Kate Scott

[brent_brown3]

<p>I've been intrigued by the flower photography of Kate Scott, but am bewildered on her technique for getting a certain look to her photographs. Anyone have any suggestions? Her bio suggests that she spends close to 100 hours on a single image. Her bio and photos can be found here: http://www.katehscott.com/about</p>

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[rnt]

<p>Why not send her a note and ask?</p>

[photomark]

To me, it looks like they're done on a flatbed scanner.

[Uhooru]

<p>They are pretty remarkable and beautiful, though I like someone like Robert Maplethorpe's flowers better because of the way he composes in the frame. Kate Scott's are phenomenal as the things themselves, the color and are beautifully done but she seems much more concerned about the photo and not so much about composition. I'm sorry, but other to say that she looks like she really knows how to light them, I wouldn't have a clue of how she post processed them that would take so much time. I imagine there's a lot of retouching, cloning healing and I don't know what all she does in terms of color. I do believe she spends a lot of time lighting, but she would know best.</p>

[mikeperrotta]

<p>Looks like a large softbox or window, lit through a diffusing screen. The flowers are beautiful but also so perfect, every imperfection edited out. I wonder if she applied the same technique to her bio image.</p>

[wogears]

<p>I'm guessing flatbed scanner as well. Some of the files are over 80 megapixels, and do not appear to be upsampled.</p>

[alioffe]

<p>I noticed that some leaves on flowers bended like they are gently pressed by a glass. I do not know how it is done but I want try to use flatbed scanner</p>

[luke_silvan]

<p>Ah I see this thread is very very old, but I'm a good friend of Kate. I'd add that she really is that pretty, no editing required :)<br /><br />I have also asked her at least once how she does her images, and I can say that I reckon you're more likely to get a free money printing press from your local bank if you popped in and asked for one for christmas ;)<br /><br />She's a clever lass, bless her cotton socks.</p>