I REALLY want to know how these types of photos are produced

[Scarlet Siren]

Hi, I've been lurking for quite some time. I'm in the process of looking in to buying my first DSLR hopefully by next week! still doing some background research.... I'm trying to pick between Nikons D3100 and D5100.

Although I've been a long time lover of photography I'm new to taking photos myself, I have no experience with DSLRs, editing, equipment etc only with P+S.

Anyway, I have a questions, apologies in advance if it's already been answered or if it's a silly one...

How does someone go out about creating photos like this???

Flickr: Carmen Moreno {Photography}'s Photostream

My Fav Selfportraits - a set on Flickr

I love the colours, tone and feel of the pictures and I'm DYING to know how they do it? does any one know if any tutorials?

 

[rehab]

curious to see if anyone has some good tutorials

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Have you asked the people whose images they are? I find most people on Flickr are quite nice and willing to answer questions. Drop them a message.

 

[KevinPutman]

I'm not an expert with photography,
Thinking About You | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

but effects similar to that can be made in photoshop, using different tools.
Gradients, layer effects, etc.

 

[Dao]

Are you looking for cross processing?

Cross processing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Scarlet Siren]

Have you asked the people whose images they are? I find most people on Flickr are quite nice and willing to answer questions. Drop them a message.

Some can be a bit funny about questions like that. On their profiles they'll state they don't answer those types of questions...:-\ the first one in particular appears to be quite guarded that way.

 

[Scarlet Siren]

Are you looking for cross processing?

Cross processing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

perhaps! LOL! I'll check it out, thanks for the link!

 

[Derrel]

Both women share a remarkably,remarkably similar style. It looks like what's needed to make these photos is a high level of self-absorption, a highly-developed sense of narcissism, a tripod, a camera, and a bucketful of Photoshop actions. Oh, and an old Cindy Sherman exhibition catalogue to leaf through. As you can see, the work of the two women is practically interchangeable, and could be mix-n-matched, like GrrAnimals or Lincoln Logs, and nobody would know which images came from which computer.

 

[Lyncca]

I don't think that you are really wanting to know how to take images like these since there isn't really any continuity among them. I think you want to know how they are processed. Search on google for "vintage photoshop actions" and that will get you started

 

[photocist]

Both women share a remarkably,remarkably similar style. It looks like what's needed to make these photos is a high level of self-absorption, a highly-developed sense of narcissism, a tripod, a camera, and a bucketful of Photoshop actions. Oh, and an old Cindy Sherman exhibition catalogue to leaf through. As you can see, the work of the two women is practically interchangeable, and could be mix-n-matched, like GrrAnimals or Lincoln Logs, and nobody would know which images came from which computer.

owned.

 

[Timoris]

Although I can not speak for all images, you can start as such.

Slightly overexpose the image, giving a whiter sheen and letting the light envelope the contours.
Secondly, A soft lens.

Although I did not try to replicate any one technique, I was just fooling around with my Lensbaby Soft Optic which arrived the day before and obtained these.

The first has not been post processed, I wanted to see what would happen if I placed a soft filter on a Single Lens Optic. Conclusion: it's not as nice as when kept with the Soft Optic (Image Two).

The last step would be to play around in LightRoom. Contrast, Vibrance, Highlights, Tones etc. Turn up the sliders, play with them, see what you get.

 

[Drake]

Both women share a remarkably,remarkably similar style. It looks like what's needed to make these photos is a high level of self-absorption, a highly-developed sense of narcissism, a tripod, a camera, and a bucketful of Photoshop actions. Oh, and an old Cindy Sherman exhibition catalogue to leaf through. As you can see, the work of the two women is practically interchangeable, and could be mix-n-matched, like GrrAnimals or Lincoln Logs, and nobody would know which images came from which computer.

That's true in most cases.

As how to achieve this type of look, I've never actually tried myself to get it right, but it's not so difficult. If you overexpose the photo by a small amount, then load it into Lightroom of Photoshop, get the contrast way down, shift the WB a lot, and then probably use the hue sliders to get even further, you're almost there. I am sure there is also a load of finishing steps, but it should get you pretty close.

 

[ann]

Ah Derrel, you old fox CIndy Sherman; very clever

 

[Double H]

There are a ton of presets for Lightroom that will give you the look and feel of those images. The washed out look can be achieved in-camera. I sometimes use the presets as a start and then tweek to my (or in most cases the Bride's) liking. I then save the modified preset as my own.

 

[JWellman]

There are a ton of presets for Lightroom that will give you the look and feel of those images. The washed out look can be achieved in-camera. I sometimes use the presets as a start and then tweek to my (or in most cases the Bride's) liking. I then save the modified preset as my own.

Yep! Lightroom has all that stuff built in with pre-sets.