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Skin tones - little feedback, please...
On May 23, 2:32 pm, Ben Miller wrote:
I took these shots yesterday for a non-profit art studio. The subjects are all autistic adults taking art lessons. At any rate, the shots are B&W, and they came off of the camera looking all blue and grey - very mushy. I tried to process with this in mind, and ended up adding a warming filter in CS2 at about 13% - 18%. Anyway, do these look usable? Not in a commercial sense, but for a benefit, blown up to around 18x24... http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/studio_bw_pics Thx, Ben The problem is that they are way too backlit. The light from behind them is coming into your camera, reducing you contrast, and giving it the problems that you are noticing. Use white paper behind them, not a light source. Given that, I think they'll be fine for a benefit if they are there to set the tone. It's not like it's a photo competition. I doubt anyone will say "i'd have donated $1000 more if the pictures were better". So blow 1 up and see how they look. |
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