How to get these airy bright photos?

Theo2 · Jul 11, 2014

Paris is not about shoes and clothing... Paris is about food! And butter!

keyseddie · Jul 11, 2014

Let me jump on the minority bandwagon... Wait, there isn't one. My opinion evidently differs with all except for maybe photoguy. Carin, perhaps obviously only to me, is a seasoned professional with her own signature style. Her work is imaginative, appropriate to the situation, and in vogue in the geographical area that she lives and works.

Others have answered the OP's technical questions. What I may add, photogirl, is that you will not achieve these results with a software fix. Look at Carin's total website. She is very talented, creative, intelligent in her communication skills, and did not learn any of this on a photography forum. The fact that you are asking your question on this thread could be the beginning of a learning process. Just don't expect the answers today.

photoguy99 · Jul 11, 2014

Yeah, my point I'd that simply overexposing will not work.

Braineack · Jul 11, 2014

photoguy99 said:
With all due respect, it's like you people can't see.

The darkest tones are placed normally. This indicates that the exposure is more or less OK, dynamic range considerations aside. The midtones are gone, hence my curves suggestion.

No you're probably right. I my suggestion wasn't serious and was making an aggro "attack" on the photos.

honestly, like every other good photographer out there, she probably just runs the entire set through a free LR plug-in she downloaded and doesn't ever think twice. It looks like the whites get clipped and the mids are bumped, and yes, probably with curves.

similar results:

her photos are hard to look at. literally, like its hurting my eyes to look at most the shots.

astroNikon · Jul 11, 2014

Basically the OP will have to experiment with various techniques as in some photos it was with a backdrop which was blown out(single person), or not (shoes) ... and the variations go on and on. Each photo had specific techniques but definitely alot of lost detail of the few I looked at briefly.

photogirl1 · Jul 11, 2014

keyseddie said:
Let me jump on the minority bandwagon... Wait, there isn't one. My opinion evidently differs with all except for maybe photoguy. Carin, perhaps obviously only to me, is a seasoned professional with her own signature style. Her work is imaginative, appropriate to the situation, and in vogue in the geographical area that she lives and works.

Others have answered the OP's technical questions. What I may add, photogirl, is that you will not achieve these results with a software fix. Look at Carin's total website. She is very talented, creative, intelligent in her communication skills, and did not learn any of this on a photography forum. The fact that you are asking your question on this thread could be the beginning of a learning process. Just don't expect the answers today.

Thank you very much! I agree that I have a lot to learn and the direction you guys have pointed in has helped me a lot. I'm not a photographer like Carin, nor do I plan to be as good as her overnight, but since I do run a blog that requires visuals, it's nice to learn little things here and there that can help my photos. I use Carin as an example because her style is similar to my own and I only wish to express that style not just through my blog design and writing as I already have, but also through the photos I post. You're the only one who has understood why she does what she does and why her photos are so "overexposed" as everyone keeps saying. It's part of a theme and story line she's created and I have to say that most of her blog followers adore her photography the way it is.

And thank you photoguy for the curves suggestions, I've been trying it out and it's great!

Braineack · Jul 11, 2014

:taped sh:

Mashburn · Jul 11, 2014

Braineack said:
Something tells me the photographer accidentally set the camera to EV+2.0 and just went with it.

LOL. When I saw the pictures that was my thought or either it was crazy bright and he had a slow shutter speed. I felt my eyes squinting. Guess this is some peoples thing though.

Mashburn · Jul 11, 2014

photoguy99 said:
With all due respect, it's like you people can't see.

The darkest tones are placed normally. This indicates that the exposure is more or less OK, dynamic range considerations aside. The midtones are gone, hence my curves suggestion.

I can't see because it's so bright. :Joker:

photoguy99 · Jul 11, 2014

Your monitors may be set too bright. Consider switching from arc light driven to more modern LCD panels for better color fidelity.

Braineack · Jul 11, 2014

photoguy99 said:
Your monitors may be set too bright. Consider switching from arc light driven to more modern LCD panels for better color fidelity.

Braineack · Jul 11, 2014

ohhhhh it was actually a picture of a pair of boxers on a white bed sheet!

:crazy:

Mashburn · Jul 11, 2014

Braineack said:
photoguy99 said:

Your monitors may be set too bright. Consider switching from arc light driven to more modern LCD panels for better color fidelity.

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thanks for the good laughs man.

Vince.1551 · Jul 11, 2014

photogirl1 said:
I'm trying imitate the effect achieved in the photos found on this site: Paris in Four Months |Paris in Four Months I've been playing with the exposure on my camera and get pretty bright photos through that, but not as bright as I'd like them to be like that photographer's photos. Any photo editing suggestions?

What you are seeing is diffused lighting either through a white translucent curtain or from a strobe with a large rectangular soft box. I'm not so sure about the house. Unless your original image has even lighting it's hard to replicate in post.