Re: GESO: Megan W.

[Walter Gilbert]

  Now there's a bumper sticker for Photoshop dilettantes the world 
over:  "Why dodge and burn when you can fiddle and hope?"

That's a pretty apt description of my Photoshop technique.
-- Walt

On 10/15/2010 12:49 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
I'd go for the saturation and color cures sliders. Try knocking down the 
glistening skin by gently bringing down the highlights. Burn tool would be 
another possibility. Surgical use of the clone tool(?) MAY then be an option in 
restoring skin tone.
As you can tell, I'd just fiddle with it and hope.
Probably many others on this list would have better ideas.

Jack

--- On Fri, 10/15/10, Walter Gilbert<ldott...@gmail.com>  wrote:

From: Walter Gilbert<ldott...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: GESO: Megan W.
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"<pdml@pdml.net>
Date: Friday, October 15, 2010, 10:25 AM
    I have to agree,
Jack.  I've been trying to tone down the colors a bit,
but what has really bothered me is the shine on her skin
that you mentioned.  I'm trying to mitigate that some,
but nothing I do seems to work, and often makes it
worse.  I thought maybe a b&w conversion might help
a little, but boy was I WRONG!  Any ideas on how to do
ease it up a bit with very rudimentary Photoshop skills?

I really liked the window frame shot, too.  As I
mentioned to Paul S. in my reply to him, it was a horrible
time of day to try to shoot that shot.  She was sitting
inside a zebra striped Land Rover with a canvas canopy on
it.  I actually took that one just to be taking a shot
-- she wanted some taken on the Rover, I just figured it was
a lost cause, but I wanted to go ahead and give it a try,
just to satisfy her.  If I'd thought there was a chance
in hell of it turning out as well as it did, I'd have tried
a little harder on the focusing and metering.  The shot
truly was atrocious before I salvaged it.  It just so
happened to catch her face at its most flattering angle, I
think.

Thanks for the input!

-- Walt


On 10/15/2010 7:59 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
I realize from your introductory comments that you
have a background issue. In addition, rather harsh tonality
while it may be intentional, adds a degree "pressure." 
In many shots the model's face glistens as though perspiring
and to me, conveys a sense of discomfort.
The window shot is the cleanest and best pose although
the model almost seems secondary to the window frame.
Jack


--- On Fri, 10/15/10, Walter Gilbert<ldott...@gmail.com>
wrote:
From: Walter Gilbert<ldott...@gmail.com>
Subject: GESO: Megan W.
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"<pdml@pdml.net>
Date: Friday, October 15, 2010, 2:55 AM
    Hi all,

Well, I had my very first photo shoot today.
All
things considered, I think it went fairly
well.  I did
get some good shots, a couple of great shots, and
many that
will wind up being salvageable.  Here are a
few shots
to give a reasonable approximation:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157625167892920/

Nothing went as planned, and I hadn't the foggiest
notion
what I was doing.  But, somehow, I managed
not to lose
my friend (Megan, the model) -- at least until
she's seen
the images.  There are a few that have
clunky
backgrounds that I intend to obscure at some
point. Beyond that, does anyone have any hits or tips that I
might
use to make the images look better?

Comments, critiques, and advice are, of course,
welcome.
Best,

Walt




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