Cheyenne

Evertking · Oct 4, 2017

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kapaah · Oct 4, 2017

Hi, I'm using a non calibrated display, but seems a bit underexposed.. the background is fine but she needs more light..
I like the composition.

k5MOW · Oct 4, 2017

I love the composition. Great photo

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ronlane · Oct 4, 2017

Both look a half to 2/3 a stop under exposed on my monitor. Nice composition, lovely subject, She is lite well and good catch lights.

Braineack · Oct 4, 2017

the gamma looks off as well as it being so underexposed. all the details have also been smooshed, like it's an oil painting.

tirediron · Oct 4, 2017

I was thinking closer to a full stop under; overall I really like these, but there seems to be no point to the position of her left hand... Oh, and please try and get her to smile, even if it does cost you a Coach Purse or some other similar trivial token...

chuasam · Oct 4, 2017

She’s gorgeous, the posing is awkward. Coach isn’t really that good.
Tell her a joke or recant a happy memory.

Evertking · Oct 4, 2017

Thanks for the replies.. I am bought a Photoshop and Lightroom course book and I'm trying to wrap my head around editing. Yes, she in not a model but I'm telling ya she can cook and breastfeed at the same time!!

She is very patient with me. My posing is very poor this is it! "put your weight on your back leg, tilt your head, far shoulder.. high shoulder, dang I have to move the light, I have to light into your part"

I was going for a "cinematic" look.. I know... I know.. I butchered it. I really want to learn more about color, the HSL and tones. The course that I bought had me making birthday cards!! I was helpful in showing me around the tools and layers but I want to learn color and how to manipulate it and get the look that I'm after.

I been watching this guy here and I love the colors he gets and his eiditng style. If any of you were trying to recreate this, how would you do this.
Just the colors..
And yeah.. I kicked my self in the butt for not having more DOF in that one. But it was on the fly.. we were getting in the vehicle and I looked over and seen the light hitting her.
Anyway.. you say the gamma is out of wack. Can you explain more to me, how is it and how to fix it?

I had a hard time getting my exposure on her and the ambient. With her standing at the fence, in the viewfinder I would get a reading of 1/4000 and that was probably still over on my 6D and if I moved the camera a little below the horizon line, I would get 1/250 or 1/500. So, looking at the exif data I was at 1/500 f2.2 and iso 200. If I could do it again, I would or should?? Expose for the sky and bring the rest of the image up with the strobe? I think I tried that and didn't like the results. How should this have been handled?

smoke665 · Oct 4, 2017

As the others have said it's way underexposed.

Cinematic processing is generally categorized as somewhat cool, with less saturation, and more blacks. Something like this. FYI this was bumped 1.31 on exposure. I have a preset for LR that I will send you via PM, that will get you close.

kapaah · Oct 4, 2017

Can I have the preset too?

Thanks.

smoke665 · Oct 4, 2017

kapaah said:
Can I have the preset too?

Thanks.

Sure, I just sent you a PM with a link that will download the preset and instructions on installation.

Evertking · Oct 4, 2017

Thank you!!

smoke665 · Oct 4, 2017

Here's another approach in PS, using a 50% gray layer to burn the highlights and shadows. A 50% gray layer to selectively sharpen, a hue/saturation layer to adjust by channel, two levels layers one for channels, one RGB, a b&W filter layer, and a curves layer. Still needs a lot, got tired, the LR version is a lot faster.

kapaah · Oct 4, 2017

Thank you

FITBMX · Oct 5, 2017

Go to Youtube and look up Phlearn. He has tons of really PS how to videos, at all levels of experience.
I only shoot in manual mode (but that isn't necessary), and will take a sample photo that I then check on the viewfinder with the histogram on. So that way I can try to keep my highlights from being blown out, and my subject exposed proper, or at least close. You can also take a "Plate" shot, with the sky properly exposed, and use PS to "exposure blend" in the sky.
If you have a strobe though, I would keep working with that as well. It should give you very nice equal exposure. What did you not like about the strobe shots?