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--- On Fri, 10/15/10, Walter Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Walter Gilbert <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: GESO: Megan W. > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, October 15, 2010, 10:53 AM > 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<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> From: Walter Gilbert<[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: GESO: Megan W. > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"<[email protected]> > >> 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<[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>>> From: Walter Gilbert<[email protected]> > >>>> Subject: GESO: Megan W. > >>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"<[email protected]> > >>>> 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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- 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. > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > 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.
