People Portrait & film simulation

pentaxian_tmb · 12-21-2014, 08:56 PM

I am not a portrait person. In fact, I used to hate doing any portrait work. Then my son came along....and shooting portraits of him is all I have time for these days. I am not very good at them and want to get better.

I am looking for a critique of 2 things here. First, the photo itself. Second, I tried to do a manual film simulation in photoshop and I am interested in comments as to how badly I failed....

Please be honest. I want to improve. Thanks.

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tjburns1 · 12-21-2014, 09:05 PM

I think depending on your intentions, the film simulation is spot on for a film snapshot. I would personally scale back the contrast and the red slightly.

As far as the photo itself, you are really hot in the T zone which could be a matter of flash. I try to avoid using my flash whenever possible in similar situations. If there was no flash then it's just a matter of paying attention to the lighting in the room. That said, as a parent, something like this would surely find it's way onto my wall.

pentaxian_tmb · 12-21-2014, 09:15 PM

I was going for a kodachrome-esq look on the processing. Yeah, the T zone is blown out a bit due to the flash. It was evening indoors, so I didn't have much of a choice. I tried to bounce it, but did not work out like I wanted.

bsamcash · 12-21-2014, 10:33 PM

If you don't mind taking the time for manual white balance, I can very fond of the in-camera Reversal Film mode.

12-21-2014, 08:56 PM	#1
pentaxian_tmb Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Madison, Wisconsin Posts: 436	Portrait & film simulation Lens: Fa 35mm Camera: KII ISO: 400 Shutter Speed: 1/125s Aperture: F7.1 I am not a portrait person. In fact, I used to hate doing any portrait work. Then my son came along....and shooting portraits of him is all I have time for these days. I am not very good at them and want to get better. I am looking for a critique of 2 things here. First, the photo itself. Second, I tried to do a manual film simulation in photoshop and I am interested in comments as to how badly I failed.... Please be honest. I want to improve. Thanks. url=https://flic.kr/p/pxSPLK][/url]

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12-21-2014, 09:05 PM	#2
tjburns1 New Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 16	I think depending on your intentions, the film simulation is spot on for a film snapshot. I would personally scale back the contrast and the red slightly. As far as the photo itself, you are really hot in the T zone which could be a matter of flash. I try to avoid using my flash whenever possible in similar situations. If there was no flash then it's just a matter of paying attention to the lighting in the room. That said, as a parent, something like this would surely find it's way onto my wall.

12-21-2014, 09:15 PM	#3
pentaxian_tmb Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Madison, Wisconsin Posts: 436 Original Poster	I was going for a kodachrome-esq look on the processing. Yeah, the T zone is blown out a bit due to the flash. It was evening indoors, so I didn't have much of a choice. I tried to bounce it, but did not work out like I wanted.

12-21-2014, 10:33 PM	#4
bsamcash Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cupertino, CA Photos: Albums Posts: 391	If you don't mind taking the time for manual white balance, I can very fond of the in-camera Reversal Film mode.