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I very much admire Doug's ability to capture mood and dramatic light and certainly aspire to have 1/2 his talent in this area. I also appreciate Doug's use of PS to make the most of a less than stellar image.

This shot was not flagged as a keeper but I decided it might be useful with some heavy PS processing (mainly several vignette, gradient, and burning techniques to focus all the light on the face and some soft focusing and skin softening for a bit of angelic glow).

D2H - 50 1.8 @ f4 - Small softbox with grid camera left and above subject:



Comments welcome. Thanks for looking.

Joe
 
Joe Marques said:
I very much admire Doug's ability to capture mood and dramatic
light and certainly aspire to have 1/2 his talent in this area. I
also appreciate Doug's use of PS to make the most of a less than
stellar image.

This shot was not flagged as a keeper but I decided it might be
useful with some heavy PS processing (mainly several vignette,
gradient, and burning techniques to focus all the light on the face
and some soft focusing and skin softening for a bit of angelic
glow).

D2H - 50 1.8 @ f4 - Small softbox with grid camera left and above
subject:



Comments welcome. Thanks for looking.

Joe
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you nailed it, really like it Joe! A little change for yourself, looks great on you!

Keith
sidamin said:
Joe Marques said:
I very much admire Doug's ability to capture mood and dramatic
light and certainly aspire to have 1/2 his talent in this area. I
also appreciate Doug's use of PS to make the most of a less than
stellar image.

This shot was not flagged as a keeper but I decided it might be
useful with some heavy PS processing (mainly several vignette,
gradient, and burning techniques to focus all the light on the face
and some soft focusing and skin softening for a bit of angelic
glow).

D2H - 50 1.8 @ f4 - Small softbox with grid camera left and above
subject:



Comments welcome. Thanks for looking.

Joe
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A beautiful portrait, Joe. The forum is so much fun...to see us all progress and grow, spurred by those with the guiding light --

Regards,

Paul
Joe Marques said:
I very much admire Doug's ability to capture mood and dramatic
light and certainly aspire to have 1/2 his talent in this area. I
also appreciate Doug's use of PS to make the most of a less than
stellar image.

This shot was not flagged as a keeper but I decided it might be
useful with some heavy PS processing (mainly several vignette,
gradient, and burning techniques to focus all the light on the face
and some soft focusing and skin softening for a bit of angelic
glow).

D2H - 50 1.8 @ f4 - Small softbox with grid camera left and above
subject:



Comments welcome. Thanks for looking.

Joe
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--
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition.
The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
  • Herbert Kaufman
 
Wow Joe, that looks really great! Nice job on this one. Well actually all of your work is really great and I always enjoy looking and responding to your posts. Thanks for sharing,

Todd
Joe Marques said:
I very much admire Doug's ability to capture mood and dramatic
light and certainly aspire to have 1/2 his talent in this area. I
also appreciate Doug's use of PS to make the most of a less than
stellar image.

This shot was not flagged as a keeper but I decided it might be
useful with some heavy PS processing (mainly several vignette,
gradient, and burning techniques to focus all the light on the face
and some soft focusing and skin softening for a bit of angelic
glow).

D2H - 50 1.8 @ f4 - Small softbox with grid camera left and above
subject:



Comments welcome. Thanks for looking.

Joe
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http://www.pbase.com/todd991

 
I'm gratified that you would thing anything I might do, would be inspiring... Even if it is my use of less than stellar images.... lol (just kidding)

I can see that this is a bit of a departure from your normal work. This is not to say that your normal work is not good or that this is any better, It's just a departure...

As you can images Joe, I'm going to say good things about this image as it has a little of me in it.... But to me this image is good because it is beginning to tell a story. This in my mind is a good thing.

The one nit-pick I will bring up is my monitor is showing a background area on the left side near her head that has not been darkened. I can still see the brown background that you used in the original image. I'm assuming that this is not supposed to be there....

--
'My camera is for creating memories.... Not taking pictures'
All My Best
Doug Barber
 
Hi Joe,

I spend a lot of my time in the Retouching forum so we are very familiar with Doug's magical work and very happy that he now pops in once in while now.

I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of retouching your photo with some of the features you mentioned. Just let me know when you want it taken down from my website and it will be gone. I gave you the artist credit.

What I did it was run a few actions and then put a vignette around it. With this picture there are so many possiblilities.

If you want, I can put a mystical beam of light coming from one of the sides of the picture to make it look more heavenly. Just let me know and please let me know if you like what I did and if not and then I will remove the picture from the site.

I hope I did nothing wrong with making some changes to the picture. I know you mentioned that you would like to see some things done to the picture.



Melissa
 
Doug Barber said:
I'm gratified that you would thing anything I might do, would be
inspiring... Even if it is my use of less than stellar images....
lol (just kidding)
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I know you're kidding but I want to be sure you undertand that I was referring to a shot of your wife that you salvaged with PS (outdoors sitting on a rock IIRC). Your shots are typically stellar and PS only makes them better. :)
Doug Barber said:
I can see that this is a bit of a departure from your normal work.
This is not to say that your normal work is not good or that this
is any better, It's just a departure...
As you can images Joe, I'm going to say good things about this
image as it has a little of me in it.... But to me this image is
good because it is beginning to tell a story. This in my mind is a
good thing.
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Well I'm a LONG way from telling a story the way YOU tell a story but I'm working on it. :)
Doug Barber said:
The one nit-pick I will bring up is my monitor is showing a
background area on the left side near her head that has not been
darkened. I can still see the brown background that you used in the
original image. I'm assuming that this is not supposed to be
there....
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Thanks for the suggestion. I fixed the spot on the BG and I think it looks better.



Regards,

Joe
 
Thanks very much Keith. BTW, I hope you enjoy the D1x. Based on what I've seen of it you'll be VERY happy.

Joe
Keith Rankin said:
you nailed it, really like it Joe! A little change for yourself,
looks great on you!

Keith
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Hi Paul,

Thanks for the comments. I couldn't agree more about this forum. When you look past the brand war nonsense it's the BEST place on the net to learn and grow.

Regards,

Joe
paulfrye said:
A beautiful portrait, Joe. The forum is so much fun...to see us
all progress and grow, spurred by those with the guiding light --

Regards,

Paul
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Thanks so much Todd. I enjoy your work very much as well. Thanks for looking.

Regards,

Joe
Todd Hargis said:
Wow Joe, that looks really great! Nice job on this one. Well
actually all of your work is really great and I always enjoy
looking and responding to your posts. Thanks for sharing,

Todd
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Hi Mike,

Thanks for commenting buddy. PS is an amazing tool. The good news is that rapid learning is possible. Last year at this time I barely knew how to use layers.

Joe
Mike Mac said:
Joe
Very nice great job, I so need to work on my PS skills. You
daughter looks fantastic.
TY
-Mike
pbase supporter
http://www.pbase.com/mmcatee43
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