hey, i've been searching around websites on bludomain.com and came across this one http://www.blutemplates.com/kaden/index2.php?v=v1

All of the pictures here haver this wicked look to them. Don't even know how to describe it.

Have seen similar pictures in the past, and always wondered how to achieve this.

Does anyone know how the image looks are achieved?

thanks....

this is all lighting.


fabulous lighting. multiple sources.

I see this as a combination of great lighting and heavy use of various PS actions.

That's a touch weird - those images are Joey Lawrence's but no where in the site does it reference him..... is it just advertising for bludomain?


p.s. theres a way to get your shots the way he does.... you just have to know where to look:

http://tutorial.joeyl.com/


Happy to help.

A lot of great lighting and some ps skills. They are doing some interesting texture things.

thanks for the replies...

yes, this is just for advertising for bludomain

I don't see any Photoshop there - except maybe a little shadow-highlight filter. It's just careful lighting and a muted color palette.

You could mimic that with Photoshop however. Take a very contrasty image, use the shadow-highlight filter liberally and slightly tone it. Add a texture if you want.

It's a lot more complicated than just "good lighting". He uses a post technique that pops the edges to make them look extra sharp. There are a few ways of creating this "HDR" look, but I only know a quick down and dirty way, not the "right" way....

I have tried asking a few photographers how they do this, but everyone is so covert.

Good luck Daniel!

Google Draganizer or Dragan action...you'll find some stuff that is very similar to Joey L's look.

thanks everyone. OSP is great; so much help. I've realized that one of the biggest challenges in being a photographer is not learning things you do not know, but knowing WHERE to learn it.

thanks everyone

Those are Joey's images but another photographer who's work is somewhat similar is
Dave Hill

There's a flickr group that discusses the look here.

Quick find, thanks for the link. It's a lot more complicated than just a few actions or layers. I am sure there are actions out there that will give it somewhat that look, but I bet he spends at least 30 min to an hour on the photos that he has posted.

Michelle is right this is way more than just "good lighting" don't get me wrong the images have great wrap around lighting in a lot of them but its a lot of work in post processing. Check out his tutorial

you should check out Jeremy Cowart

yep, i've got his instructional dvd, he'\s great and sooo young!

Those original posted images don't have anything fancy done to them. It's just rim lighting and bringing up the faces a bit.