"be yourself".... 2003

I shot this back in 2003…

 

Shooting Tips:

One of my cardinal rules when using Photoshop, is never turn daylight into night… and yet in this case I did just that… I took this shot at 11:17am… it was overcast with grey skies… The reason I broke my own rule was I wanted to bring it to another level. Since I was looking at Mannequins with surreal eyes and colored lips, I decided to have some fun and complete this surreal feeling…

 

Therefore I used my curve to intensify the colors… and to complete the feel of this image I went into my Color Balance and cast a very light blue to bring out her eye color…

 

Yes my friends, we are allowed at times to have a little fun especially if the subject is not real… Would I have done the same thing to a real person? I don’t think so… To achieve the light blue cast in a natural way outdoors, it would take special equipment and gels…

 

And here’s another important tip, please try not use “Unsharp Mask” on your images… but if you do… use it in a very, very minimum way…

 

Remember soft images are also very beautiful…

 

TIO...

Done