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Week 6: Mary
Week 6: Mary
jasonlprice


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Lens: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Canon
Date: Feb 2, 2008
Aperture: 4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 8, 2008

Viewed: 416
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0

 I asked Mary to stand in front of me (in front of an open northeast facing door at 3:00 in the afternoon) so I could take her picture...she loves the camera!

I did some pretty heavy processing on this one...way more than I'm used to. Opened the RAW file in ACR and set white balance, etc...

In photoshop I did my basic stuff..curves adjustment layer and quick "capture sharpening" on the whole thing. I then sharpened a little extra on her eyes in a separate layer.

I also created a duplicate layer and applied a "dust and scratches" filter followed by a gausian blur and added noise on this layer. That is the layer I used for her skin. I then layer masked it and painted back her "new skin" which didn't really need much work, but I wanted to play around with it. Anyway, I also heavily burned the background as it was gray to start with. Oh and I also darkened her eyebrows a bit and whitened her eyes.

Like I said, way more processing that I normally do, but it was kinda interesting to do.

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 05/13/2008 04:55:11 AM
Beautiful portrait.
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 03/26/2008 02:56:39 PM
a beautiful young girl with great and expressive eyes - i just wonder if the eyes are a bit too sharp for my taste - but i can see it is more than you normally do - so a good image to practice on...
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 02/22/2008 10:45:28 AM
Yes, plenty of pp'ing here Jason! I agree with most of the previous comments but a tad worried about her left and and reading your steps I think you oversharpened her left eye and not sure the black eyebrow suits a blond?

Looks like Mary will become a full time model for you, I hope you pay her well my good man ;)
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 02/15/2008 08:54:58 PM
Can only envy the photographer.
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 02/15/2008 04:51:05 AM
I love the pose - so very engaging. The lighting is awesome. In contrast to what others have said, I do like the hair. It really pops out and was the first thing to catch my attention. My only nitpick is her left eyelid. That part looks a little oversharpened. Maybe you could smooth it out with a soften brush. In all, very cute photo!
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 02/12/2008 09:21:10 PM
Lovely portrait, great job on the eyes and i like the composition.
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 02/11/2008 06:04:12 AM
greeeat portrait. I love the sweet expression. the natural lighting is perfect and flattering. Wonderful capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/10/2008 06:02:06 AM
Of her??? Of COUUUUUURSE sneak her in! You can sneak one of her in every week :) She is so lovely, and this is a perfect black and white photo of her. One that will be sure to bless you long LONG after this challenge is over!

  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/10/2008 05:27:43 AM
Sweet..look at those eyes! She is a cutie! I really like the composition and her expression. Great b/w.
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 02/10/2008 02:50:23 AM
Delightfully relaxed looking portrait, and nice B&W conversion.
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 02/10/2008 01:08:48 AM
Mary is a doll and you're lucky to have such a cutie willing to pose for you. LOVELY portrait.
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 02/09/2008 07:07:48 PM
This is a wonderful portrait, and I like that half-smile she has going on there. The negative space works well, and helps isolate her. Just nitpicking, but some of the lighter strands of hair look a bit oversharpened to me.
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 02/09/2008 12:49:07 PM
Normally by the time I do that much processing, I've got a really screwed up photo. This one is beautifully processed. I especially like the crop, and the use of negative space on the right side. You really nailed her eyes (figuratively speaking, of course!).
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 02/09/2008 12:13:07 PM
I don't understand anything you said about the processing (well, some, but certainly not all) but I really like what you ended up with. I love her smile/smirk! The conversion looks very good, too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2008 07:11:33 AM
I really like the casual feel of this shot. The composition is quite pleasing, yet very interesting. Nice, soft shadows as well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/09/2008 06:48:26 AM
Mary's a cutie. How you entered her in The Eyes HAve It! she would have gotten a 10 from me.
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 02/09/2008 01:29:47 AM
you got my 10 for this.
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 02/08/2008 06:38:25 PM
cute face! i like the neg. space, i think it works really well here
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 02/08/2008 02:31:29 PM
Gorgeous look, good framing. I'm not quite sure about the effect that painting created on her hand.. something is bothering me there.. anyway excellent portrait.
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 02/08/2008 01:38:17 PM
Engage the viewer, is what I learn from your photo. The framing, the composition, the processing, all aimed in one direction, to attract and engage the viewer. She is a fine model and thank you for including all the processing notes. I will give this s shot.
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 02/08/2008 01:15:34 PM
What a beautiful portrait and the processing on this one is wonderful.
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