23 Friday Jun 2017
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Here’s another one from a recent shoot with Marion.
One thing I did notice is the synchronization with the Linkstar LF-250 being 99% perfect; there is a small darkening at the bottom of the image, which is due to me using Yongnuo high-speed sync radio triggers, which almost work with the Linkstar, but not for the full 100%. I should test it with the Linkstar LF-400 to see if that works any better.
But if doesn’t really make the image any less. 😉
30 Tuesday May 2017
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15 Monday May 2017
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30 Sunday Apr 2017
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15 Saturday Apr 2017
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Another one from the shoot with Annemiek and Else. We did a lot of hairflips in this shoot, and although it’s a bit of hit & miss, a lot of them actually look pretty cool. Here is one which has been converted to Black & White, some vignetting and some extra contrast.
21 Tuesday Mar 2017
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05 Sunday Mar 2017
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Else’s sister (from my post yesterday) is Annemiek. The lighting setup is mostly the same as Else’s photograph; a softbox on camera right and a spot with grid on the left side.
Postprocessing was used to warm up the image. I often like it when a picture does not have too many color variants.
04 Saturday Mar 2017
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I haven’t many many shoots in my studio lately but last week I got a visit from two sisters. Here is Else’s profile. Two lights, a medium-sized softbox on the right, and a spot with grid on the left for the hair. Almost entirely desaturated for the near-black-and-white look.
31 Saturday Dec 2016
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The last one I’ll post in 2016. This is another one from Rachel. I’ve lifted the brightness around her eyes a little bit (hats are always detrimental to areas around the face), added a bit of clarity and provided the background with a Sean Archer-type of grungy texture.
2016 has been a good year, hopefully for you too, all the best for 2017! Less musicians dying hopefully, and more love to overcome frustration in the world.
30 Friday Dec 2016
Posted in photography, postprocessing, studio
Here is an image from Ella. Her clothing and the lighting here matched to resemble a bit the painting of the old days. It’s a bit of Rembrandt lighting, although perhaps the triangle on her right cheek (left in the image) is a bit too big for that. And the blue spotlight in the back is perhaps a bit much for a 17th century look.
I used a lot of layers for this one, which is bad in a way since I’m always editing in 8 bits, so every layer you add will hurt the resolution of your colors. In the end, noise is always an answer for that to cover up some of the banding you add while trying to compromise the 16 vs 8 bits differences between speed, disk space and accuracy.
There is the usual blemish removal, a bit of eye lightening (though this girl really has very reflective eyes and large pupils). Then some 3D color lookups towards the CandleLight cube to get a more painterly color space. Some lifting of the black colors to get a bit of a washout effect (note that this is oh so delicate, depending on which screen you’re looking). Some noise, and a gentle crackle effect that I used once in the past to mimic old paint.
I love the simplicity, the strongness of her look and the old-fashioned post-processing.
