HollyJo Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/groups/taralesher/permalink/3952184821465286/ Are you able to view this since it is a FB group? I see so many photos like this but I don't even know how to describe them or how to approach achieving this look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 I can't see it, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyJo Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Now I can't see that you've posted anything at all, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyJo Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 That's odd. It embedded a link to her business FB page. From my view: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Her business page must be locked down to people in her own country only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyJo Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 Alright, I'm on my phone so will look for a website or something similar later when using a computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyJo Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 Does this link from IG work for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Yep, I can see that one, thanks. Ok, that's Step 1 taken care of. Now you need to do Steps 2-4. https://ask.damiensymonds.net/topic/107-read-this-first-posting-guidelines-and-download-files/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Damien Symonds Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 The instagram subject has a more shadowing on her than your subject (particularly when we compare arms), but I'm pretty sure the blue channel is the key: Download PSD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyJo Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 TY! Very helpful. So in moving the blue channel slider toward the white end, is that shifting the yellows toward blue? I assume this is specific to this photo, or will it always be a blue channel shift for this effect? As for the short of "glow" effect on the skin... D&B? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, HollyJo said: TY! Very helpful. So in moving the blue channel slider toward the white end, is that shifting the yellows toward blue? I'm not sure what you mean, sorry. I didn't do anything like that. 6 minutes ago, HollyJo said: I assume this is specific to this photo, or will it always be a blue channel shift for this effect? I think this method would work for a lot of photos; but again I emphasise there was no blue channel shift. I simply used the blue channel to make the black-and-white version of the photo, which is then used on Soft Light mode as a form of D&B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyJo Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 Oh, I missed that monochrome was checked and the blending mode changed to soft light. So, if there was more shadowing, I may not need as much of the blue slider? Did you make the gradient, or is the one you used that first pre-made one in the "oranges" category of gradients? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Just now, HollyJo said: So, if there was more shadowing, I may not need as much of the blue slider? Yes, I think so. If there was more shadowing I might have been able to leave Blue at 0/0/100/0. 1 minute ago, HollyJo said: Did you make the gradient, or is the one you used that first pre-made one in the "oranges" category of gradients? I made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyJo Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 I was browsing and saw an older post about Noelle Mirabella that didn't end up going anywhere. I realize that a massive part of her photos is styling, lens choice, lighting and location, but as far as the post-processing goes, how does she get the super rich and vibrant colors? And it looks like a lot of D&B as well? Scrolling back to the beginning of her portfolio, I see the colors weren't always so punchy, but is she really "hand-painting" every colored element in a photo? Or is there a tool and sliders to expedite the process? https://www.noellemirabella.com/your-everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Gawd that's nauseating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyJo Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 lol, I'm not particularly drawn to the way the people end up, but there are times I really want more punchy color, and she has a ton of it. All I know to do is using AL, which is a painstaking process for every color, because too much saturation creates clipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyJo Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 Like here. Tons of different colors, all super vibrant. https://www.noellemirabella.com/your-everything?lightbox=dataItem-k5burua5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Really? I would have said the style was characterised by removal of colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 I would say there are some areas of normal colour, surrounded by a lot of areas of reduced colour. Therefore, the normal colour looks "vibrant" in that context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Have you explored "The Orton Effect"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyJo Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 So I Googled some tutorials and looked through Google Images and that seems very much like the glow I see so often. Is this a good way to attempt it? Or do you have a better way? https://iceland-photo-tours.com/articles/photography-techniques/the-orton-effect-explained Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Yep, that looks similar to others I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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