halo

jimaroo · Jul 5, 2006

I was wondering if anybody knows how to make a halo type effect.

i saw some pics where a girl was in a garden, and her hair looked like it was glowing, but only part of the top. i also saw something like that on the cover of some operah magazine , nothing was over exposed in the picture, but her hair was sort of glowing.

any help
thanks

JohnMF · Jul 5, 2006

probably backlight. Was she outside and did she have the sun behind her? This usually catches the hair and makes it glow

jimaroo · Jul 5, 2006

yeah they were outside, i kind of figued that it was the sun but i don't know what to expose for to get that glow

JohnMF · Jul 5, 2006

i think you make sure the subject has their back to the sun and just expose for their face

elsaspet · Jul 5, 2006

You can do it in photoshop. First of all, use the dodge tool in "highlight" at about 20 percent, and go over the whole hair area. Then switch to burn "midtones", and use about 15 percent over the whole hair area. Then switch back to the dodge tool, at 20 percent in the "midtones", using a smaller brush, and start painting in your light. It really glosses up the hair, and gives some killer sunglow or lighting effects.

markc · Jul 5, 2006

I've done something similar:

In the first three cases, I just got lucky with the sun backlighting her hair. In the last 2, I helped it along doing something similar to what elsaspet mentioned, so the 3rd one is a combo of real light and some extra work.