Paint-Like Portrait Photographs by Guilles Larrain and Ryan McGinley

<p>Hi everyone! It's very nice to see such an active forum! I already introduced myself on the New User forum, so I'm looking forward to making some great connections and growing and help others grow as photographers. <br /> I'd like to know how can I recreate this paint-like look on my photos? I know for a fact (the photographer Guilles Larraine said it on an interview) the first 6 pictures, taken on kodachrome film, were not manipulated whatsoever, so photoshop or post-processing is not an option (on these particular 6 pictures). <br /> Mcginley's portraits (the last three) on the other hand are digital. <br /> So anyway, my question is directed more towards how to light a subject to get results close to these :)<br /> <strong>Edit: NSFW link!</strong> Apologies and thanks Matt Laur.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://imgur.com/a/wENp5#8" rel="nofollow">http://imgur.com/a/wENp5#8</a><br /> Thanks everyone, cheers.</p>

<p>Fair warning, the link is NSFW. </p>

<p>Don't really understand what you mean with 'paint like' look.</p>

<p>I think that with regards to the Kodachrome shots (which film BTW is no longer produced http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2011/02/last-kodachrome-slide-show-201102 , so little use pondering over the 'correct' way to shoot it) basically the rule of thumb that goes for any slide film applies i.e. always slightly under expose as it's easier to retrieve the shadows contrary to rescueing any over exposed areas, which is virtually impossible.</p>

<p>As a consequence. prints from slides will allow more contrasty images, with deeper colors and shadows compared to shots from negative fims. And of course while printing, the colors themselves can be influenced by changing the CYMB values of the enlarger, which BTW is also a way of manipulating the image.</p>

<p>While the 4th image is clearly (somewhat) overexposed resulting in the burned out skin tones, the 5th and 6th shots seem not to have been printed to the deepest tones, which results into the unsaturated colors and somewhat milky deepest shadows. Also in those pictures some kind of diffusion filter seems to have been used.</p>

<p>Lighting does not seem very complicated, in the first 4 pictures mainlight with fill (ight or reflector), pict 5 and 6 large diffuse lightsource, possibly very big softbox/hazelight or daylight from a big window ('nothern light'), last 3 shots difussed beauty disk with fill.</p>

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