Sungoddess Studios wrote:
start visiting the strobist site,

I think he used a black background and a soft box and a gold reflector

bounce them babies off the ceiling walls big dishe reflectors 250w bulbs and Auto White balance

thanks

Sungoddess Studios wrote:
check the edit  I am out of here

oh thanks again!^^

SublimeImage Studios wrote:
The person who did the editing on the image you posted is on flickr. You could ask them what they did because it looks as though most of it was done in PS:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maradinn/2615050191/

Dimitris Giannetos did the makeup on that shoot..you can see another one from that same shoot on his site..it does not have the edited glowy golden look to it like the image you posted which is why Im pretty sure it was done in PS:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c … ID=8009715

HTH

thanks a lot!

K E S L E R wrote:
Dodge > Highlights and adjust the opacity.

+1

addendum: another theory would be a layer filled with black with opacity lowered and the highlights erased from teh black layer.


either way the highlights looked half assed, which sucks considering its a good image.

K E S L E R wrote:
Dodge > Highlights and adjust the opacity.

+2
that's a rather heavy edit of dodge and burn there.

selmakoparan wrote:
like here: http://MaRaDinn.deviantart.com/art/A-Z-II-92341610
how do i get those warm golden tones and the skin seems so shiny/glowing and its also very sharp..

i use a canon eos 400d
i have the standart 18-55mm lens and the 50mm 1.8-which one should i use?
i dont have professional lights, i have 2 of those: http://foto.dirkhennig.de/img/baustrahler-300.JPG (i dont know how they are called in english)

thanks in advance...oh and i always shoot in RAW,,,any  special settings i should do?

In the first image it appears the model is painted. That's why the skin has a sheen to it.

Gibson Photo Art wrote:
In the first image it appears the model is painted. That's why the skin has a sheen to it.

Indeed, tons of bronzer.

( ANT ) Mgaphoto wrote:
photoshop

can you please be more specific

Tal wrote:
that is a combination of lighting, makeup, and photoshop.

This is the most accurate answer.

I would suggest anyone looking to recreate this first, gets a model with reasonably tan skin, applies some sort of bronzing foundation, and then in PS, spend some time looking at the selective color and hue/sat adjustment layers.

As for the lens -- something longer than 85mm on a cropped sensor would be more ideal for this sort of work. On a full frame sensor, 130-150mm.

Jim Lafferty wrote:
This is the most accurate answer.

I would suggest anyone looking to recreate this first, gets a model with reasonably tan skin, applies some sort of bronzing foundation, and then in PS, spend some time looking at the selective color and hue/sat adjustment layers.

As for the lens -- something longer than 85mm on a cropped sensor would be more ideal for this sort of work. On a full frame sensor, 130-150mm.

thank you! but i dont have any other lenses..which one would be better to use?

and are there any special settings i should to on the camera (i shoot raw)

selmakoparan wrote:
bump

Dang.

Why not just experiment? For all the bumping you could be shooting.

Get some bronzer, as mentioned several times. That's the biggest key. Then experiment. The lens is the absolutely least important part of the equation.

You'll get far more useful advice in the makeup forum.

MaRaDinn wrote:
heeeey there
MaRaDinn here ^_^
I just saw this thread about my photo...a friend told me about it...
So i m very happy i finally found it cause i will try to explain to you some things
and maybe they will help you

First thing is i don't have professional lights yet , as some said, no money to buy...
For this photo i used a simple headlight...
u know the yellow ones that constructors use...

Also i had the pleasure to work with one of the best makeup artists in Greece
and yes he used a lot of bronze makeup...

the lens i used is a 50mm 1.8/f on a canon eos 400D.

Now about photoshop...
the truth is i never remember what i exactly do on my photos...hehe
cause i experiment every time...

As many mentioned , i did some burning and dodging
i used the selective color
and many colored layers above my image with different blending options
to get this color

hope i helped u just a bit ^_^

And in my opinion the best way to reach a result u like, yourself ,
is to have ur own photo opened in photoshop
and try things out , whatever ,
u don't have to know what the other photographer did...
Experiment till u get it right
and it's a way to discover photoshop too...
at least this is what i do...

xxx
Maria

Thanks A LOT! your awesome ^_^

Sungoddess Studios wrote:
start visiting the strobist site,

I think he used a black background and a soft box and a gold reflector

bounce them babies off the ceiling walls big dish reflectors 250w bulbs watch out they get HOT and Auto White balance

they are construction light stands

I'm actually copying this into my wordnotes. TY.