Portrait session in the hairdressers!!

Tillman Kleinhans · Jun 26, 2003

The image below is from a session taken inside a hairdressing salon. The owner had won an award for the hairstyle and wanted some publicity shots for the salon. They were taken at the back of the salon, using two old Courtenay flasheads, reflector and Lastolite bachground, Canon D60, 85mm f1.8 and 28-135 IS lenses. The available space was 5m x 4m!

Other images, colour and mono, from the session can be found in gallery13 at http://www.tkimages.co.uk

Tillman

jasee · Jun 26, 2003

Tillman Kleinhans said:
The image below is from a session taken inside a hairdressing
salon. The owner had won an award for the hairstyle and wanted
some publicity shots for the salon. They were taken at the back of
the salon, using two old Courtenay flasheads, reflector and
Lastolite bachground, Canon D60, 85mm f1.8 and 28-135 IS lenses.
The available space was 5m x 4m!

Other images, colour and mono, from the session can be found in
gallery13 at http://www.tkimages.co.uk

Tillman

Martyn38590 · Jun 27, 2003

Great image for the "studio" size, It really captures the style of the hair. If you are doing shots like this that might get used for promotion, I'd throw in a series of shots against a white background, as it can really bring the hairstyle into focus.

From the looks of the images on your site you've tried to do a cut out job to remove the back ground and insert grey, but it's a hiding to nothing with hair, you need pro cutout tools to get anywhere near when there's whispy strands in the equation.

Another thought, have you tried increasing the contrast slightly, maybe using curves, to add additional pop to the hair. It doesn't strictly need it, but it may be worth a try. See what you think.

Enjoy

Martyn

Tillman Kleinhans said:

Egads · Jun 27, 2003

Tillman Kleinhans said:
The image below is from a session taken inside a hairdressing
salon. The owner had won an award for the hairstyle and wanted
some publicity shots for the salon. They were taken at the back of
the salon, using two old Courtenay flasheads, reflector and
Lastolite bachground, Canon D60, 85mm f1.8 and 28-135 IS lenses.
The available space was 5m x 4m!

Other images, colour and mono, from the session can be found in
gallery13 at http://www.tkimages.co.uk

Tillman

I had a set of those in photo school around 17 years ago...I loved the 'small firecracker in a coffe can sound' they made when fired. Nice work, and thanks for the blast from the past!
-John
--
'A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds'-Emerson

Gaetan J. · Jun 27, 2003

that's not good

-first, you use a jpeg with an embeded profile, that's why it does not have the same look in IE or Netscape as on your screen in 'toshop

-second, that's a hairstyle pic, you are only seeing the face of the model with a few strands of hair. Most of the back of the head is cut off and a bit off the top too. That can be OK for a portrait, but it's not a portrait, it's a showcase for the hair stylist.

-third, you made her look realy bulky, is she ? the place probably was cramped and your choice of focal limited, so ...

-forth, the point of the nose, the crease under her nose and the chin are blownout.

--
Gaetan J.

Tillman Kleinhans · Jun 27, 2003

Gaetan J. said:
that's not good

-first, you use a jpeg with an embeded profile, that's why it does
not have the same look in IE or Netscape as on your screen in
'toshop

Well I've learn't something. So how do I remove the profile from the jpeg?

Gaetan J. said:
-second, that's a hairstyle pic, you are only seeing the face of
the model with a few strands of hair. Most of the back of the head
is cut off and a bit off the top too. That can be OK for a
portrait, but it's not a portrait, it's a showcase for the hair
stylist.

No, that one is MY interpretation of the model/hairstyle. It is one of 70+ images that were taken that afternoon. There were many images of the hairstyle, from all angles. The hairdresser chose that mono interpretation as the showcase image! Albeit without the fancy frame effect.

Gaetan J. said:
-third, you made her look realy bulky, is she ? the place probably
was cramped and your choice of focal limited, so ...

She was not what you would call typical model dimensions, she was much more normal, and all the better for it. She is the hairdresser's usual model, and has approved all images.

Gaetan J. said:
-forth, the point of the nose, the crease under her nose and the
chin are blownout.

I agree, the image produced for the client, had no burnt out areas, but in my haste, I uploaded the uncorrected version, I will rectify that as soon a spossible. Thanks for pointing it out.

As always, all help and positive critisicm welcomed.

Tillman
http://www.tkimages.co.uk

Gaetan J. · Jun 27, 2003

Tillman Kleinhans said:
Gaetan J. said:

that's not good

-first, you use a jpeg with an embeded profile, that's why it does
not have the same look in IE or Netscape as on your screen in
'toshop

Click to expand...

Well I've learn't something. So how do I remove the profile from
the jpeg?

in photoshop use "save for web"

Tillman Kleinhans said:
Tillman Kleinhans said:

-second, that's a hairstyle pic, you are only seeing the face of
the model with a few strands of hair. Most of the back of the head
is cut off and a bit off the top too. That can be OK for a
portrait, but it's not a portrait, it's a showcase for the hair
stylist.

Click to expand...

No, that one is MY interpretation of the model/hairstyle. It is
one of 70+ images that were taken that afternoon. There were many
images of the hairstyle, from all angles. The hairdresser chose
that mono interpretation as the showcase image! Albeit without the
fancy frame effect.

as a portrait it is good, but it does not reflect the airstyle to the best it could. But he is the client, so who's to say he is wrong

Tillman Kleinhans said:
Tillman Kleinhans said:

-third, you made her look realy bulky, is she ? the place probably
was cramped and your choice of focal limited, so ...

Click to expand...

She was not what you would call typical model dimensions, she was
much more normal, and all the better for it. She is the
hairdresser's usual model, and has approved all images.

problem is your focal. The more "tele" you are, the better, but you where in cramped space so we do what we can in these situations.

Tillman Kleinhans said:
Tillman Kleinhans said:

-forth, the point of the nose, the crease under her nose and the
chin are blownout.

Click to expand...

I agree, the image produced for the client, had no burnt out areas,
but in my haste, I uploaded the uncorrected version, I will rectify
that as soon a spossible. Thanks for pointing it out.

As always, all help and positive critisicm welcomed.

Tillman
http://www.tkimages.co.uk

--
Gaetan J.

paranda · Jun 30, 2003

Tillman Kleinhans said:
The image below is from a session taken inside a hairdressing
salon. The owner had won an award for the hairstyle and wanted
some publicity shots for the salon. They were taken at the back of
the salon, using two old Courtenay flasheads, reflector and
Lastolite bachground, Canon D60, 85mm f1.8 and 28-135 IS lenses.
The available space was 5m x 4m!

Other images, colour and mono, from the session can be found in
gallery13 at http://www.tkimages.co.uk

Tillman

Adam102389 · Jun 30, 2003

Nice photo, it looks like a pic from some hair style magazine

--
Adam
http://www.decodeddreams.com

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