Bobby- An Experimental Monochrome Conversion

[DanOstergren27 2]

Recently I photographed my friend wearing some of his clothing designs. I was having some difficulty editing in color, so I decided to go with monochrome. Recently I have started adding a little bit of a color cast to my black and white conversions, and for this one I decided to make it a bit more apparent than usual.

 

[runnah]

I like this very much. Although he skin seems a bit too smooth.

 

[DanOstergren27 2]

I like this very much. Although he skin seems a bit too smooth.

I was thinking that as well. I'll reduce the effect a bit and see how it looks.

 

[DanOstergren27 2]

I like this very much. Although he skin seems a bit too smooth.

I updated the first post with a slight adjustment. The focus was a bit soft to begin with.

 

[mmaria]

It's lovely and I'll wait for that new version

 

[DanOstergren27 2]

It's lovely and I'll wait for that new version

There's a new version. The focus was a bit soft to begin with.

 

[mmaria]

could you post original?

I'm shooting my first male model next week... I realized that I have no idea how to pose men.
...going over your shots and studying

 

[FITBMX]

Looks great to me!

 

[DanOstergren27 2]

could you post original?

I'm shooting my first male model next week... I realized that I have no idea how to pose men.
...going over your shots and studying

Oooh girl! Get this book! It's amazing:
http://www.amazon.com/Photographing...=8-1&keywords=photographing+men+by+jeff+rojas

Also, here is the original:

 

[DanOstergren27 2]

Looks great to me!

Thank you!

 

[mmaria]

could you post original?

I'm shooting my first male model next week... I realized that I have no idea how to pose men.
...going over your shots and studying

Oooh girl! Get this book! It's amazing:
Amazon.com: Photographing Men: Posing, Lighting, and Shooting Techniques for Portrait and Fashion Photography (9780134433059): Jeff Rojas: Books

Also, here is the original:

Thank you!!

I'll shoot two men tomorrow... not enough time for learning... Amazon is pretty complicated to buy from it but I'm google-ing about Jeff and observing his images. Thank you! You helped!

As for the original, now I see what you mean about "soft focus". On fb it doesn't look that his face is too retouched.. It's an lovely image...and I'll probably steal this pose tomorrow