Ashley Hair Flip
© Billy Wilson 2010
Flickr has suspended my account, so I cannot interact with people on here anymore until they lift the suspension. They claim that I add so many favorites that it is considered an abuse of resources. I am hoping to convince them to lift this suspension. All of my images have been knocked out of Explore and the Flickr search engine. I am unable to favorite or comment on anyone's photos. I am not the only one who has had this happen to them lately. They also accused me of using a script or automated process to fave other member's images, which isn't true, I don't even know how to use a script or even what one is! I personally fave every image that you see in my favorites stream.
A shot of Ashley Flipping her hair infront of the camera. This is Ashley, I met her on Model Mayhem, her Model Mayhem number is 1216213.
UPDATE I just got a message saying that the suspension on my account will be lifted!
About the Photo
*Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS *Lens: EF 50mm ƒ/1.8 II *Shutter Speed: 1/125 Sec. *Aperture Value: ƒ/2.2 *ISO: 100 *Focal Length: 50mm (80mm Equivalent in 35mm Film)
I shot this on a tripod using mirror lockup and a remote switch. I recently purchased an expensive graduated neutral density filter and I have been trying it out during these shoots. Ashley likes shots of hair in motion, so we gave that a try, I really like the way this one came out.
To the right of the camera I had a Canon Speedlite 430EX II at 24mm and at full power being shot into a 60" Westcott reflective umbrella about 3 feet away from her, the Speedlite was triggered by a Canon ST-E2 wireless transmitter. To the left of the camera I had a Vivitar flash with a cloth diffusing it at full power being held out over the water by an assistant, it was triggered optically by the light from the Speedlite. To the right of the camera and infront of the model I had another assistant hold a silver reflector to fill in shadows on the right side of her nose.
I opened the RAW file in ACR and did some tone curve adjustments and slight hues and saturation adjustments. I opened the RAW file in CS4 and converted it to a 16 bit TIFF file. I duplicated the layer twice, desaturated the middle layer and changed the blend mode of the second layer to soft light to give a high contrast subtle saturation effect. I added the rain by adding noise to a layer and adding motion blur to it. I added the water droplets coming off of her hair by using a noise layer and using motion blur at two angles; 45 and -45. I used a levels adjustment layer to adjust the look of the droplets and rain. I enhanced the eye by adding a blue colour on a layer set to blend mode color. I also dodge the area around the pupil and burned the area at the edge of the iris. I also darkened the pupil. I used liquify to change the shape of the eye so it looked more round. I removed a hair that was over the eye by using the clone healing tool. At the end of the editing I saved a 16 bit TIFF file, converted to sRGB colourspace, and saved as a JPEG to upload to the internet.
Ashley Hair Flip
© Billy Wilson 2010
Flickr has suspended my account, so I cannot interact with people on here anymore until they lift the suspension. They claim that I add so many favorites that it is considered an abuse of resources. I am hoping to convince them to lift this suspension. All of my images have been knocked out of Explore and the Flickr search engine. I am unable to favorite or comment on anyone's photos. I am not the only one who has had this happen to them lately. They also accused me of using a script or automated process to fave other member's images, which isn't true, I don't even know how to use a script or even what one is! I personally fave every image that you see in my favorites stream.
A shot of Ashley Flipping her hair infront of the camera. This is Ashley, I met her on Model Mayhem, her Model Mayhem number is 1216213.
UPDATE I just got a message saying that the suspension on my account will be lifted!
About the Photo
*Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS *Lens: EF 50mm ƒ/1.8 II *Shutter Speed: 1/125 Sec. *Aperture Value: ƒ/2.2 *ISO: 100 *Focal Length: 50mm (80mm Equivalent in 35mm Film)
I shot this on a tripod using mirror lockup and a remote switch. I recently purchased an expensive graduated neutral density filter and I have been trying it out during these shoots. Ashley likes shots of hair in motion, so we gave that a try, I really like the way this one came out.
To the right of the camera I had a Canon Speedlite 430EX II at 24mm and at full power being shot into a 60" Westcott reflective umbrella about 3 feet away from her, the Speedlite was triggered by a Canon ST-E2 wireless transmitter. To the left of the camera I had a Vivitar flash with a cloth diffusing it at full power being held out over the water by an assistant, it was triggered optically by the light from the Speedlite. To the right of the camera and infront of the model I had another assistant hold a silver reflector to fill in shadows on the right side of her nose.
I opened the RAW file in ACR and did some tone curve adjustments and slight hues and saturation adjustments. I opened the RAW file in CS4 and converted it to a 16 bit TIFF file. I duplicated the layer twice, desaturated the middle layer and changed the blend mode of the second layer to soft light to give a high contrast subtle saturation effect. I added the rain by adding noise to a layer and adding motion blur to it. I added the water droplets coming off of her hair by using a noise layer and using motion blur at two angles; 45 and -45. I used a levels adjustment layer to adjust the look of the droplets and rain. I enhanced the eye by adding a blue colour on a layer set to blend mode color. I also dodge the area around the pupil and burned the area at the edge of the iris. I also darkened the pupil. I used liquify to change the shape of the eye so it looked more round. I removed a hair that was over the eye by using the clone healing tool. At the end of the editing I saved a 16 bit TIFF file, converted to sRGB colourspace, and saved as a JPEG to upload to the internet.