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RockyNH 1st portrait attempt!
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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 121683" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>If you plan to do any portraiture work, you might look into a program called Portrait Professional. It is reasonably priced and does a lot of the heavy lifting for you. I will use it occasionally but in many cases what it does to the image is too extreme for my tastes, even after I tone it down. The surface blur tool in PS is usually enough and you have more flexibility and precision. <strong><u><em>Subtlety</em></u></strong> is the key to success, regardless of the subject's age. ! I <em>HATE</em> the "plastic", mannequin look that is still all the rage. NO ONE looks like that in real life except a mannequin in a department store. <em> Real people </em>do not have picture perfect complexions, deal with it. Here's a tip, <em>NEITHER</em> do the models on the magazine covers. If you were to look at them without makeup and Photoshop, you would not recognize them!</p><p></p><p>When I print portraiture stuff in the darkroom, I will often use a Cokin diffusion filter under the enlarging lens. It does a couple of things. First, it will essentially <em>erase</em> grain, not that there is much to begin with with the Hasselblad. Second, it will knock down the sharpness to a much more flattering level. My Hasselblad lenses, the 150mm f/4 Sonnar C especially, combined with Kodak T-Max 100 (B&W) or Ektar 100 are <em>ABSOLUTELY RUTHLESS</em>! They will not only show every hair (peach fuzz) on their face, I can actually see the <em>Staphylcoccus</em> bacteria in the pores of their skin. Ok, that is somewhat of an exaggeration but I digress. For portraiture, they are often <em>way too sharp </em>so you need to tone them down. I had even heard of photographers using of a piece of a woman's nylon hose as a diffuser under the lens, though I never tried it. The Cokin filters work perfect for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STM, post: 121683, member: 12827"] If you plan to do any portraiture work, you might look into a program called Portrait Professional. It is reasonably priced and does a lot of the heavy lifting for you. I will use it occasionally but in many cases what it does to the image is too extreme for my tastes, even after I tone it down. The surface blur tool in PS is usually enough and you have more flexibility and precision. [B][U][I]Subtlety[/I][/U][/B] is the key to success, regardless of the subject's age. ! I [I]HATE[/I] the "plastic", mannequin look that is still all the rage. NO ONE looks like that in real life except a mannequin in a department store. [I] Real people [/I]do not have picture perfect complexions, deal with it. Here's a tip, [I]NEITHER[/I] do the models on the magazine covers. If you were to look at them without makeup and Photoshop, you would not recognize them! When I print portraiture stuff in the darkroom, I will often use a Cokin diffusion filter under the enlarging lens. It does a couple of things. First, it will essentially [I]erase[/I] grain, not that there is much to begin with with the Hasselblad. Second, it will knock down the sharpness to a much more flattering level. My Hasselblad lenses, the 150mm f/4 Sonnar C especially, combined with Kodak T-Max 100 (B&W) or Ektar 100 are [I]ABSOLUTELY RUTHLESS[/I]! They will not only show every hair (peach fuzz) on their face, I can actually see the [I]Staphylcoccus[/I] bacteria in the pores of their skin. Ok, that is somewhat of an exaggeration but I digress. For portraiture, they are often [I]way too sharp [/I]so you need to tone them down. I had even heard of photographers using of a piece of a woman's nylon hose as a diffuser under the lens, though I never tried it. The Cokin filters work perfect for me. [/QUOTE]
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