Photo-wise, I like "unretouched" ones better. I can understand, however, that she wants to look younger. I agree with Bob about that 937 is a bit too much. I'm not sure, however, I would know how to do 40. I usually go straight from 55 to cartoon.
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
