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 03/23/2005 10:24:49 PM · #1
Here's my first attempt at creating a sense of depth with this type of shadows in the studio.



Thanks for comments/critiques,

Kev
 03/23/2005 10:26:34 PM · #2
I love the picture minus the watch. The brighest thing in this picture is a reflection and my eye went there almost first thing. That and the glare on his other hand ...
03/23/2005 10:26:56 PM · #3
Is the greenish cast intended?
 03/23/2005 10:42:59 PM · #4
Can't do anything about the watch in this shot. We took it off after this one but I just liked the angles on this one the best. I removed some of the green tone to the shot. See if it looks better when you click it now.

Thanks,

Kev
 03/24/2005 07:06:54 AM · #5
I like how you got light into both his eyes. The picture looks pretty moody. The pose is good.
There is a color cast on his arms that make them look funky. It's on his face also but not as strong. This is a personal observation so don't take it personally, but there seems to be a problem with color management in some of your work. Do you have a mcbeth(sp) chart or any other kind of tools to color correct with? Is your monitor calibrated? Not trying to be mean. Mostly curious.
 03/24/2005 07:55:46 AM · #6
Thanks for the comments.

I have a Gretag-Macbeth chart but I'll be damned if I can ever use it consistenly. I set it up in a shot, take a photo of it and can balance that photo out. Take the chart away and, well, you've hit it. My colors seem all over the place. I notice color casts more than I used to but still not enough. I'm concerned that if I buy one of the calibration tools it will calibrate my monitor but I won't notice that something is off. Got any pointers?

Kev
 03/25/2005 08:02:13 AM · #7
If you balance the first picture you can use that to balance the rest in post. In psp I'd just go to manual color adjustment and pick a portion of the face that is well lit and match it to the first one.
What color are your walls, floors and ceiling? They could be causing some of the color shift. If you use the same settings though, why do the next pictures change? Do you always do a custom white balance?
Do you have a custom function on your camera? I have one of my functions set up for portraits in my studio. I custom set white balance, flash, zoom, manual mode so I can change the f-stop and time as needed, manual focus. I find it's much easier to click over to this than to remember to set those things when I have someone in front of the lens.
My monitor isn't calibrated, but I would think about it in your case. How do your prints turn out? Do they have the color casts also? In that case your problem is in the studio, not the monitor. As long as the prints match the monitor everything is fine in that direction.
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