Comments on: Senior portraits post-production and retouching. Before and After.

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:55:05 +0000

I know exactly what HDR stands for and you can do a pseudo HDR with 1 image in CS5 as well as PhotoMatix, it will not give you the same dynamic range as the 5-10 image HDR but is doable. As I stated, the processing is pushing the envelope of HDR, should have been more clear. Maybe you should watch your tutorial you learned this from again and listen to what he says when you move the black slider “you get an HDR effect”, so I don’t think I was far off on my original posting about the look, esp. since Mr. Hollywood is going for that high contrast HDR look.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:10:50 +0000

Thank you, Dave. Work flow was simple:
1. Raw processing
2. Cleaning
3. Dodge and Burn technique (you can find various tutorials and tips in Internet and choose which you like more)

By: admin

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:01:03 +0000

Thank you, Charles:-)
I have no idea why you call this HDR processed. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range image, which can be achieved ONLY by doing multiple exposures of the same subject and combining them into one, extended dynamic range (comparing to camera’s dynamic range) image. If shot was done with one exposure – this is not HDR, regardless of post-production.

By: Dave Leale

Dave Leale — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:36:09 +0000

I love the post processing on the girl, but the guy looks too cartoonish.
Please explain the PP work flow on photo #1.

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:01:14 +0000

I am not overly impressed, I am not a big fan of vignetting and it is so cliche these days to use a lot of it. I have seen so many photos processed in the muted tones, it’s the newest fad. What concerned my was how different they were from the originals, they all looked soft and blah, I think more time spent getting it right the first time and less PP would benefit all here. All the pics of the guy look almost over processed, they are borderline HDR processed photos and just not impressed, of course my 2 cents and if the client is happy than that’s all that matters.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:39:15 +0000

I appreciate your opinion. Thank you for comment:-)

By: eklipseone

eklipseone — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:34:28 +0000

heavy yellow tones on the female
and the dude looks super old

By: admin

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:59:55 +0000

John, It happens. We can’t please everyone:-)
Would be cool if you’ll tell me what you do not like in them. Our customers are happy with these photos.
On this blog I try to show some different techniques of
post-production. Hope it is useful for somebody.

By: John Fowler

John Fowler — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:59:54 +0000

If I was a customer, I’d be quite disappointed with these results.

By: FotoStefan

FotoStefan — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:21:34 +0000

I like the before photos!