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Hi all,

I am trying to improvise my togy skills a bit by bit everyday...

Wonder if anyone would mind having a look at the following two links which has portrait pics (apologies for requesting to follow the links as I havent clicked these and don't hold the copyrights)...just wanted to find out how do these portraits have a bit of a darker look to it.kind of vignetting and sepia look if I am getting it right....are these acheived via. some special fileters or are they purely post-processing on PS? I would really love to achieve this effect...

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Img 2

Thanks,
Anand
 
ShutterWork said:
Hi all,

I am trying to improvise my togy skills a bit by bit everyday...

Wonder if anyone would mind having a look at the following two links which has portrait pics (apologies for requesting to follow the links as I havent clicked these and don't hold the copyrights)...just wanted to find out how do these portraits have a bit of a darker look to it.kind of vignetting and sepia look if I am getting it right....are these acheived via. some special fileters or are they purely post-processing on PS? I would really love to achieve this effect...

Img 1

Img 2

Thanks,
Anand
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I'm not seeing any sepia there, the thing I think you are talking about is the way the subject is lit?
 
Hi Graham, you're probably right...i don't know whether it's sepia or not...sorry, it's lack of understanding on my part...i think it's lighting which is giving these photos a look on the darker side, yet soft and glowing.

Do these techniques have any particular name or how do I achieve these (I know its easier to ask than explain) ? Are these purely shots from camera or post-processing?
 
2nd one is most likely the lighting - the light source is to the left - not direct so its been diffused. possible a second weaker light a bit more on the front.

i'm sure some expert on here will be able to explain the dark look of the first shot.
 
It's just directional lighting, when people say photography is all about the light, this is what they mean. The colours look a little desaturated in the first one, second one looks a little warmer than it would have been really though probably just a white adjustment. But this is what you would expect to get out of the camera pretty much. I would say the highlights are a little hot (overexposed) on both images, but directional lighting is what gives you detail, depth and dimension to a photograph.

In both images lighting is creating something between loop and rembrandt lighting I would say. In the first one I would say the subject is probably pretty close to the light source so the intensity is falling off pretty quickly.
 
looks like a single light to the left with processing

Img 1

looks like a normal snap shot taken during the day with a photoshop filter applied to it

Img 2
 
Thanks a lot everybody for the inputs...really liked these portraits and wanted how they were achieved..got a better concept now...spending more time on PS now..:)
 
POAH said:
looks like a single light to the left with processing

Img 1

looks like a normal snap shot taken during the day with a photoshop filter applied to it

Img 2
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I argree, the second also has darker grass at the sides so either burning in a bit or a vignette (might be a lightroom preset or a photo filter in photoshop for the colour)
 
swanseamale47 said:
I argree, the second also has darker grass at the sides so either burning in a bit or a vignette (might be a lightroom preset or a photo filter in photoshop for the colour)
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Thanks for your input Wayne..hope you doing well??
 
swanseamale47 said:
I argree, the second also has darker grass at the sides so either burning in a bit or a vignette (might be a lightroom preset or a photo filter in photoshop for the colour)
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Oh OK so the OP is asking about the slightly 'actioned' look the second one has? I thought they were asking a about portrait lighting, ill go back to sleep LOL.
 
lensflair said:
Oh OK so the OP is asking about the slightly 'actioned' look the second one has? I thought they were asking a about portrait lighting, ill go back to sleep LOL.
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The OP was about everything Graham..action, lighting, post-processing, etc..was just too eager, or greedy I must say, to find out what was happening on those pics..just seemed perfect to me ;)
 
ShutterWork said:
The OP was about everything Graham..action, lighting, post-processing, etc..was just too eager, or greedy I must say, to find out what was happening on those pics..just seemed perfect to me ;)
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I like the first one, but I would say the highlights are a tad overexposed. I think there's two things going on in them, first is decent use of what appears to be available light and second is a reasonably subtle bit of post, the second one looks a bit overdone to my taste but still quite a decent shot. If your aiming to improve your portrait skills then lighting and posing will get you there, the post should just be to enhance what's already there IMO as in the pics you linked to. Of course thats all a matter of taste though.
 
lensflair said:
If your aiming to improve your portrait skills then lighting and posing will get you there, the post should just be to enhance what's already there IMO as in the pics you linked to.
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Thanks Graham..will remember this...:)
 
First one is a very nice shot. The photographer says it is natural light bouncing off a white desk - you can see it in the catchlight. What's nice is that her face is fully lit even though it is facing down. And the nose shadow is reduced by the bounced light from the desk. I can't see any vignette but it looks like saturation is down and contrast up. I don't think there's any sepia going on.
 
paulcamcas said:
First one is a very nice shot. The photographer says it is natural light bouncing off a white desk - you can see it in the catchlight. What's nice is that her face is fully lit even though it is facing down. And the nose shadow is reduced by the bounced light from the desk. I can't see any vignette but it looks like saturation is down and contrast up. I don't think there's any sepia going on.
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Thanks for your input Paul.
 
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