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[binga63]

From this years trip to the philipines


proud by Chris Crossley, on Flickr

 

[pgriz]

I love the post-processing! Well, I love pretty much all your shots either for the way you use the light, or for the post-processing you do, or both. Care to share some hints on how you do it?

 

[binga63]

I love the post-processing! Well, I love pretty much all your shots either for the way you use the light, or for the post-processing you do, or both. Care to share some hints on how you do it?

Thanks pgriz...
the texture work of Jessica Drossin, it was her work that influenced my technique, I grabbed what made sense and added my taste to the technique, I am a painter by heart and use grey tones of colours within the textures to paint light on the subject, either to warm that light or cool it off, the same applies to the clothing, lighter grey tones to enhance wrinkles and folds on the clothing... I also only use a max of 2 coloured textures and finish with a grey texture if I am going after a certain feel, hope that makes a little sense.

 

[robbins.photo]

I love the post-processing! Well, I love pretty much all your shots either for the way you use the light, or for the post-processing you do, or both. Care to share some hints on how you do it?

Thanks pgriz...
the texture work of Jessica Drossin, it was her work that influenced my technique, I grabbed what made sense and added my taste to the technique, I am a painter by heart and use grey tones of colours within the textures to paint light on the subject, either to warm that light or cool it off, the same applies to the clothing, lighter grey tones to enhance wrinkles and folds on the clothing... I also only use a max of 2 coloured textures and finish with a grey texture if I am going after a certain feel, hope that makes a little sense.

It's fantastic. Me I've never been an artist at heart - but boy was I bummed out when I woke up one morning and realized I was never ever going to be the first cowboy astronaut fighting fires in space.

 

[manaheim]

Your stuff is always creative, interesting, and well executed. I always love seeing your work.

 

[tirediron]

That is friggin' outstanding!

 

[John_Olexa]

That is friggin' outstanding!

THIS!! ^
Really is fantastic. Well done!!

 

[runnah]

Always amazing.

Although I always want to know what they are looking at.

 

[Victo]

Is she standing in front of a canvas? Great shot.

 

[pgriz]

Chris, would you consider putting together a tutorial on how you "paint" the textures? This method of postprocessing is really intriguing! One of my club members does something similar, but it doesn't have the polish of appearance that yours does. If you'd rather be mysterious like Mish is, that's fine too. But I keep coming back to your images and loving the visual texture you create.

 

[binga63]

Chris, would you consider putting together a tutorial on how you "paint" the textures? This method of postprocessing is really intriguing! One of my club members does something similar, but it doesn't have the polish of appearance that yours does. If you'd rather be mysterious like Mish is, that's fine too. But I keep coming back to your images and loving the visual texture you create.

I will try...most of what I do is from feel, I see something within one of the pictures that I take and then explore it....next picture that I alter/adjust I will record my actions and share, I have no trouble in sharing.

 

[manaheim]

Every time I see this shot I like it more.

 

[annamaria]

I love everything about the photo, the textures, tones and colors. I also would love a tutorial.

 

[binga63]

Thank you all... ok I tried and failed at recording my actions....but have reduced and saved the psd of this one it may not show everything that I do but at least you will get an idea.. if interested pm me your email and I will dropbox the psd file, the subject here is Edalyn... you wouldn't know it but she is only 11... life is hard in the Philippines, I do what I can to help.
_DSC9169_pp by Chris Crossley, on Flickr

 

[pgriz]

I went through your Flickr photostream. What a visual feast! From the series you've posted, I can see the starting images for your work, and the layering of the textures and colours that truly animate the images. And that is what your postprocessing work does - it builds upon the feelings in the image and amplifies them. The light now appears to shine from within. The textures you've applied on the backgrounds help them stand back from the main images, and truly allow the background to be the supporting chorus. It is not dead space - it hints at the context, while discretely keeping the distance.

The portrait you posted of Edalyn (above) is both beautiful and haunting. Her look, her expression, is familiar, but it seems to telegraph her situation. This image, and many that you take, reach that level of visual achievement where the emotion comes through, not always clearly, but quite forcefully. I recognize that it is much more than technique that so animates your images - you have the "eye" and the talent to create the image that allows your viewers to see. I am truly glad that as a painter you have embraced this medium - we can all learn from your images that it IS possible to make images speak on an emotional level, without using the crutches of "pretty" or "cute".

If I can make a critique, the only nit that I can pick with the image above is that you have left a little bit of "lightness" next to her right cheek (our left) that looks somewhat incomplete.