How was this done?

[Vtec44]

I've always wonder generally what steps process to get this kind of colors, http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5286/...7275ff22_b.jpg and http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5161/...7fb87e7f_b.jpg ? I love the skin tone, the clarity yet softness to the picture. I enjoy mostly the color tone which I have never been able to reproduce. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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[480sparky]

Shoot on an overcast day.

Use a fill light.

Shoot for good bokeh.

Follow proper white balance technique.

Forget about composition, assume the busy background won't be a distraction issue, and use unflattering poses.

[analog.universe]

I'm pretty sure most of the qualities you describe are achieved by a big softbox to the right, gelled to match ambient, on an overcast day. The white balance on the whole image is then adjusted to be a little bit warm. There might be an additional fill light camera left somewhere... sort of hard to tell.

[Vtec44]

Yeah lighting is not really an issue for me just the colors that I always have trouble with. Thanks for the suggestions, now I gotta get myself a red head to try this on. lol

[Jeremy Z]

I don't think anything special is needed, light-wise, for the colors you're after.

Part of it is that the models are wearing make-up, do they don't look flat.

The other part is just a warmish color balance, a skim tone preset.

Check your camera's presets, I bet there is something like that without even having to resort to post processing. Maybe even portrait mode? It depends on the camera.

[Vtec44]

Check your camera's presets, I bet there is something like that without even having to resort to post processing. Maybe even portrait mode? It depends on the camera.

I shoot RAW so I don't think camera presets apply, but portrait has very bland colors when look at the JPEGs. I'm going to try a few method with lighting and white balance.

Thanks.