goulden Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 found this website of photographer/artist Greg Apodaca wher ehe showssome of his before and after digital retouching and i was amazed atwhat he did. it's somewhat scary to think this kind of thing happensto every advert photograph nowadays<br><br>The site is at: <br><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/bikini/">http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/bikini/</a><br><br><img src ="http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/bikini/images/bikini1_01.jpg"><br><br><img src ="http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/bikini/images/bikini1_01-down.jpg"><br><br> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_rodney1 Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Looks over retouched to me (at least in these examples). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwcombs Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 News flash. It has been that way for the last 25 years or so. Difference is today's tools are cheaper and almost anyone can do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_ly1 Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Wouldn't it be easier to properly light the subject to begin with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack paradise Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 I fail to see what's amazing about this web page. All the images have that plasticky digital look, so much so that his model looks like a store window mannequin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk_thompson Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Truly ghastly work - another Haloween spoof, no doubt? (And which is the Before?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor ash Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 For heavens sake, some people here are almost as bad as many at dpreview now. Spend a little time at the photographers website and you'll quickly see (at least for this example) that even he thought it was over done. There's one thing I must admit though, I'm pretty tired of seeing that plasticky look too. You know, there's only so much that proper initial lighting can disguise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wogears Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Just remember that "plasticky digital" was preceeded by "plasticky airbrushed". ADs are demanding this perfectly bland stuff, as are celebrities, models, etc. What happens when men who get off on this meet real women? Extreme Makeover, here we come... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodolfo_negrete Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 I also think that getting rid of those "imperfections" that gives character to the subjet is so so so so used and over used that no longer appeals me.When I do it myself I like to duplicate the original in layers then reduce the opacity where it does not look to fake or "plastic" just to attenue the imperfections but not hidden them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexdi Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 That picture's actually a pretty straightforward retouch. His work with the shoe, I thought, was much more impressive. DI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen_S Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Thanks for the link. I'd like to learn some of these skills. I believe some good retouching is at least a better way to pretand eternal youth and devine perfection than using a strong softener. I don' want to discuss ethics. But I'm sure retouching skills are necessary when people don't like you picturing them because they don't like to look old on your pictures. Were is the fun or use of this hobby, when you may no more dare to picture the people around you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_smith4 Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Happy Halloween! http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/blonde/index.html I'm not a fan of this style- if you want a painting, hire a painter. Imperfections link the photo to the real- nature doesn't tolerate perfection and even beauty must have flaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisa_pocci Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 I agree, though this kind of retouching has been happening in one form or another for years, this guy does a good job, and I like his web page layout ... thanks for bringing it to my attention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathanael_galler Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 He should have taken a model that looks like picture 1 - so he didn't have to retouche. I just take models that have a look that I would LIKE to see on photograph - so no (or almost no) retouching is necessary... This is somehow strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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