But, you know… sometimes it’s nice to try new things.
Steven wanted some profile pictures for Facebook, so I obliged.
The reason I don’t really care much for photographing people is that I prefer more literal photos of people, and more artistic photos of non-people. Unfortunately, a lot of folks don’t like real literal photos of themselves (I don’t either, for that matter). So, now you’re having to do a lot of touch up and composing on the photos, and this takes a lot of time. Not only does it take a lot of time, but you also have to be careful to ensure that the result still looks like the person in the photo. That’s a fine balance to have to strike, and I admit that I’m not real practiced at it.
All that aside, portrait work can be rewarding. It’s tough, but when you get a good result (and I don’t claim that I have here) it’s very satisfying.
On the topic of retouching portraits, I stumbled onto a couple of really cool tutorials/videos today, by way of http://www.ilovephotography.com.
First is a site with some great tutorials of how to do skin work, and other touch up stuff. You’ll be shocked at the adjustments and how they are made. The techniques are great.
http://www.christyschuler.com/retouching
From her site, she also links to a really neat video which will show you just how much work can be / is done on a person before you see their face on a magazine cover/billboard.
http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.ca/bblank.asp?id=6895
Now, here are my most recent work. I’m putting up some before editing shots just to show the differences in what comes out of a camera compared to what I consider “finished”.
Recent Comments