Ekserb

[talikat]

Ooooo! Elephant!! Nice!!

 

[Ekserb]

Ooooo! Elephant!! Nice!!

Everybody loves the elephants!

 

[iron_man200033]

Hello there Phillip!! Really admire your work and creativity. Just wondering, what kinda Camera/Lens do you use. The photo quality is great!!

 

[Ekserb]

Hello there Phillip!! Really admire your work and creativity. Just wondering, what kinda Camera/Lens do you use. The photo quality is great!!

Thank you! I use a Konica Minolta 7D DLSR or a Sony Alpha a900 DSLR and an assortment of lenses from 17mm up to 200mm.

~ or ~​

I had to think for a while about how I was going to address this question. I'm finding it harder and harder to restrain my anger when I read such things.

I'll put this as politely as I can: Do you think that the quality of anyone's work is determined mainly by their tools? Do you think Michelangelo used extremely fine brushes? Would it benefit you to know whether Ansel Adams used Canon or Leica lenses?

I'm not saying that I'm anywhere near the artist those men were, but I am saying that every time a person asks that question of any photographer (and it seems to be a common misconception that a better camera makes a better photo), it belittles the artist behind the lens.

I have seen crude snapshots made with a $5000 Canon DSLR and I've seen emotional, extraordinary images made with an iPhone. The talent is not in the tools, but in the person who wields them.

My intent is not offend you, but to educate you on the implications of such a question. Please try to see how it makes me (and all artists) feel when you tell them their work is very nice and presume it's because they are using nice equipment.

 

[youngleo]

Looks like a talented lady giving you head.

 

[Ekserb]

Looks like a talented lady giving you head.

Oh, you have no idea! She takes it deeper and longer than anyone I've dated. And (obviously) nice and sloppy, too. She is one of the world's great cocksuckers.

 

[Ekserb]

Another of me and the beautiful Curvygirl:

Curvygirlfl69 and Ekserb go for a walk in the woods

 

[iron_man200033]

Thank you! I use a Konica Minolta 7D DLSR or a Sony Alpha a900 DSLR and an assortment of lenses from 17mm up to 200mm.

~ or ~​

I had to think for a while about how I was going to address this question. I'm finding it harder and harder to restrain my anger when I read such things.

I'll put this as politely as I can: Do you think that the quality of anyone's work is determined mainly by their tools? Do you think Michelangelo used extremely fine brushes? Would it benefit you to know whether Ansel Adams used Canon or Leica lenses?

I'm not saying that I'm anywhere near the artist those men were, but I am saying that every time a person asks that question of any photographer (and it seems to be a common misconception that a better camera makes a better photo), it belittles the artist behind the lens.


I have seen crude snapshots made with a $5000 Canon DSLR and I've seen emotional, extraordinary images made with an iPhone. The talent is not in the tools, but in the person who wields them.

My intent is not offend you, but to educate you on the implications of such a question. Please try to see how it makes me (and all artists) feel when you tell them their work is very nice and presume it's because they are using nice equipment.

I didn't mean it in that sense. The two questions were entirely in a different context. The first part when I said I admired your work was genuinely a compliment towards your ideas and creativity as an artist. The ideas and vision make a great photo, not the camera. I understand that. I have a thread as well, I too try and come up with new ideas although I have limitations such as props, locations, etc.
The 2nd part was strictly technical coz I don't know much about cameras and I was planning on a buying a camera or even pursuing a course in photography. So I was just asking for my own knowledge . Even I use my phone camera or a basic point and shoot for my photos. But its time for an upgrade. And I would like to improve the QUALITY (from a technical and visual POV) of my photos, the ideas still remain the same.

So I didn't mean that your photos are great BECAUSE you have great equipment. Hope I cleared your misunderstanding. Peace!

 

[Ekserb]

I didn't mean it in that sense. The two questions were entirely in a different context. The first part when I said I admired your work was genuinely a compliment towards your ideas and creativity as an artist. The ideas and vision make a great photo, not the camera. I understand that. I have a thread as well, I too try and come up with new ideas although I have limitations such as props, locations, etc.
The 2nd part was strictly technical coz I don't know much about cameras and I was planning on a buying a camera or even pursuing a course in photography. So I was just asking for my own knowledge . Even I use my phone camera or a basic point and shoot for my photos. But its time for an upgrade. And I would like to improve the QUALITY (from a technical and visual POV) of my photos, the ideas still remain the same.

So I didn't mean that your photos are great BECAUSE you have great equipment. Hope I cleared your misunderstanding. Peace!

I understand that may have been the gist of your message and that was the reason for the first half of my post. I meant no harm. I just hope that you will not encounter the same kind of questions of your own work, but if you do, please try to educate the questioner about the insinuations behind their query.

