Hey there Walt, I know the effect that you mean, and it is very easy to do, in fact, it is almost my style exactly. The key lies in the light and the texture.
Firstly, it must be shot with available light, in full open shade, and late in the afternoon, with the child facing into/toward the sun, or with the sun to the side of the child, depending upon where you want the shadows to fall. Don't add a reflector to fill shadows. You must also shoot RAW because in the post-processing, you will need to increase the dynamic range by reworking the shadows/highlights to achieve the depth that you need. Next, you have to make sure that the image contains a good mix of textures, that way, when you do your post on it, it will have a lot of contrast and that "depth" that you speak of. I can only see one shot of Moniques on that page that looks as though she may have added some artificial light to it, and that is the one with the violin, but even it may have been shot with available light too, depending what the original location/backdrop was, it is hard to tell with that shot due to the post production work (btw, I LOVE that shot!). Here is a quick example that I just did up for you. I processed it to achieve a similar feel in the sepia to the example that you showed (although the skin tones are a bit more high key as I prefer them this way), but also included a colour version as that is how I originally intended it to look when I shot it. http://www.lovebytes.com.au/files/waltsexample.jpg I do all of my main post in Lightroom, and then tweak the final levels/curves in PS CS5. Hope that helps! Tan.x. > > > ----- Mensaje original ---- >> De: Walter Gilbert<[email protected]> >> Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<[email protected]> >> Enviado: dom,12 diciembre, 2010 04:53 >> Asunto: OT: Photographer Monique >> >> Hi all, >> >> I stumbled across this link the other day looking for something >> interesting to post on my Facebook page, and was just struck by some >> of the images. There are a few that really stood out to me and I >> was hoping someone might be able to tell me how to go about approximating the effect: >> >> http://smashingpicture.com/photographer-monique/ >> >> Here are the particular images: >> >> http://smashingpicture.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/moni4.jpg >> http://smashingpicture.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/moni5.jpg >> http://smashingpicture.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/moni7.jpg >> >> I just love the overall tone of the images, and especially the skin >> tones -- the third image being the best exemplar of what I'd like to >> accomplish. There just seems to be so much depth to it. Any ideas >> how I might go about achieving that? >> >> Thanks! >> >> 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.
