Not a clue although I agree it is a lovely process, pity the photographer wasn't credited we might have been able to email him/her to ask. What struck me though was what a completely and utterley pretentious load of old *******s the blog is, far too much time on her hands and more stolen photography than you can shake a stick at to boot.
Just Sayin
open two browsers, one with the image and one with google on, in the google browser click on images then go back to the image and click and hold then drag it on to the google page and over the search box where it says image, let go and it will find that image on the net, as for the pp its quite easy to find out how it's done but 90% of that image is good lighting.
So you don't know then
BIB-Well I had two out of three
I appreciate your last paragraph but not like it hurts to give pointers if not the full technique. Like a link to a tutorial or similar?
Excellent work James extremely jealous
Wheres the "how to" pic you were going to do? Where did you learn?
Excellent work! Really good stuffgood isn't it
it seems impossibly good, but it is achievable
I went from shooting in my bedroom with a kit lens and a desk lamp to work like this
and then finally on to work this good
and the truth is that most of the work is in the retouching- there is only so much you can physically do in camera, even with the best model and an arrary of lights, some looks just have to be done with post production
I mean see for yourself, even some striking photos look very flat and plain (or overly contrasty, or just ugly) without post production- (ok I know I could have got the exposure better in camera but shooting models is all about flow, you have to just go with it and you can't keep stopping to adjust flash power, the model has to keep active and interested, but even with perfect exposure you wouldn't get that kick, or the colour without PP)
even the image I posted up as the 'ok' image was later retouched into something beautiful when I went back through my archive looking for shots to edit
Come again?
Lightroom has a split toning tool if you use that, otherwise it can be easily replicated in Photoshop - youtube split toning
Also, look up blending mode on youtube - try adding two layers with satin applied, pick two different colours that work well (such as yellow and purple in this case). Bring the opacity down on the layers so it's just a hint of colour.
Next, look up layer masks on youtube so that the colours you've applied from above only apply to the bits of the photo that you want them to apply to - by adding gradients or by brushing it yourself.
With a decently lit photo to start with and a nice location for context, you get replicate those shots easily enough. Check out some decent (read:subtle) skin toning techniques just to add that nice finish and you'd be done!
Thanks, I had a play around with an image in an attempt at duplicating your advice
mirror2 by john_mather, on Flickr
