Once again I want to show you a test photo, which I photographed in my studio. Model I was again Ursel, which she, of course from the blog knows this already.
Here I have a light setup built up, which I wanted to try out for my tattoo project. For that I had planned to work with "unusual" light sources, so a homemade ring light and two fluorescent tubes were used. The fluorescent lights were fixed on two vertical stands and left and right, slightly behind Ursel, positioned as rays of light. The ring light was the main light.
For the project I would like S / W images photographed with the setup, thus making the question of different color temperatures is irrelevant. In our case here, however, I left the image in the color version so you can see well the different colors of light. A photo of the Setup you see here:
was my first plan to get a nice big ring reflex in Ursel's eyes, which requires a small distance from light source to model. The problem however was that - since neither ring light or fluorescent tubes are controlled in their performance - the brightness of the lights are controlled by the distance must be. When I had the right distance for a nice eye reflex, I placed the bulbs as close as possible to Ursel to obtain as much light output. Before recording, I have every lamp individually measured, since I wanted to have the rays of light from 0.5 to 1 screen brighter than the main light. The measurement showed, however, that we obtained with these intervals a 1:1 lighting ratio. As a result, we no longer perceive the rays of light as such, since they are lost in the general lighting. The color shift caused by the different light sources does not so much a day on which we will now receive a light mixture in which both colors are equally mixed.
The result on the display confirmed the light meter. I, too, the background was too dark, because I wanted them with this test, a much cooler color mood. To Highlights right to work out and burn in the background without any further light source brighter, I increased the distance of the main light, which unfortunately led to a much smaller light reflex in the eye, but I had to take this into account. Another measuring now showed that the rays of light illuminated on the aperture and so were clearly visible. Also, the background appeared much brighter now. Below you can see the exposure test with the updated settings.
For a quick recording I liked this light but very good. So I decided in this image is still processing a sample and make it here to show the blog. The end result is for my taste to weichgespühlt, I usually prefer something more modulating illumination and edits. I began by aligning lighter and darker skin together, so as to obtain a more even complexion. When traveling with your mouse over the image you see the before-after comparison.
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Then followed a slight color correction of skin tone, and the Order digital makeup. Here, too, please go back with the mouse over the image to see the before-after comparison.
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The next step was a slight increase in contrast and the cooling of the colors to get the cooler look. And also move your mouse over the image.
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In the final processing step, but now I increased the yellowness of the skin again, and led by a slight transformation of her right eye and mouth. Finally, I added a slight lightening of the skin added. Here again the conclusion is the final image, also in the before-after-Version:
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As I said, I usually am of the opinion that it is not should be as much work on a portrait, but here I think shows how easy it can still change a complete portrait. How far you go here, everyone must decide for themselves.
- Martin -
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