Hi everybody and I hope you're all well,healthy and safe !
Here's my complaint for dan of the team/white dwarf magazine :
I publish these e mails here,for all to read,because I am a victim of unfair treatment by dan who instead of being fair towards an old time Games Workshop customer/collector and painter,he's chosen to burry my hq work in favour of his prefered painters/friends !!!
Now I very well understand that the field of miniature painting is a highly competitive one,but I also believe that each and every painter should be judged with his/hers work in mind and not other personal/confidential criteria !!!
I am not the best painter ever,but I know my work is very good and of high quality and I demand to be judged with this in mind !!!
By the way I've won 2 gold medals and a few other rewards and trophies for my miniatures painting skills,at several local IPMS competitions !!!
Here's communication between me and dan :
I took a look at your pictures and sadly they are still a bit out of focus in places. I think it might be that there are just too many models in the shots sometimes or that the camera is too close to them.
As an example take a look at the group shot with Eowyn and Grima at the front, They are both in perfect focus, whereas Aragorn and Eomer behind them are fuzzy. I reckon if you took individual pictures of each model, that would make a massive difference – it would help the camera focus on the models more easily. Remember, we can always group them back together in the magazine once the images are edited, so you don't need to worry about having the whole fellowship in a shot. Similarly, the model doesn't have to fill the frame. We would rather it appeared smaller in the image but all in focus, than large and out of focus.
I hope that all makes sense!
I also had a look at the file data and it says you've got the ISO at 400 and the F number at 4 (I can;t tell if you have it on manual or automatic shooting). If you're able to lower the ISO to 100 or 200 and raise the F number to as high as it will go, that will also help. The images may then appear really dark so you will need to adjust the shutter speed to accommodate. This may mean the camera takes a while to take the picture so it will need to be placed on a level surface and not moved at all during this process. The easiest way to do this is with a tripod or a stack of books. Just set the camera timer, press the button and step back. :)
Hopefully that will all help! I know it may sound like a lot but you're pretty close to getting a great shot of your models and the effort will definitely be worth it! :)
Dan
On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 at 10:37, ΑΝΤΩΝΗΣ ΣΑΡΡΗΣ <tonysarris3@gmail.com> wrote:
HEY DEAR DAN AND ALL THE REST !!!
I'M SORRY FOR THE TROUBLE,HERE'S A FRESH LINK FOR YOU !!!
link
I HOPE YOU'LL FIND ONE OR TWO PICTS TO PUBLISH IN AN UPCOMING ISSUE OF THE WHITE DWARF MAGAZINE !!!
ALL THE BEST,
TONY SARRIS.
Στις Τρί, 29 Σεπ 2020 στις 11:36 π.μ., ο/η White Dwarf <team@whitedwarf.co.uk> έγραψε:
Hey Tony, good to hear from you.
Sadly I'm not sure I can follow that link – it looks like it is to one of the drives on your computer rather than a hyperlink …
Feel free to resend the link though and I will happily take a look. :)
Dan
On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 at 14:39, ΑΝΤΩΝΗΣ ΣΑΡΡΗΣ <tonysarris3@gmail.com> wrote:
HELLO DEAR DAN AND EVERYBODY IN THIS TEAM !!!
I HOPE YOU'RE ALL DOING FANTASTIC AND THAT YOU HAD A GREAT START OF THIS NEW WEEK !!!
PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PICTS I'M SENDING YOU=I HOPE THEY'RE OK TO FIT YOUR LOVELY MAGAZINE !!!
KIND REGARDS AND MANY THANKS !!!
TONY SARRIS.
C:\Users\saris\Pictures\2020-05-29 LOTR + WARHAMMER MODELS FROM 26=2=2008
Στις Τρί, 4 Αυγ 2020 στις 6:38 μ.μ., ο/η ΑΝΤΩΝΗΣ ΣΑΡΡΗΣ <tonysarris3@gmail.com> έγραψε:
That's great, thank you so much!
Στις Τρί, 4 Αυγ 2020 στις 6:19 μ.μ., ο/η White Dwarf <team@whitedwarf.co.uk> έγραψε:
Hey Tony, thanks for writing in.
Your miniatures look great congratulations! We would love to feature them in the magazine but sadly the pictures aren't quite of a high enough quality at the moment. Fortunately I have a solution! If you have a read of this photography article:
link
…you'll see the sort of quality we're after. If you follow the advice in there you can't go far wrong. My main suggestions would be to move the camera back further from the models so as to help get them all in focus, and to take the pictures on a plain white background.
I hope that is useful to you and I look forward to seeing more of your work soon. :)
Dan
On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 at 00:36, ΑΝΤΩΝΗΣ ΣΑΡΡΗΣ <tonysarris3@gmail.com> wrote:
DEAR SIR/MADAME,
I HOPE YOU'RE WELL,HEALTHY AND SAFE !
I'M SENDING YOU A FEW PICTS FROM MY HQ HAND PAINTED MODELS,FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND PUBLISH-IF POSSIBLE !
HERE'S A LINK TO FLICKR :
https://www.flickr.com/photos/paintony
AND A FEW ALBUMS :
link
link
link
link
link
I JUST HOPE YOU'LL LIKE MY WORK !
MY WARMEST REGARDS AND THANK YOU IN ADVANCE !
TONY SARRIS.
PS.for TMP readers : the links to see my work and for judge yourselves and not be spoon fed by the unqualified/prejudiced !!!
flickr.com/photos/paintony
flickr.com/photos/finecast