Larry, Interesting photos and retouching, but a bit too much I think. You've made her go from 50+ to 30 in one quick photoshop. I would think 40 years old would be a more realistic target. People will ask where her daughter is... Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 2, 2010, at 7:11 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> On 10-11-02 4:24 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> One of my tango instructors wanted some photos for her website, and we >>> spent a few hours this afternoon playing with camera and lights. It started >>> off a little rough, but once we hit our stride, we got some decent shots: >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157625294995780/ >>> >>> You may find them easier to look at using this link: >>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157625294995780/ >> >> Larry, I really like the idea of the more dramatic posed shots, 56143-56165, >> and especially 56165. But I find the lighting just too even and flat for >> the subject. I'd like to see more drama! Need some shadows, dude. :) > > I agree entirely that those poses need shadows. Unfortunately, we were > running out of time and my attempts to quickly change the lighting were quite > unsuccessful in that they ended up not with dramatic shadows, just areas > where you could sort of see what was going on, but not well. Lightening the > shadows worked a lot better than trying to darken them. I certainly hope to > redo 143-146 with more dramatic lighting. > >> And you could try b&w conversions on those too. Besides being compatible >> with the dramatic angles, it would be more flattering for her skin I think. > > Interesting point. I'll give that a try. >> >> Your lines removal is pretty successful, but I see some kind of artifacting >> in there. Some oversharpening at some point in the workflow perhaps? > > All I did was apply a lightroom brush, with sharpness and clarity cranked > full negative, to her face, trying to leave key edges (lips, chin, > eyebrows...) intact. > >> >> You caught some great candid expressions in those headshots. >> >> Good work, Larry! > > Thanks a bunch. > > This is the first time I've done this sort of photo shoot with a woman who > was over 50. She was rather perturbed over how many more wrinkles she had > than a year ago. I don't want full on flat lighting, but some sort of > straight on fill might soften the wrinkles. I can't really afford to buy > toys right now, but would one of these ring flash adapters help? > > http://www.ray-flash.com/ > http://www.ringflash-adapter.com/ > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