If you are thinking about taking a photography course, I would also encourage you to share your work with other photographers online through sites like fredmiranda.com. I like that one and it taught me a bunch to be able to share what I thought were good images only to find out how bad they were. And I learned from that! If you show your stuff to friends and family, you'll be told it looks fantastic, but that won't help you learn to be better. It also doesn't help to hear, "That looks like crap," without also hearing why it looks like crap. Good, honest, professional feedback will help you learn immensely in a very short time.

As you probably already know, anyone can pick up a DSLR set to AUTO mode and make a decent image. The only difference between that and a cell phone is the resolution and dynamic range and possibly zoom range. The scene composition, camera position, lighting control, etc. are the marks of a true artist. Good luck!

 

[sunshinegirl05]

Beautiful pictures.

 

[Ekserb]

Beautiful pictures.

Thank you very much! I try to do my best.

 

[Ekserb]

From a series I did a few years ago:

http://pdbreske.smugmug.com/photos/i-KMdQW4b/0/XL/i-KMdQW4b-XL.jpg

 

[Ekserb]

This was a difficult shot to get. I had to set the camera on a tripod and use a remote to trigger the shutter release, and I had to pre-focus the camera on a point approximately where I knew my cock would be when I got onto the bed. Since the light level was low (I was going to shoot several frames quickly, so I couldn't use strobes to light the scene), I had to open the lens aperture and this made focus critical. I got lucky:

Ekserb's cum jet. Very naughty.

 

[Lilly73]

This was a difficult shot to get. I had to set the camera on a tripod and use a remote to trigger the shutter release, and I had to pre-focus the camera on a point approximately where I knew my cock would be when I got onto the bed. Since the light level was low (I was going to shoot several frames quickly, so I couldn't use strobes to light the scene), I had to open the lens aperture and this made focus critical. I got lucky:

Ekserb's cum jet. Very naughty.

Holy shit! Talk about multi-tasking! This photo is all sorts of good! I also like the one of you on the table. I'm thinking of doing a table series... maybe I'll call it "Dessert"

 

[Ekserb]

Holy shit! Talk about multi-tasking! This photo is all sorts of good! I also like the one of you on the table. I'm thinking of doing a table series... maybe I'll call it "Dessert"

Just as long as you don't incorporate cake or any other kind of crumbly treat. If you're going to use food, use something creamy. Not only for obvious reasons (heh heh), but because the sight of all the crumbs makes me gross out. I'm kind of a neat freak.

 

[emmy_christina]

Love visiting here, for sure the hottest thread on LIT.....

 

[Ekserb]

Love visiting here, for sure the hottest thread on LIT.....

I need to take a shower to cool off....

Ekserb takes a shower

 

[emmy_christina]

I need to take a shower to cool off....

Ekserb takes a shower

Can I join YOU,,,,,promise won't miss a drop

 

[Ekserb]

Can I join YOU,,,,,promise won't miss a drop

Hah! That's what they all say.

 

[emmy_christina]

Hah! That's what they all say.

NOPE THATS ME, always savoring every drop and than some, hey I m love living healthy so there is no "waste" in protein in my book

 

[Ekserb]

NOPE THATS ME, always savoring every drop and than some, hey I m love living healthy so there is no "waste" in protein in my book

Good to know. If I ever have any excess protein that needs to be cleaned up, I'll be sure to call you.

 

[Ekserb]

More trickery. I set my camera on a tripod and used a jacket on the sofa as a placeholder to set up the scene. Then I set the self-timer and jumped into the seat on the left. I used the jacket in the same spot to throw an appropriate shadow across the middle of the sofa and did the self-timer thing again with myself wearing a change of clothes and in the middle position. Then I moved everything one space to the right, changed clothes, and did the whole thing over again. In post, I carefully layered all three images and then used a masking tool to remove parts of the images that covered wherever I was in the underlying layers, allowing me to show through to the top layer. Careful masking around the parts of me that overlap myself in the background makes this look real. I'm a fucking genius.

http://pdbreske.smugmug.com/photos/i-pQrhHdk/0/XL/i-pQrhHdk-XL.jpg

 

[Lilly73]

Hah! That's what they all say.

Oh my god. As soon as you gave that little smirk at the beginning my hands immediately flew to my face, and I watched the whole thing through my fingers. Jesus christ... that was just so... so.... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fuck.

 

[Ekserb]

Oh my god. As soon as you gave that little smirk at the beginning my hands immediately flew to my face, and I watched the whole thing through my fingers. Jesus christ... that was just so... so.... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fuck.

Everybody likes the smirk. Go figure.

 

[Lilly73]

Everybody likes the smirk. Go figure.

Yeah, I posted a picture on my thread of me layed out in my underwear and smiling. Everyone went crazy over the smile. It's because there is so much communicated in facial expressions - especailly around the mouth and eyes... So when you make eye contact and smile, there is an illusion of intimacy, connection, personalization... it can be quite powerful. When you smirked my gut reaction was, "shit! he knows I'm watching him!" and I covered my face. It was a great smirk.