It's got to be some Javascript-blocking stuff, John (and Ann). You use that, I believe?
I just put it on Tumblr. Try this link: http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/image/142075134442 Lack of shadows? Take another look. :) Mucho shadow there, especially in the lower third. As for retouching: I know. I have two prints of before and after on Joan Crawford. Six hours of working with a pencil on the negative by the retoucher, and the glam polish is there. Now that meticulous retouching applied much less to older women that he photographed. He did not turn them into freaks, just reduced and softened lines in a pleasant way. I can safely assure you that I did serious retouching to my wife who is in her mid 70's -- shh! I have the definitive book on the man and his work, and I have studied it thoroughly. "George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits 1925-1992", Mark A. Vieira. The author had access to Hurrell like few others and he documents his various "periods" and the lighting and retouching techniques he employed. Other than using gridded silver reflectors rather than fresnel spots I followed the way he worked during the 1940's very closely. https://www.amazon.ca/George-Hurrells-Hollywood-Portraits-1925-1992/dp/0762450398/ Thanks for your comments, John! On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:39 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/1/2016 10:29 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 5:17 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 3/20/2016 3:03 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> A while back I got it in mind to explore the 1930's/1940's George >>>> Hurrell Hollywood glamour look and I kept pursuing it on and off until >>>> I got this shot of Louise last Thursday ... >>>> >>>> http://portfolio.brucemwalker.com/#!/index/I0000gv_.gI.8h3w >>>> >>>> I finally think I am getting somewhere. :) >>>> >>>> 645Z, DFA645 90mm f:2.8 Macro, f:4, 1/125th sec, 100 ISO. >>>> >>>> Key light: 22" beauty dish with 15 degree grid, above-left. >>>> Hair, rim light: 8.5" reflector, boomed above directly behind. >>>> Background light: 7" reflector with barn doors and 30 degree grid, low >>>> camera-left. >>>> Fill: white foamcore v-flat bouncing spill from rim light, camera-right. >>>> >>>> Makeup/hair: Judi Willrich >>>> Styling: Louise >>>> Set design: me >>>> >>>> Comments most certainly welcome! >>>> >>> >>> Nice attractive portrait, but I don't think you've quite captured the >>> essence of George Hurrell yet. >> >> >> John, could you elaborate? I'm very curious about what you find missing. >> > > It's been a week or more, and your image just opens a blank new page now. > > But, I think it was the shadows or lack there of. Hurrell used a lot of > deep shadow for dramatic effect. > > Hurrell was also an extremist when retouching. No flaw was too small for > him to remove it. > > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > 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.
