PLEASE tell me how he does it!

Tara · Mar 9, 2004

Can anyone tell me how David Lachappelle achieves his saturated/vivid look!? It's almost exactly what I'm after for some images I'm shooting! I'd like to know how he gets the skin to look so mannequin-like and how he manages to get those amazing colours! What materials do you think he uses!?

http://www.davidlachapelle.com/gallery/index.shtml
http://www.davidlachapelle.com/portraits/index.html

Not Neve · Mar 9, 2004

Sorry, Tara, can't help ya with this one, but those are some interesting looking pics.

voodoocat · Mar 9, 2004

Makeup, lighting and airbrushing.

drlynn · Mar 11, 2004

voodoocat said:
Makeup, lighting and airbrushing.

And probably a super-saturated portrait film, such as Kodak Portra UC-400.

emski · Mar 20, 2004

Sorry, I don't know, but those pics are great

He has a real talent for capturing people's personalities through the portraits and the use of colour is amazing

MDowdey · Mar 20, 2004

when i was watching him take pictures of carmen electra and dave navarro, he had some crazy ass medium format camera that had a big wooden handle on the side and a poloroid back...

and alot of airbrushing and digital enhancement..

md

ZERO · Mar 20, 2004

montage composition... each element lit individually then assembled
and the whole thing equalised and retouched.. the muscleman's torso is
more burnt. the uniformity of the orangey-red worktops definately looks
like KPT equaliser or similar tool...(it's sharp @ 1 pixel radius, softned @
2 and 4 pixel radius, and boosted @ the 64 -128 pixel frequencies, which
gives this fusing-together look).

ZERO · Mar 20, 2004

http://www.davidlachapelle.com/gallery/David_LaChapelle_Studio_Inc.gif

??i couldnt link it.

(eggs)

tomholland · Mar 28, 2004

I forgot the name of it...but there is this magic little filter that you can buy that will help you get the exact composition, correct lighting and hours of retouching with a click of a mouse. try searching google.

Tara · Mar 29, 2004

Oh my sides...my sides! Sarcasm will get you everywhere!

ksmattfish · Mar 29, 2004

MDowdey said:
when i was watching him take pictures of carmen electra and dave navarro, he had some crazy ass medium format camera that had a big wooden handle on the side and a poloroid back...
md

That was a Pentax 67 modified with a polaback.

Cuervo79 · Mar 30, 2004

Can you say , airbrushed? I don't like that kind of style, I prefer the more dark Helmut newton style....

ksmattfish · Mar 30, 2004

Helmut Newton rocks!

steve817 · Mar 30, 2004

Tara said:
Can anyone tell me how David Lachappelle achieves his saturated/vivid look!? It's almost exactly what I'm after for some images I'm shooting! I'd like to know how he gets the skin to look so mannequin-like and how he manages to get those amazing colours! What materials do you think he uses!?

There is contact information on his site. Try asking him, it can't hurt.