Okay, Paul, did that. Also lightened-up her hair and much ofthe whole left side of her face. I think that reduces that "lazy eye" illusion plus revealing her nice hair a lot more.
Thanks for your critique and pointers, Paul! On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > You could probably release a bit of the tension in her face by smoothing out > her brow above her left eye. Worth a try IMO. > Paul > On May 25, 2012, at 9:16 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> I'm sure you've seen Hurrell's work, if you've seen any b&w shots of >> Hollywood stars. >> >> https://www.google.com/search?q=george+hurrell&tbm=isch >> >> I agree her hair needs to be revealed more, and I need to brighten her >> eye as well, per Paul's suggestion, so I'm off to do some >> dodge'n'burn. :-) >> >> Thanks, Bob! >> >> >> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Bruce, >>> I don't know George Hurrell's style at all, but I enjoyed the photo. >>> For such a glamorous shot, I miss her luxurious hair...needs light! >>> Regards, Bob S. >>> >>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Was introduced to a lovely lady who wanted to do a creative shoot. I >>>> suggested Hollywood glamour ala George Hurrell and she said yeah ... >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7262010996/lightbox/ >>>> >>>> This is the first of a few I'll be retouching. The goal was B&W, but I >>>> couldn't resist keeping this one colour. >>>> >>>> The shoot took place yesterday in The Gallery Studio Cafe in New >>>> Toronto. There's a piano, which of course we made use of, and a nicely >>>> decorated bar with a big ol' espresso machine, which also made it into >>>> some shots. We basically had the run of the place. Dorothy enlisted >>>> two of her ex-colleagues (she was an on-air personality with a talk >>>> show on Rogers cable TV) for makeup and hair and they did a superb >>>> job. I have BTS shots of the two of them working on Dorothy >>>> simultaneously. >>>> >>>> I wanted to get the "focussed-light with rapid fall-off" look typical >>>> of George Hurrell's work, so I used the ring-light-in-a-softbox that I >>>> created especially for the shoot and tested on my wife last week. >>>> George used multiple big hotlights with fresnel lenses to get his >>>> look, so we clearly would only be able to approximate it but I think >>>> we didn't do too badly. He also spent hours dodging and burning to get >>>> his deep shadows and body contouring, so at least that part I'll be >>>> able to emulate accurately! :-) >>>> >>>> K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 39mm/f:8.0, 100 ISO, 125th sec. >>>> AF160 ringlight in 18" Westcott Apollo softbox on monopod, held above >>>> and in front of subject's face. >>>> AF540 in 42" silvered umbrella for fill, camera-left. >>>> AF540 with snoot for hair, well back camera-right. >>>> Cowboy Studios radio triggers. >>>> Lr and Ps for post and retouching. >>>> >>>> Comments welcome! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -bmw >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
