My Dave Hill Impression

[ChevyBaby]

Blake.Oney commented on one of my threads saying he really enjoys Dave Hill's work so i got looking and now i'm in love with the photos so i tried the effect out myself.

Ignore the fact that this picture is a bit crap coz it was just a test shoot and focus on the effect. (Just picked the first pic i came across)

Whad'ya think??

 

[Derrel]

The original source file is not the best type of lighting for the Dave Hill effect, which seems to look better when there is strong, hot side-lighting on the face and body of the subject. In your original photo, you have very low-contrast, somber lighting on his face, and therefore the "super-real" look of the facial features that the Dave Hill look produces just doesn't translate to a genuine Dave Hill look.

 

[ChevyBaby]

Ahhh i did wonder why mine looked sh!te lol i'm addicted, doin it to loads of photos now

 

[Blake.Oney]

Yea. I used to do it to like all my photo's just to see if it turned out, and then I realized that it will never turn out until I start using strobes or speed lights on both sides of my subject. Then there's the matter of his backgrounds and scenes in general and how he does that. I believe Goonies may be right about them being composite images.

 

[ChevyBaby]

Yeah it's awesome stuff - you've got me hooked!

 

[Big Mike]

Yes, you really need a two pronged approach to get that look. One is the lighting and two is the processing.

 

[ChevyBaby]

off i go to the studio to get some awesome shots to edit! i might play around with it for my latest project, it fits right in with the theme.

 

[Infidel]

Obviously not the same thing, but here's a tutorial on approximating the "look" in Photoshop: Creating That Dave Hill Look | DIYPhotography.net

If this is your thing, it could be fun to play around with.

 

[ChevyBaby]

that's the tutorial i used for the above photo! i dont think anyone is gonna be able to do it, the photos are sooo cool

 

[cletusjermal]

Just an observation, not sure if you were too worried about other stuff then the dave hill look but i would clean up the few spots of acne on his face just to improve the overall look of the photo. It kept distracting me.

 

[ChevyBaby]

Just an observation, not sure if you were too worried about other stuff then the dave hill look but i would clean up the few spots of acne on his face just to improve the overall look of the photo. It kept distracting me.

LOL oh bless him! When i was editing my final shot for this piece i did clear them up and then my lecturer asked why and i said 'well it's a fashion shot and no one wants to see that do they?' which lead on to a lesson about Photoshop and why we clear up what we clear up... in the end i wished i never done it, but my model was happy with it lol