HELP! Need some PS help quick...
rahmonster
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Ok last week I was asked by a freind to photograph her son and his girlfriend before they went to their end of grade ten formal do. I reluctatly accepted, I have never done this sort of thing before.
Now his date was 45 minutes late and I had no flash. These were shot on fuji superia 400 ISO film on a canon eos 30. I was really worried about the sun but it was the only light I had to go with....There was no light coming into the house, had no flash, very small garden.
Anyway I did get the negs scanned for a reason. I'm not happy with them and I would like some help (if theres any hope) at some post work to make them better....
heres a couple
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Thanks in advance
Now his date was 45 minutes late and I had no flash. These were shot on fuji superia 400 ISO film on a canon eos 30. I was really worried about the sun but it was the only light I had to go with....There was no light coming into the house, had no flash, very small garden.
Anyway I did get the negs scanned for a reason. I'm not happy with them and I would like some help (if theres any hope) at some post work to make them better....
heres a couple
More in the Gallery...
Thanks in advance
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Next time get an esky lid or anything large & flat...cover it with aluminium foil for a reflector.
I know it won't help for this one, but in the future when faced with this situation try to find a white or light colored structure opposite the sun. Hopefully, the reflection from the structure will help eliminate or reduce the harsh shadows. I would say use a reflector, but it's probably home sitting beside the flash.
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I was just hoping maybe I could come up with something a little better for her. Thanks for your help everyone.
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Here is my try:
Regards, Nicholas
I don't know your scanning vendor ( they may be good), but I do know from experience that many scans from standard retail photo stores are just awful. They are machine done with no attempt to optimize them. That is why I have scanned hundreds and hundreds of my own families archival slides.
Negative film TENDS to be more forgiving in shadow detail than digital or slides, so there MAY still be more information obtainable by a good professional scan, done by a vendor that speciallizes in scanning and converting film to digital. You might want to give that a try if these are important for your friendship's stake.
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Pathfinder I was taking a look at the prints last night and they are better than these neg scans. The bright areas aren't blown but the shadows are still dark.
There is no friendship at stake, I guess I'm just a little disappointed in myself.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life...Picasso
Guess you did not like the other versions of your image we posted.
This kind of shot realy requires Fill Flash.
Regards, Nicholas
Ahhh. Pathfinder. Always the voice of reason. All hail PF!
Yes, the image as it is posted is pretty hopeless of being anything to write home about...rescanning is definitely your best bet for a nice print. I have confidence that a good scan and some good post work would yield a decent print. This is exactly the kind of thing that it is imperative to get right in the scan, to try and compensate later is nigh impossible, at least with this one.
Hopefully your scan will come in looking flat, but it will have no blown highlights or crunched up shadows...it will be flat, boring, but full of good info, I hope...then comes the processing work...
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