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Thank you Bart for your efforts, I still have to come up with something that will Print correctly. any idea how the colors got so wacky?

thanks again
BartB said:


It could be better, but I was in a bit of a hurry.

Hope its what you were looking for.

Bart
Brian Mackey said:
Hey Bart, can you fix mine?

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1403846&a=14090804&p=57228759

Dont know what happened except bad choices of clothing, but I
couldnt control that..
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Bart did a nice job, like the oof backround also. Brian were there any other lights in the room or filtered sunlight threw drapes or colored blinds ?

JP Photography
Brian Mackey said:
thanks again
BartB said:


It could be better, but I was in a bit of a hurry.

Hope its what you were looking for.

Bart
Brian Mackey said:
Hey Bart, can you fix mine?

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1403846&a=14090804&p=57228759

Dont know what happened except bad choices of clothing, but I
couldnt control that..
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--
Bart Baldwin
Visit my E-10 Page at...
http://www.matrix-digital.com/e10/
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--
'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself.
I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso
http://members.home.net/mackey135
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
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--The best always,JP Photography http://members.localnet.com/~endoline/JPrestersmembers.localnet.com/~endoline/JPresters
 
There's just one little tiny thing that bothers me about this picture: the girl on the left looks a little too pale or washed out (even though the one on the right looks better). This is a problem because of the very different skin tones here. Is there a way to maybe at least darken up the lips of the girl on the left so she doesn't look so awfully pale? K.
JP Photography said:
JP Photography
Brian Mackey said:
thanks again
BartB said:
Just for you Brian...
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Hi Koo, yeah she is white to the max... The other girl olive.

Bad choice of clothing also, going to try and make some B&W's so its not a total loss. I really like what bart did, unfortunatly it still wont print..

sigh..... Thanks everyone..
koo22 said:
JP Photography said:
JP Photography
Brian Mackey said:
thanks again
BartB said:
Just for you Brian...
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--'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso http://members.home.net/mackey135http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
 
Overcast daylight coming through miniblinds Green ones! I opened them so the daylight came through, pink wall behind the fireplace, tan ceiling, wood everywhere!..

ack!
JP Photography said:
JP Photography
Brian Mackey said:
thanks again
BartB said:


It could be better, but I was in a bit of a hurry.

Hope its what you were looking for.

Bart
Brian Mackey said:
Hey Bart, can you fix mine?

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1403846&a=14090804&p=57228759

Dont know what happened except bad choices of clothing, but I
couldnt control that..
Click to expand...
--
Bart Baldwin
Visit my E-10 Page at...
http://www.matrix-digital.com/e10/
Click to expand...
--
'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself.
I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso
http://members.home.net/mackey135
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
Click to expand...
--
The best always,
JP Photography
http://members.localnet.com/~endoline/JPresters

members.localnet.com/ endoline/JPresters
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--'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso http://members.home.net/mackey135http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
 
Thats your color cast Brian, that will do it every time to many mixed color temps.
JP Photography
Brian Mackey said:
ack!
JP Photography said:
JP Photography
Brian Mackey said:
thanks again
BartB said:


It could be better, but I was in a bit of a hurry.

Hope its what you were looking for.

Bart
Brian Mackey said:
Hey Bart, can you fix mine?

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1403846&a=14090804&p=57228759

Dont know what happened except bad choices of clothing, but I
couldnt control that..
Click to expand...
--
Bart Baldwin
Visit my E-10 Page at...
http://www.matrix-digital.com/e10/
Click to expand...
--
'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself.
I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso
http://members.home.net/mackey135
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
Click to expand...
--
The best always,
JP Photography
http://members.localnet.com/~endoline/JPresters

members.localnet.com/ endoline/JPresters
Click to expand...
--
'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself.
I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso
http://members.home.net/mackey135
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
Click to expand...
--The best always,JP Photography http://members.localnet.com/~endoline/JPrestersmembers.localnet.com/~endoline/JPresters
 
Thats what I figured, but it seems the strobes and the shutter speed of 125 should have washed that out! no?
JP Photography said:
Brian Mackey said:
ack!
JP Photography said:
JP Photography
Brian Mackey said:
thanks again
BartB said:


It could be better, but I was in a bit of a hurry.

