can't wrap my head around this style

urbanaries

This chick's stuff has this unreal quality to it that I can't put my finger on. It looks like a digital velvia action on steriods, but the skin tones are not affected, it seems. Or maybe she's just intensifying specific channels (mostly cyan and magenta) with the skin masked out?

I think I like the effect, I just can't articulate what my eye is seeing.

Thoughts?

claudermilk

Interesting PP work. Looks to me like contrast gets bumped way up, a lot of them seem to be over-exposed or over-brightened. Then saturation bumped.

Some work for me, some don't. It would also get tiresome to see a whole album/event done in that style.

urbanaries

claudermilk wrote:

Interesting PP work. Looks to me like contrast gets bumped way up, a lot of them seem to be over-exposed or over-brightened. Then saturation bumped.

Some work for me, some don't. It would also get tiresome to see a whole album/event done in that style.

I agree to an extent, and she molds every wedding squarely into this formula.... not much variety. But, apparently she's doing ok at $4500 a pop.

Dee

Holga/lomo look?
I just downloaded an action Lomoize V2.atn which I haven't tried yet. I do see a strong dark vignette in the corners. I'll say this style is a "bit over the top" for my taste, but it does get rid of skin blemishes, dark shadows, etc., without much more retouching. Also has a "glamour" aspect to it that might be popular with the brides.

urbanaries

Dee wrote:

I just downloaded an action Lomoize V2.atn which I haven't tried yet. I do see a strong dark vignette in the corners. I'll say this style is a "bit over the top" for my taste, but it does get rid of skin blemishes, dark shadows, etc., without much more retouching. Also has a "glamour" aspect to it that might be popular with the brides.

I saw the examples when I googled it and I think this is very close! Good catch Dee and thanks!!!

Gosh, I love these forums.

EDIT: Ok downloaded it and tried it on a recent photo I really liked, but couldn't get the right effect in PP to capture a juicy, nostalgic feel. What do y'all think???

original

Lomo'd

jfriend

My try

urbanaries wrote:

EDIT: Ok downloaded it and tried it on a recent photo I really liked, but couldn't get the right effect in PP to capture a juicy, nostalgic feel. What do y'all think???

original

Lomo'd

Cute, shot. Here's one I did with my own manual process:

• Brightened foreground with a curve
• Removed some yellow from some locations with a masked curve
• Noise reduction on skin
• Shadow/highlights to restore some shadow detail
• Sharpen
• Tweak skin color slightly

Dee

Try fading and high contrast first

- wrote:

I saw the examples when I googled it and I think this is very close! Good catch Dee and thanks!!!

Gosh, I love these forums.

EDIT: Ok downloaded it and tried it on a recent photo I really liked, but couldn't get the right effect in PP to capture a juicy, nostalgic feel. What do y'all think???

original

Lomo'd

Maybe work on the faces first, then try lomo... Lomo won't lighten the image much, adds color and vignette -- She "who hasn't tried it yet" says. :-)

You might meander to Adobe share and look at the actions there. You might find something similar. Actions are great!

urbanaries

Dee wrote:

Maybe work on the faces first, then try lomo... Lomo won't lighten the image much, adds color and vignette -- She "who hasn't tried it yet" says. :-)

You might meander to Adobe share and look at the actions there. You might find something similar. Actions are great!

All great tips, this was a quick and dirty edit, and now that I'm home the lomo'd image looks significantly more yellow than my daytime monitor...odd. I'm getting a new monitor at work tomorrow so hopefully it will be more accurate.

Thanks guys for your input! Jfriend, I like the colors in your edit although it does look a bit oversharpened?

jfriend

Hard with the small size

urbanaries wrote:

Jfriend, I like the colors in your edit although it does look a bit oversharpened?

It may be oversharpened. I was working with only the small size you posted so it's kind of hard to get the sharpening right without a larger size to work on.

CookieS

the wedding lady also could be cross process. ?