How does Lee Jeffries get this effect?

[amolitor]

LMAO! Now you just look like a geek who was just told Linux is no longer free.

homeless, loser, end of the world. Yep, pretty much!

 

[leeroix]

^hahaha whats linux?

 

[Geaux]

It's Double Raw Conversion technique:

• Open Raw file into PS as smart object
• right click on layer and "copy" as smart object (gives you two smart object raw layers independent of each other - if done wrong, one change to one, and that change affects other copy)
• double click on the copy to open PS RAW and edit accordingly with high contrast, 75%-85% clarity slider, sharpen around 80-85% with .7 radius
• add BW adjustment layer to the copy and adjust accordingly.
• I wanna say you change the copy layer to blend mode "Luminosity" (but without program in front of me at work, I'll have to check with it when I get home - I'm better doing it than explaining it lol)

I think that's pretty much the logistics of it (of course, it won't work with EVERY image), but it has a lot to do with the lighting of the subject to get those harsh shadows.