I had a hugely hard ceremony the other weekend and im doing the editing/PP in lightroom at the moemnt. It was an 11am ceremony, full sunlight, harsh shadows, bride in full sun, groom in full shade....yadda yadda yadda....
This is SOOC. I did have my flash going to try and fill in the shaddow...
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this is after PP. I hiked up the Fill light and recovery sliders.
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I dont know if i could have done anything different.... Im going to do a bit more PP in photoshop as its now a tad flat, but if anyone has any suggestions im all ears!
Full Version: Really Hard Lighting, fixing in PP
dont have any answers for you but I think I like it better before. The after is mighty flat.
QUOTE(jmesser @ July 15 2008, 12:17 AM) 
dont have any answers for you but I think I like it better before. The after is mighty flat.
+1. you don't have much contrast there. i know that's not much help.... hope someone can help you!
Quick stab at it... just used TRA Good vs. Evil to dodge and burn. This took me about 30 seconds, so obviously would need a little more refinement.
Edit to add: you could also create a copy in LR and do one properly exposed for the highlights, one for the shadows and combine the exposures in PS.
Edit to add: you could also create a copy in LR and do one properly exposed for the highlights, one for the shadows and combine the exposures in PS.
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