IR Portraits

[LowLights]

Sherena is pretty

Nice shot.. you getting very good at skin tone

 

[takeshi.lum]

Sherena is pretty

Nice shot.. you getting very good at skin tone

thanks bro! sherena is indeed pretty pretty :bsmilie:

 

[takeshi.lum]

another shot of Sherena

 

[LowLights]

another shot of Sherena

Ah Sherena again :heart: .. nice post..

 

[limwhow]

Every time I look at your IR skin tone, I begin to form the picture of the skin tone colour in my mind.
Good. Good.
You're fuelling my enthusiasm to venture towards this aspect one day.

 

[takeshi.lum]

Ah Sherena again :heart: .. nice post..

thanks LowLights! Maybe u can join some photoshoots too haha

Every time I look at your IR skin tone, I begin to form the picture of the skin tone colour in my mind.
Good. Good.
You're fuelling my enthusiasm to venture towards this aspect one day.

thanks limwhow
maybe u can start trying out on those ppl in the frame of ur pictures? like those bystanders in an IR picture

 

[Jemapela]

Please don't misunderstand. This is NOT a criticism or insult.

Am I correct to say that IR portraits will mostly/always make skin look pale, cool-ish and a bit corpse-like? Or is it the nature of this method of IR portrait post-processing?

 

[takeshi.lum]

Please don't misunderstand. This is NOT a criticism or insult.

Am I correct to say that IR portraits will mostly/always make skin look pale, cool-ish and a bit corpse-like? Or is it the nature of this method of IR portrait post-processing?

Yes, unprocessed IR portraits do make the skin look pale and have a cool tone. Simply mean that it will look like ghost.

For me, no matter its portraits or cityscape, I'll try to make the skin tone warmer so it will look more human.

 

[Wurdelak]

Looking back

here is another portrait

bro takeshi... i absolutely love this shot!:thumbsup:

 

[takeshi.lum]

bro takeshi... i absolutely love this shot!:thumbsup:

thanks bro this is one of my favorites too!

 

[takeshi.lum]

Melissa

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[billycadiz]

Looking back

here is another portrait :

am i dreaming?!?

This is :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:!!!

cheers!
Bil

 

[takeshi.lum]

am i dreaming?!?

This is :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:!!!

cheers!
Bil

thanks for the thumbsup bro

nope, u are not dreaming

 

[night86mare]

Please don't misunderstand. This is NOT a criticism or insult.

Am I correct to say that IR portraits will mostly/always make skin look pale, cool-ish and a bit corpse-like? Or is it the nature of this method of IR portrait post-processing?

it will make the skin look chalky, there is no real other word for it.

personally, i think other than certain themes involving costumes it is hard to make an ir portrait stand on its own for more than just being "different".

 

[night86mare]

Melissa

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oh boy, this one really exposes the truth about her eyelashes. :bsmilie: maybe you should try to color it back in or something!

 

[night86mare]

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A shot of florence with the landscape behind her. As usual, I welcome all C&Cs.

i thought this one used the ir characteristics better than closeups. maybe crop off the right a bit though, that bg peeking through can be distracting.

if only that tree was one solid trunk, it would make it a lot better, but you can't really transform trees...

what timing was this though, either you have put her in the shade, or it is noon-time.

 

[takeshi.lum]

oh boy, this one really exposes the truth about her eyelashes. :bsmilie: maybe you should try to color it back in or something!

thanks for pointing out bro =)

i didnt notice on her eyelashes :bsmilie:

i thought this one used the ir characteristics better than closeups. maybe crop off the right a bit though, that bg peeking through can be distracting.

if only that tree was one solid trunk, it would make it a lot better, but you can't really transform trees...

what timing was this though, either you have put her in the shade, or it is noon-time.

do u mean the sky that's the distracting part in the bg??

Florence was in the shade because the group i was in prefers to have shade so i had to follow the majority.

 

[Jed]

personally, i think other than certain themes involving costumes it is hard to make an ir portrait stand on its own for more than just being "different".

It can be good, it can be bad; I have trouble with eyes because sometimes people can look ghostly.

It is very good for skin tones, smooths imperfections and produces very high contrast black and whites (due to lightening the skin). For people with light hair you don't get the altered hair look.

But hard yes I agree; there's a lot of IR that stands just because it's "different".

I do like some of the images in this thread though

 

[takeshi.lum]

It can be good, it can be bad; I have trouble with eyes because sometimes people can look ghostly.

It is very good for skin tones, smooths imperfections and produces very high contrast black and whites (due to lightening the skin). For people with light hair you don't get the altered hair look.

But hard yes I agree; there's a lot of IR that stands just because it's "different".

I do like some of the images in this thread though

thanks bro, glad that u liked them


yes, unprocessed IR portraits does look ghostly, but sometimes its fun to see how ppl will turn out in IR.

I totally agree with the point that it is good for skin tones, very little healing is required to smooth out the skin in IR portraits. As for hair, i find that those who had dyed their hair will have their hair color altered.

 

[takeshi.lum]

Serene

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