Photography Tips & Tricks
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- OSFA0
No problem bigtrick, I am patient, I'll wait for you to get home.... ;)
- bigtrick0
http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorial…
http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorial… (3rd one)
and this last one is a gem! read this one!
http://fashionphotographyblog.co…
- OSFA0
Thanks buddy! You are a true friend ;)
- OSFA0
Ok, I can prob figure this one out n Adobe Photoshop™ but it might take some time. Is there anything specific done at the time this was shot to achieve this effect? Or is it pure PS?
- i bet they made a gradient map and overlayed that at a high transparency. I bet a lot of is is just brushing the highlihgts and flares on.baseline_shift
- AND!!!????OSFA
- highlights and flares. as if you really needed to know that! :Dbaseline_shift
- hey it could've been something I missed or didn't know... thanks!OSFA
- vaxorcist0
Some flares are the result of aiming the lens at a light source.... if done well, this looks better than photoshop, which almost always looks slightly different.... like above, these look too photoshopped to me....
- ********0
i think i might buy the lx3 tomorrow
- OSFA0
Interesting... If someone knows of any good tutorials or decides to create one anytime soon, please share ;)
- OSFA0
So... the first sample has the smae sort of style as those previous vintage photos but it's not. Any tips on how to achieve it? I love these..
And then, what about this? Nobody has mentioned this style...
- AUUUGH I HATE THE LAST STYLEbigtrick
- yeah! fake HDR in the house!!baseline_shift
- haha, ok ladies take it easy! ;)
How?... just for fun...OSFA - duplicate layer / filter > high pass / overlay / desaturatebaseline_shift
- i just explained it belowscarabin
- scarabin0
to do the last one, just duplicate your layer, set it to overlay, then high pass it. this will sharpen it up, add contrast, and add those weird glowing edges as a side effect
optional: raise the black point in levels slightly so they're not actually black, then apply a gradient map to give it tone and color up those once-black areas
- pom0
Going to buy a Ricoh GR1 soon I think ~ ~
- OSFA0
Ok, great, thanks for sample 2, but back to sample 1, how can I achieve this style?? Thanks guys!
- graphiknature0
Enlarge:
Exposure: 30 sec
Aperture: f/10.0
ISO: 100
Get a tripod and stitch the pics together. Have fun.- focal length? number of source images?version3
- this you?
http://www.flickr.co…
niceversion3
- OSFA0
I checked the Lynda tutorials on retouching but wasn't too impressed. Are there any really good tutorials on retouching? I did some studio test fashion portraits and would like to use a good tutorial for them. Please, any links or sites would be really helpful!! Thanks!
- bigtrick0
OSFA,
at this level of retouching, the high-end fashion stuff you are linking us to, I don't think there are tutorials for that. that is beyond the hobbyist level and into the pro level... so other than the fact that they use many techniques over many hours of very careful retouching, i don't think anyone that can do that sort of stuff is willing to spend the time to make a tutorial (partly out of a sense of keeping their trade secrets as much as a sense of laziness i am sure). i've been able to fumble my way to a level of basic retouching that i am ok with - but the superglossy gauzy effect that is in vogue now, i have not attempted to do so i don't know exactly how it's done beyond my guesses that i've already posted here.
good luck though (:
- OSFA0
No, the styles that I had linked to before was just out of curiosity. What I meant on my question above was for a simple, basic retouch sample or tutorial. Not any crazy effects, etc. Simply good skin, hair, tone, etc... that I can play with in order to improve my studio photo. Hope that makes sense, and thanks btw for all the help man!!
- vaxorcist0
RE: Retouching vs in-camera,etc....
It seems a bit generational.... I've worked as a digital tech on jewelry on figure photo shoots using a 39 megapixel 'blad back,etc.. and the photographer was in his 50's, he came from the school of "get it right in the camera" and he was good at this.... it was true... my job was made much easier by his lighting, MUA, composition, angles... so very, very little retouching was needed, and of course, the model had great skin so it wasn't hard...
The supergauzy effect you mention has alot of lighting behind it and lens physics as well as photoshop....
I also know a great retoucher and I've seen her working, it's not so much a bag of magic tricks but an eye she has, and her ability to pre-visualise an effect, where she doesn't try, undo, try, undo, she gets things pretty right the first time..... she uses lots of layers, never destroys bits, wacom tablet, fast powermac....... and she does this all day long, so I'm sure you get better with practice and feedback from the high-end photographers standing right behind you....
- 3 assistants + 2 MUA's + art director and wardrobe.... shoots like this are good at what they do....vaxorcist
