To Match Her Eyes
by sjhuls

Comment by sjhuls:

Originally posted by smardaz: I didn't have the patience to read thru the whole "Sharpening" thread so not sure if you chimed in on it. Curious to know what you normally do cuz it looks good in this image compared to the raw. Personally I have used the Librodo technique for so long that I made it an action and do it without even thinking on every portrait. Maybe it's time I try something new.

I need to look at the Librodo technique I keep hearing people talk about it but have never actually seen it so I don't know if mine is even similar. First I pimp the eyes that always seems to make them look a bit sharper. Just a bit of dodge and burn. In this case only dodge because her eyes are brown and dark and didn't need any more burn. Then I apply a high pass filter(default is 10 and that is what I use) on a duplicate layer. Then I change the blending mode of that layer to soft light. Now you can mask over the parts you don't want so sharp. I only like the eyes to have added sharpness and it would take forever to mask over everything, so instead I duplicate my background layer, bring that one to the top and then just mask over the eyes to let the highpass show through where I want it.

Message edited by author 2015-01-12 00:24:28.

To Match Her Eyes
by sjhuls

Comment by sjhuls:
Lighting set-up for this one:


Message edited by author 2015-01-12 00:18:28.

IMG_4592
by sjhuls

Comment by sjhuls:
As requested by Neat I made a drawing of my lighting set-up. I thought about taking pictures of the set up but my model was being really impatient so I scrapped the idea. Instead you get a very poorly drawn diagram ;)

IMG_4592
by sjhuls

Comment by sjhuls:
I actually didn't process it at all. She has natural highlights in her blond hair so that helps.

IMG_4592
by sjhuls

Comment by MichaelC:
Wow the highlighting on the braid is fantastic. Is this done in post (dodge/burn?)?

Winter Warmth
by sjhuls

Comment by nam:
Congratulations, Jenn. This is just a beautiful portrait of an equally lovely young lady.

Winter Warmth
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Comment by neenee1999:
Beautiful portrait! Congratuations!

Winter Warmth
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Comment by blindjustice:
Lovely portrait. Congrats.

Winter Warmth
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Comment by mpeters:
Nice! A hat trick for you this week!

Winter Warmth
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Comment by grahamgator:
Congrats Jenn; beautiful work as usual.