Playing around...
You know what's so great about being a photographer? Besides having lots of fun taking pictures, I get to have lots of fun editing (processing) images. Yes this is fun to me. Everyone has something about themselves they would like to change. Now this girl, Kelly, is just about perfect. Nice eyes, bright teeth, and good hair, so I can play around without offending her.
Today I was working on Eyes. If you ever look at the AD's in a magazine, or walk by the cosmetics counter at Dillards, the first thing you notice about the ad's is the Eyes of the models.
Do you think they are natural? They aren't. Every now and then I'll see someone walking down the street with really memorable eyes. It happens say 2 or 3 times a year. As a photographer you want to pull them to the side and beg them to let you take a picture. The problem, no camera, no studio, no lighting.... the list goes on.
Well I can process my images in such a way to create those memorable eyes. What makes an eye memorable? To start it must be SHARP. The viewer needs to see the detail in the eye. It must have white's, deep color and a black pupil. This sounds good, but look at the eyes of those around you, more then likely they have a little red in them... Now on a shoot I might suggest we use some Visine to get the red out. A complete pun is intended.
However when I process an image, I'll take the red out. I'll make the pupil black and brighten the iris. On Kelly here I have done just that. I have worked to make the eyes stand out against the background. In addition I have also worked with her skin a little bit. Given her lips some extra color and brightened her teeth. Finally I added some brown highlights to her hair to help it stand out a little.
Again, she didn't need this to look beautiful, but I wanted to see what would happen. I like the final. This heavy processing isn't needed and I don't do it a lot, but for those who always wished to have perfect skin or bright eyes like a model, I make it happen.
--jesse
Today I was working on Eyes. If you ever look at the AD's in a magazine, or walk by the cosmetics counter at Dillards, the first thing you notice about the ad's is the Eyes of the models.
Do you think they are natural? They aren't. Every now and then I'll see someone walking down the street with really memorable eyes. It happens say 2 or 3 times a year. As a photographer you want to pull them to the side and beg them to let you take a picture. The problem, no camera, no studio, no lighting.... the list goes on.
Well I can process my images in such a way to create those memorable eyes. What makes an eye memorable? To start it must be SHARP. The viewer needs to see the detail in the eye. It must have white's, deep color and a black pupil. This sounds good, but look at the eyes of those around you, more then likely they have a little red in them... Now on a shoot I might suggest we use some Visine to get the red out. A complete pun is intended.
However when I process an image, I'll take the red out. I'll make the pupil black and brighten the iris. On Kelly here I have done just that. I have worked to make the eyes stand out against the background. In addition I have also worked with her skin a little bit. Given her lips some extra color and brightened her teeth. Finally I added some brown highlights to her hair to help it stand out a little.
Again, she didn't need this to look beautiful, but I wanted to see what would happen. I like the final. This heavy processing isn't needed and I don't do it a lot, but for those who always wished to have perfect skin or bright eyes like a model, I make it happen.
--jesse
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