A good sun flare always adds to this effect. If painterly and stylised is what you are after. For me I always like to use a good cloud image, because it can be dramatic, but also it gives me a reason to add a sun flare/light leak. This being a character portrait, the best course of action is to choose a background that is simple, doesn’t distract too much, but looks stylish whilst letting the character take center stage. Now with our basic clean up, skin retouching done, it is time to add a background. I didn’t go mad, I probably spent 15 mins. I created a curves adjustment layer and pulled up the midtones (lightened), added an inverted layer mask and begin dodging the dark patches to smooth out the tonal differences. Moving on to slight skin tone, dodging and burning. I then focus on cleaning any unwanted marks from the clothes, again with the healing brush tool. Starting from face and moving down the body. I start first by cleaning up any large blemishes with the healing brush. Our first port of call is skin retouching, clean up and skin tone dodge and burn. And to camera left behind the model, a Pixapro 42cm beauty dish on a higher power, aimed at the head to mimic the sun flare that I planned on adding in post. I cross lit Madison using a Pixapro citi 600 (a rebranded Godox AD600) and a Pixapro 120cm Octa camera right, feathered a little. Here is the original image straight out of camera. So without me chattering on and on, lets get straight into it. The idea behind this shoot was that two abused girlfriends, meet by chance, have a love affair, and in revenge, go and kill their abusive exes. It just helps to flesh out the idea, and can help the models get into character on the day. When I shoot a conceptual idea, I always make a little story up to go along with the idea. I will also leave you a speed edit above from the same set, to show you the full editing process from beginning to end.īefore I start let me give you a little background on the theme, to make sense of the model, her costume and makeup. What I will do today is focus on the dodge and burn, which is the key element….but also mention the other factors around it, to put it into context. Not only that, it also depends on your subject, costume and the overall tone of the image. It is a mix of doge and burn, painting in colour, and choosing the right colours. There isn’t one global technique, apart from maybe some dodgy oil painting filter (Which I advise you not to use……ever…ever), that can create this look. To achieve this painterly style, you have to mix a few different techniques together. The models would look like they just stepped out of a graphic novel or computer game. Taking inspiration from one of my favourite non photographer artists, Dan dos Santos, I planned to do some hyper-real, stylised portraits. Having read many alt magazines, I knew I wanted the images for this feature to stand out, and buck the raw, gritty aesthetic that has become synonomus with Uk alt photography. It features the usual alternative lifestyle elements such as girls with tattoos, rock bands, movie reviews and various Uk alt photographers. I recently organised and executed a cover shoot for Uk alternative magazine Twisted Edge.
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