Hope its what you were looking for.

Bart
Brian Mackey said:
Hey Bart, can you fix mine?

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1403846&a=14090804&p=57228759

Dont know what happened except bad choices of clothing, but I
couldnt control that..
Click to expand...
--
Bart Baldwin
Visit my E-10 Page at...
http://www.matrix-digital.com/e10/
Click to expand...
--
'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself.
I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso
http://members.home.net/mackey135
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
Click to expand...
--
The best always,
JP Photography
http://members.localnet.com/~endoline/JPresters

members.localnet.com/ endoline/JPresters
Click to expand...
--
'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself.
I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso
http://members.home.net/mackey135
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
Click to expand...
--
The best always,
JP Photography
http://members.localnet.com/~endoline/JPresters

members.localnet.com/ endoline/JPresters
Click to expand...
--'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso http://members.home.net/mackey135http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
 
Bought a great book, 30 minutes into it I came up with this.

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1403846&a=14090804&p=57280849

Its writen for color dummies like me, I'm not done, but at least their clothes are the right colors..

:)

Restoration and Retouching by Katrine Eismann ( ive learned more in 30 minutes than all the other books I own combined..
BartB said:


It could be better, but I was in a bit of a hurry.

Hope its what you were looking for.

Bart
Brian Mackey said:
Hey Bart, can you fix mine?

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1403846&a=14090804&p=57228759

Dont know what happened except bad choices of clothing, but I
couldnt control that..
Click to expand...
--
Bart Baldwin
Visit my E-10 Page at...
http://www.matrix-digital.com/e10/
Click to expand...
--'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso http://members.home.net/mackey135http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
 
How did you do the background?
BartB said:
Bart
koo22 said:
JP Photography said:
JP Photography
Brian Mackey said:
thanks again
BartB said:
Just for you Brian...
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--
Bart Baldwin
Visit my E-10 Page at...
http://www.matrix-digital.com/e10/
Click to expand...
--'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso http://members.home.net/mackey135http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
 
Brian,

I used the LASSO TOOL to outline (tightly) the girls and then "inversed" the selection. Then Used the Feather tool set at about 5 pixels... next I choose the Gaussian Blur... next used the LASSO TOOL and outlined the girls again (but this time way out away from them). Selected inverse again... Feathered the selection with a setting of about 20 pixels... and then used the Gaussian Blur again.

Nothin to it. :-)
--Bart BaldwinVisit my E-10 Page at... http://www.matrix-digital.com/e10/
 
No not all the time, many factors, if the strobes are 1-3 feet it should nock out the ambient light. If they are back farther your lens is doing its job collecting all the ambient light it sees. I measure all sources of light and block them out or change temps to fit. When out on location I have portable blocking set ups and or corrective film for the windows. Many ways to change a temp at the scene. This is how you get to charge the big bucks $$$, the more equipment you put up to get the perfect exposure and impress the customers.(GRIN, GRIN...) All the stuff is portable and takes another 15 minutes to setup and will save PS work in printing. Calmuet has some nice reflectors and blockers, or make your own from PVC pipes. Good shooting.
JP Photography
Brian Mackey said:
JP Photography said:
Brian Mackey said:
ack!
JP Photography said:
JP Photography
Brian Mackey said:
thanks again
BartB said:


It could be better, but I was in a bit of a hurry.

Hope its what you were looking for.

Bart
Brian Mackey said:
Hey Bart, can you fix mine?

