You're welcome, Bruce. Your photo was excellent to begin with, so it's worth making it as perfect as possible. When it comes to fixing photos that are less than perfect, I have more experience than I care to admit to. Can we see the result?
On May 27, 2012, at 9:13 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Okay, Paul, did that. Also lightened-up her hair and much ofthe whole > left side of her face. I think that reduces that "lazy eye" illusion > plus revealing her nice hair a lot more. > > Thanks for your critique and pointers, Paul! > > > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Paul Stenquist > <[email protected]> wrote: >> You could probably release a bit of the tension in her face by smoothing out >> her brow above her left eye. Worth a try IMO. >> Paul >> On May 25, 2012, at 9:16 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >>> I'm sure you've seen Hurrell's work, if you've seen any b&w shots of >>> Hollywood stars. >>> >>> https://www.google.com/search?q=george+hurrell&tbm=isch >>> >>> I agree her hair needs to be revealed more, and I need to brighten her >>> eye as well, per Paul's suggestion, so I'm off to do some >>> dodge'n'burn. :-) >>> >>> Thanks, Bob! >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Bruce, >>>> I don't know George Hurrell's style at all, but I enjoyed the photo. >>>> For such a glamorous shot, I miss her luxurious hair...needs light! >>>> Regards, Bob S. >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Was introduced to a lovely lady who wanted to do a creative shoot. I >>>>> suggested Hollywood glamour ala George Hurrell and she said yeah ... >>>>> >>>>> http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7262010996/lightbox/ >>>>> >>>>> This is the first of a few I'll be retouching. The goal was B&W, but I >>>>> couldn't resist keeping this one colour. >>>>> >>>>> The shoot took place yesterday in The Gallery Studio Cafe in New >>>>> Toronto. There's a piano, which of course we made use of, and a nicely >>>>> decorated bar with a big ol' espresso machine, which also made it into >>>>> some shots. We basically had the run of the place. Dorothy enlisted >>>>> two of her ex-colleagues (she was an on-air personality with a talk >>>>> show on Rogers cable TV) for makeup and hair and they did a superb >>>>> job. I have BTS shots of the two of them working on Dorothy >>>>> simultaneously. >>>>> >>>>> I wanted to get the "focussed-light with rapid fall-off" look typical >>>>> of George Hurrell's work, so I used the ring-light-in-a-softbox that I >>>>> created especially for the shoot and tested on my wife last week. >>>>> George used multiple big hotlights with fresnel lenses to get his >>>>> look, so we clearly would only be able to approximate it but I think >>>>> we didn't do too badly. He also spent hours dodging and burning to get >>>>> his deep shadows and body contouring, so at least that part I'll be >>>>> able to emulate accurately! :-) >>>>> >>>>> K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 39mm/f:8.0, 100 ISO, 125th sec. >>>>> AF160 ringlight in 18" Westcott Apollo softbox on monopod, held above >>>>> and in front of subject's face. >>>>> AF540 in 42" silvered umbrella for fill, camera-left. >>>>> AF540 with snoot for hair, well back camera-right. >>>>> Cowboy Studios radio triggers. >>>>> Lr and Ps for post and retouching. >>>>> >>>>> Comments welcome! >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -bmw >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -bmw >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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.
