philip_sokolowski Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 I have seen quite a few photographers with certain type of bronzy-saturated look to their photographs. Along with creative vignetting I think that style is amazing. Examples are the work of Brit Ragland, Jose A Gallero and Vittorio Pellazza. Without stepping on any creative toes I would love to learn how to achieve this look. I imagine taking the picture a certain way helps but what can I do in Photoshop to get this? I have looked on line for tutorials but found very little and what I did try did not satisfy me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emre Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Can you share any links? I am guessing it is a combination of mixed light (warm gel for key), make-up, and retouching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith_clementson Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 I looked at Mr. Pellazza's photos here on photo.net to see what you meant. Although asking him directly would probably get you there fastest, here is one, short answer: You can stack a monochrome version of the same photo (a sepia tone layer) over the original color shot (background layer) and then back off the opacity of the overlapping sepia layer to blend it with the original. You can also paint out some parts of that masked out, overlapping layer so more of the color version "shows through" in some areas. Use another overlapping layer for the heavy burns (vignetting) and blend it in the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petemillis Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Out of curiosity, I decided to follow Keith's suggestion for the bronze look. I used Gimp. And it works a treat it would seem. I took this photograph a while ago.....<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petemillis Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 and by layering a sepia toned monochrome version over it, and reducing opacity to allow the colour version to show through, I ended up with this....<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petemillis Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 it took all of 2 minutes to figure it out and do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axman Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Pete, I gave it a try..thanks for the tip...I learn at least 2 new things per day on this website..Bravo!<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axman Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 and the after shoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip_sokolowski Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 Thank you all for your help. Especially you Pete. I did some experimenting and got some great results. I did find exactly the style I was try to describe by doing more research. What I was talking about is HDRI (High Dynamic Range Image). I'm now trying to learn as much as I can on that subject. Are you familiar with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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