The Dave Hill Effect

[hazmee]

Nice one. So did you just play with the curves or did you use that Lucis plugin?

Heya Pingo, I just played with curves, dodging and burning tools only. I haven't had the time to try out the Lucis Art plug-in somehow. Cheers mate!

Thanks for the tips Andy!

 

[imanuel90]

My try,;p

Here's a draganized pict of my fren,

Original pict,

 

[peapilot]

Image would have been improved with some skin retouching prior to the other manipulations but it was just a test pic and I had to rush off to the loo ;p

 

[peapilot]

Refined the technique a little and it's possible to alter the "cartoon" (for lack of a better word) feel if required. Still need to refine the workflow, like how burning and dodging wasn't done properly but I can't go back to fix it. Will try harder next time. =P

 

[Vinnzcoco]

I'm sorry if you found it condescending, but it's disturbing that you couldn't even spend 10 seconds to remove the haloing.

It's just like how I can't explain why most photographers cannot spot BAD haloing in the sharpened images, that they actually put it up for public comsumption, other than that they simply do not have the eye for details.

i canot help but to reply this post ....

Aesthetic vs. Accuracy.... the ever green question. its the question however, only challenged by the commercial mules....

one does not need to know rocket science to take good photos. Art is not define by PS extensiveness... my lomo will create the WOW factor any day.

how one artist hold his own integrity to his own work is like how one would protect his own child... would you allow someone else to send your kid to plastic surgery? worse... if to make your children look like them


With regards to Dave Hill photos….

Unseen’s post in here about dave hill having DI in mind during the shoot. I will have to second his comments. After spending some time on the photos. I realize that he uses a lot of lightings and cutters. To achieve the desired effects and some of the subjects are taken separately( I guess on this one) a lot of work is done on the smoldering the outlines with shadows… that I have no idea how he does it …. But it would be interesting to find out.

I will hope to post my trial on this soon

In my humble opinion


My new member!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[angiee]

Photography is dead..obviously.

 

[angiee]

my lomo will create the WOW factor any day.

Any day? Show us please.

 

[wildstallion]

Photography is dead..obviously.

Howd you mean?

 

[SnapSnap]

My try,;p

Here's a draganized pict of my fren,

OMG!!! Look at the pimple!! It is so enhanced!! :bsmilie: :bsmilie:

 

[imanuel90]

SOMG too...lol;p

 

[saifulbahar]

Hi all,

Here's my take...

 

[shahrecover]

my try a DH effect. done on CS3.

 

[photographique]

Heya Pingo, I just played with curves, dodging and burning tools only. I haven't had the time to try out the Lucis Art plug-in somehow. Cheers mate!

Thanks for the tips Andy!

WOW...you mean u manually dodged and burnt some selectively?

:think:

 

[germ_boi]

my try a DH effect. done on CS3.

the best so far!

care to share your workflow?

 

[shahrecover]

the best so far!

care to share your workflow?

yup, its quite tedious. i edit mainly on CS3. high pass layers, heavy unsharp mask, dodge and burn details. i also saturated the colors.

 

[pingo]

yup, its quite tedious. i edit mainly on CS3. high pass layers, heavy unsharp mask, dodge and burn details. i also saturated the colors.

good job though, the pic you posted looks like a malay version of lachapelle land... hahaha

 

[phantasia]

my try a DH effect. done on CS3.

Nicely done! I think urs is one of the better effects I've seen really. :thumbsup:

 

[shahrecover]

good job though, the pic you posted looks like a malay version of lachapelle land... hahaha

thanks pingo.
i'm nothing compared to lachapelle really.

 

[xirc0m]

Guys... guess u are not looking @ the Dave pics care fully....

He basically took many shoots on the same final pic...

1) first back ground

2) let say 4 people in the subject.... then take 1 person @ a time with all the proper lightings to each person

3) so it sum up to 5 pics n process into 1 pic

thats all .... dun be fool by thinking its a a pic taken alone n process that final effect!

 

[jopel]

Guys... guess u are not looking @ the Dave pics care fully....

He basically took many shoots on the same final pic...

1) first back ground

2) let say 4 people in the subject.... then take 1 person @ a time with all the proper lightings to each person

3) so it sum up to 5 pics n process into 1 pic

thats all .... dun be fool by thinking its a a pic taken alone n process that final effect!

oh I see.

but here is the link to behind the scenes of Dave Hill. click on all the video clips and enjoy.

http://www.davehillphoto.com/behind_the_scenes