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by kingskingdom

Comment:
Hi Paul Thanks for the tip, I am still very new to Nik and had never though of doing it that way. I normally set up the sliders then brush it on where i need it, but you way seems a little easier. I will give it a go

Thanks Chris

We really should try to meet up - Birmingham is only 50 mins from MK we have lots of shoots going on with TF models right now

Golden Era
by kingskingdom

Comment:
Ok so I own up. This was shot in the studio and then dropped on a shot I took at the london museum about six months ago. If you zoom in you will see my poor editing on the cut out, but from a distance it kinda works

blush
by Lutchenko

Comment:
Hey Will, I love your artsy explanation for having accidentally flattened the image only to realise that you had left a big splodge of colour on Daisies face. Don't worry I am sure that every one believe you :-) Its a great shot either way

Jan 07
by JaimeVinas

Comment:
I like the crop on this one, I never know how much arm to get in or leave out so that it looks balanced. This really works.

The Knitter
by SandyP

Comment:
Hey I want one of those, did you buy one?. Great work as usual

Z i e l o n e
by njsabs

Comment:
Love the rich colours and the processing on the eyes. Would a tight crop with no background help, mmmm not sure?

Classy.jpg
by SoulJance

Comment:
Great shot, even better title.

Tri-Diplo.jpg
by littlegett

Comment:
What no degree in photography ;-) great work

_CNK2511-web1low.jpg
by kingskingdom

Comment:
Hi Wendy

Lighting set up using two 60cm soft boxes at 45degrees on either side to the front (although I cloned out one of the catch lights in the eye)
Black background

Editing was pretty straight forward

Heal any skin imperfections using the heal brush, then applied very light dusting of Nik Tools dynamic skin softener 5% on all three settings
Pump the eyes with dodge and burn + selective sharpening
Added contrast to the under ware
Dodge and burn to the hair
Then a bit of Nik tools glamour glow brushed onto the hair and skin to give the bronzed soft feel

I really am just learning as I go 6 months ago lutchenko and I didn't know what a studio light looked like, but there are so many online free tutorials that help with the steep learning curve.

Hope this helps

brolly hopping
by Connor

Comment:
Nice one connor, another ribbon