People Portrait

kaiserz · 05-18-2012, 09:43 PM

Another go at portraits, harsh not sugar coated comments are very much welcomed.

**Ash** · 05-18-2012, 11:43 PM

Pleasant portrait of a photogenic model. Lighting is the biggest consideration here. Controlling it more with supplemental portable off-camera flash would do well to bring more life and texture to the image.

kaiserz · 05-19-2012, 08:52 AM

Thanks ash. In the near future(When I get some money) I would indeed invest on some lighting equips. This was just a 3min impromptu "photo-shoot".

Rupert · 05-19-2012, 09:48 AM

Lovely girl, and I like the pose. Just a little dark as noted. I used Light Machine, a plug-on for PSE that does a good job of relighting in a selective and controllable manner, and it looked great to my eyes. You might try it. The colors and skin tones you captured are excellent.

Just reporting what I see.....keep in mind I am mostly an old Squirrel shooter........

Regards!

**Schraubstock** · 05-20-2012, 06:07 AM

Originally posted by Rupert

Lovely girl, and I like the pose. Just a little dark as noted. I used Light Machine, a plug-on for PSE that does a good job of relighting in a selective and controllable manner, and it looked great to my eyes. You might try it. The colors and skin tones you captured are excellent.

Just reporting what I see.....keep in mind I am mostly an old Squirrel shooter........

Regards!

Hi

First time I hear someone using Light Machine. I have been using it for many years and it has saved my bacon many, many times. It is a must have and so is the FocalBlade plugin available by the same software people.

Greetngs

kaiserz · 05-20-2012, 08:04 AM

Originally posted by Rupert

Lovely girl, and I like the pose. Just a little dark as noted. I used Light Machine, a plug-on for PSE that does a good job of relighting in a selective and controllable manner, and it looked great to my eyes. You might try it. The colors and skin tones you captured are excellent.

Just reporting what I see.....keep in mind I am mostly an old Squirrel shooter........

Regards!

Thank you (: I'll try to get it and give it a try. Also I was wondering, what does PSE stands for? Photoshop elements? I don't really have any good editing softwares, I use this monkey website and gimp to adjust the colors and stuff, nothing major(It only does jpeg), I'm really looking to invest on a good software that can process raw, so I have more flexibility in changing some stuff, would you happen to have any suggestions?

**MSL** · 05-20-2012, 08:14 AM

Gimp can be tweaked to handle RAW using UFRAW plugin (and there are others to help with editing the images). I have used GIMP for other projects but haven't gotten into it for handling my images yet.
I use FastStone for 99% of the work I do. Also a free program.

kaiserz · 05-20-2012, 08:18 AM

Awesome! Thanks for the tip (:!

05-18-2012, 09:43 PM	#1
kaiserz Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NoVa The "burg" Photos: Gallery Posts: 899	Portrait Lens: Tamron 28 - 75 Camera: K7 ISO: 100 Shutter Speed: 1/250s Aperture: F3.2 Another go at portraits, harsh not sugar coated comments are very much welcomed.

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05-18-2012, 11:43 PM	#2
Ash Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toowoomba, Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,920	Pleasant portrait of a photogenic model. Lighting is the biggest consideration here. Controlling it more with supplemental portable off-camera flash would do well to bring more life and texture to the image.

05-19-2012, 08:52 AM	#3
kaiserz Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NoVa The "burg" Photos: Gallery Posts: 899 Original Poster	Thanks ash. In the near future(When I get some money) I would indeed invest on some lighting equips. This was just a 3min impromptu "photo-shoot".

05-19-2012, 09:48 AM	#4
Rupert Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 25,123	Lovely girl, and I like the pose. Just a little dark as noted. I used Light Machine, a plug-on for PSE that does a good job of relighting in a selective and controllable manner, and it looked great to my eyes. You might try it. The colors and skin tones you captured are excellent. Just reporting what I see.....keep in mind I am mostly an old Squirrel shooter........ Regards!

05-20-2012, 06:07 AM	#5
Schraubstock Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Melbourne Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,386	Originally posted by Rupert Lovely girl, and I like the pose. Just a little dark as noted. I used Light Machine, a plug-on for PSE that does a good job of relighting in a selective and controllable manner, and it looked great to my eyes. You might try it. The colors and skin tones you captured are excellent. Just reporting what I see.....keep in mind I am mostly an old Squirrel shooter........ Regards! Hi First time I hear someone using Light Machine. I have been using it for many years and it has saved my bacon many, many times. It is a must have and so is the FocalBlade plugin available by the same software people. Greetngs

05-20-2012, 08:04 AM	#6
kaiserz Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NoVa The "burg" Photos: Gallery Posts: 899 Original Poster	Originally posted by Rupert Lovely girl, and I like the pose. Just a little dark as noted. I used Light Machine, a plug-on for PSE that does a good job of relighting in a selective and controllable manner, and it looked great to my eyes. You might try it. The colors and skin tones you captured are excellent. Just reporting what I see.....keep in mind I am mostly an old Squirrel shooter........ Regards! Thank you (: I'll try to get it and give it a try. Also I was wondering, what does PSE stands for? Photoshop elements? I don't really have any good editing softwares, I use this monkey website and gimp to adjust the colors and stuff, nothing major(It only does jpeg), I'm really looking to invest on a good software that can process raw, so I have more flexibility in changing some stuff, would you happen to have any suggestions?

05-20-2012, 08:14 AM	#7
MSL Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Greater Toronto Area Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,756	Gimp can be tweaked to handle RAW using UFRAW plugin (and there are others to help with editing the images). I have used GIMP for other projects but haven't gotten into it for handling my images yet. I use FastStone for 99% of the work I do. Also a free program.

05-20-2012, 08:18 AM	#8
kaiserz Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NoVa The "burg" Photos: Gallery Posts: 899 Original Poster	Awesome! Thanks for the tip (:!