Dorothy really has great eyes, doesn't she? I'm going to make sure they're really emphasized in our next shoot.
I will try this in B&W, Derby. A few folks have mentioned JPEG, or some sort of artifacting and I suspect it's just one of those unfortunate images that gets mangled by being reduced for display. I can't see anything in the original, even when pixel-peeping. Thanks for looking and commenting, Derby! On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Derby Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > > I saw this a while back, but haven't commented. My initial thought was, I > would probably prefer this in B&W, because of your Hurrell intention. In > colour, her skin looked a little overcooked, whereas in glow-y black and > white, it would really would be glam. I still see a bit of jpeg artifacts > along her hair, and on the chair feature over her right arm. But not so > bothersome (and maybe that's flickr's fault). > > It's her direct gaze that works for me. Really arresting. > > > > > On 28/05/2012 11:40 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> Absolutely! I replaced it on Flickr, so if you look at the same link >> as before ... >> >> http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7262010996/lightbox/ >> >> you'll see the revised one. >> >> >> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Paul Stenquist<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> 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. >> >> >> > > -- > 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.