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1403846&a=14090804&p=57228759

Dont know what happened except bad choices of clothing, but I
couldnt control that..
Click to expand...
--
Bart Baldwin
Visit my E-10 Page at...
http://www.matrix-digital.com/e10/
Click to expand...
--
'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself.
I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso
http://members.home.net/mackey135
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
Click to expand...
--
The best always,
JP Photography
http://members.localnet.com/~endoline/JPresters

members.localnet.com/ endoline/JPresters
Click to expand...
--
'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself.
I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso
http://members.home.net/mackey135
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
Click to expand...
--
The best always,
JP Photography
http://members.localnet.com/~endoline/JPresters

members.localnet.com/ endoline/JPresters
Click to expand...
--
'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself.
I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso
http://members.home.net/mackey135
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
Click to expand...
--The best always,JP Photography http://members.localnet.com/~endoline/JPrestersmembers.localnet.com/~endoline/JPresters
 
koo22 said:
There's just one little tiny thing that bothers me about this
picture: the girl on the left looks a little too pale or washed
out (even though the one on the right looks better). This is a
problem because of the very different skin tones here. Is there a
way to maybe at least darken up the lips of the girl on the left so
she doesn't look so awfully pale? K.
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The face of the girl on the left needs to be isolated with the pen tool in Photoshop ... the entire face softened, then the eyes sharpened, also the lips shapened and darkened very slightly, and the skin tone brought up to not be so stark against the other girl. Finally ... tight crop the entire image. Results ... :-)

 
I like it, except for the eyes...
poster said:
koo22 said:
There's just one little tiny thing that bothers me about this
picture: the girl on the left looks a little too pale or washed
out (even though the one on the right looks better). This is a
problem because of the very different skin tones here. Is there a
way to maybe at least darken up the lips of the girl on the left so
she doesn't look so awfully pale? K.
Click to expand...
The face of the girl on the left needs to be isolated with the pen
tool in Photoshop ... the entire face softened, then the eyes
sharpened, also the lips shapened and darkened very slightly, and
the skin tone brought up to not be so stark against the other girl.
Finally ... tight crop the entire image. Results ... :-)

Click to expand...
--'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso http://members.home.net/mackey135http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
 
But the lips look much better now! Geez, Brian, why'd you pick such a tough job here? LOL........K.
Brian Mackey said:
poster said:
koo22 said:
There's just one little tiny thing that bothers me about this
picture: the girl on the left looks a little too pale or washed
out (even though the one on the right looks better). This is a
problem because of the very different skin tones here. Is there a
way to maybe at least darken up the lips of the girl on the left so
she doesn't look so awfully pale? K.
Click to expand...
The face of the girl on the left needs to be isolated with the pen
tool in Photoshop ... the entire face softened, then the eyes
sharpened, also the lips shapened and darkened very slightly, and
the skin tone brought up to not be so stark against the other girl.
Finally ... tight crop the entire image. Results ... :-)

Click to expand...
--
'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself.
I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso
http://members.home.net/mackey135
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
Click to expand...
 
Yeah, you know me always started trouble :)

he did a great job cept for the eyes...
koo22 said:
Brian Mackey said:
poster said:
koo22 said:
There's just one little tiny thing that bothers me about this
picture: the girl on the left looks a little too pale or washed
out (even though the one on the right looks better). This is a
problem because of the very different skin tones here. Is there a
way to maybe at least darken up the lips of the girl on the left so
she doesn't look so awfully pale? K.
Click to expand...
The face of the girl on the left needs to be isolated with the pen
tool in Photoshop ... the entire face softened, then the eyes
sharpened, also the lips shapened and darkened very slightly, and
the skin tone brought up to not be so stark against the other girl.
Finally ... tight crop the entire image. Results ... :-)

Click to expand...
--
'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself.
I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso
http://members.home.net/mackey135
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
--'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso http://members.home.net/mackey135http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
 
lol, keep at it, you guys got all the cool tricks down. I like it much better.

This will give you the correct colors of the clothing. You already know about this book i'm sure, but Restoration and Retouching my Katrin Eismann is great. I heard about it, bought it and bam within 30 minutes I got the color of the clothing nailed. sigh.. now for the fun stuff..
I have yet to learn the background tricks and stuff, maybe next year :)

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1403846&a=14090804&p=57356456

take care, happy holidays..
poster said:
Brian Mackey said:
Yeah, you know me always started trouble :)

he did a great job cept for the eyes...
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Just couldn't leave this until I gave it one last shot ... :-)
This has been fun ... my final effort.

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--'I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.' -- Pablo Picasso http://members.home.net/mackey135http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=1403846
 
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