tight highlights

[silver163]

any recommendation on the hardware to use to get such tight highlights?

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here too:

http://stylefrizz.com/200905/alessandra-ambrosio-promotes-victorias-secret-biofit-7way-bra/

the model in the pink. i try using my alien bees, but it fills everything up. what's the technique here?

 

[Garbz]

Sunscreen and an hour in a tanning salon. Or just make your model run up and down the beach till her skin gets a sweaty sheen

But really a LOT of that is post processing.

 

[clanthar]

A skilled Photoshop retoucher. Garbz is right; those are as much illustrations as they are photos.

 

[silver163]

so this is mainly photoshop work?

is there a tutorial on how to get that done?

 

[sam_justice]

Photoshop!
Yes, actually the best tutorial I ever saw for this was on kelbytraining.com

It's all about bringing out the highlights (brightening them) and darkening the shadows, the results are incredible and with a bit of skin touch up to remove the blemishes it appears perfect.

Now if I remember correctly the process goes as follows -
Load in image, clean up the skin, blemishes etc
Create new layer, set mode to soft light and check the box "Fill with soft light neutral colour gray"
Then use set the colour to white and use a soft brush and paint in the highlights to bring out the shape of the face and other areas.
Change the colour to black and paint in the shadows making them appear much "richer"
play with the opacity until it looks good
and walah!

 

[silver163]

what's the name of the tutorial on kelbytraining?

 

[sam_justice]

what's the name of the tutorial on kelbytraining?

one of the light it shoot it retouch it ones, I think the second one