HDR / Extended Definition Processing Sports Portraits

cgmcdonald

My brother is a College athlete and I am wanting to get a few shots of some of him and some of his teammates that have the HDR/"Extended Definition Processing" look that many of the Sports Portrait shots that are being done these days...Example: http://www.joelgrimes.com/ This looks to me like a three light setup one light in front and high...one to the left...and one to the right? Are these real HDR shots or are they "Extended Definition Processing" as Scott Kelby calls it? Does anyone have work flow set up for photoshop to get these kind of results?

I know this is a lot any help would be great!

dixonduke

Holy crap those are outstanding.... I too am all ears on this one.

Dan7312

He does have some videos for sale on his blog that explain hsi techniques...

http://web.me.com/joelgrimes/Joel_Grimes_Photography/Welcome.html

dixonduke wrote:

Holy crap those are outstanding.... I too am all ears on this one.

pathfinder

Interesting web site. His videos look rather interesting, and his images are superb.

Scott Kelby had a post on his blog about shooting the "Dave Hill" look which this technique is frequently called.

Usually involves two lights, one off to each side and slightly behind the subject, flagged to prevent lens flare, and a beauty dish or large softbox above the camera, to create the sculpted look. Then some processing to create the HDR type look, with Photoshop or Topaz Adjust, or other software.

Good discussion of the processing by Scott Kelby here - http://www.photoshopuser.com/scottprocessing-vid

BinaryFx

Charles, if you have a portrait or two, the forum could give the post processing a go! PP often depends on good lighting, so I think that the more time invested up front would help the back end of the process.


Stephen Marsh

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binaryfx/
http://prepression.blogspot.com/

cgmcdonald

Thanks everyone for the advice as soon as I get some shots taken i will put them up here and also work on them myself...will also look into the video's did not see those when i was looking at his gallery..