a graffitied wall or fence or something. Have someone shoot it with an iPhone or something, they aren't the best cameras but they shoot a decent resolution that can be touched up in photoshop.

[Ellissentials]

well.. with the proper lighting and angles, my camera isn't the worst. . . just a "meh" point n shoot.

http://i.testfreaks.com/images/products/600x400/201/fujifilm-finepix-j150w.32904137.jpg
http://i.testfreaks.com/images/products/600x400/168/fujifilm-finepix-j150w.1364904.jpg

[thehadgi]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9079827/ellisentials.jpg

ha this prob wouldn't be good for a promo pic, but i'm bored at work so i put my noob shop skills to work

[Ellissentials]

Without the logo, that's interesting for sure! :) Thank you for caring :tup:

I'm thinking of taking some shots against a wall just to have something a bit more "clear" and "clean"

[Marc S]

did this on my ipad whilst i was waiting for my son to come out the school disco.

http://i40.tinypic.com/2ir56ad.jpg

[Ellissentials]

hah, even on your iPad, you sir are pro :lol:

:tup:

I know I've said it, but I really do thank anyone that puts their hand in this pot.