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How to get the Kesler Tran look?
Natalia_Taffarel wrote: They may be "different" technically but I get the same 'feel' from the images. 'Raw' is the first thing that comes to mind...even the soft one with color. May 30 12 08:08 pm Link Just for the record, I tease Mr. Tran all in good fun. I am in fact a fan and have met him in person. He is good people. May 30 12 08:16 pm Link Double post. May 30 12 08:16 pm Link GRAF wrote: yep, I like his style too. some people may not get it. I understand that but eventually they will. His style is fantastic May 30 12 08:19 pm Link Oscar S wrote: +1 May 30 12 08:20 pm Link London Fog wrote: Your envy is so obvious it is kind of sad... reminiscent of a stray puppy. May 30 12 08:32 pm Link May 30 12 08:36 pm Link get great models , curves May 30 12 08:43 pm Link I attended his workshop. Great workshop, great guy, awesome photographer! I'm sure if you contacted him he would point you in the right direction. May 30 12 08:45 pm Link - H T - wrote: This is the DAR forum, sadly Photoshop hasn't come up with the "add talent" filter or "generate unique look" action May 31 12 03:54 am Link There are lots of ways to achieve the look as many have already suggested, but let me suggest a brute force way that will get you close. Step 1 Cross Process: It looks like he is try to get a cross processed look of polaroid film or slide film. You can get close to that by creating a solid color layer with color setting 15, 85,255 (essentially a shade of blue). Set the layer blend mode to "exclusion". Set the opacity of that layer to about 30% to start and then play with the layer opacity to get the look that you like. Step 2 De-saturate: He has removed a lot of the color from his images. I like to de-saturate by creating a gradient layer with black as the foreground color and white as the background layer. You then adjust the opacity to get the look that you want. 100% opacity turned the image into B&W. A low opacity just mutes the colors of the image. Step 3 Reduce the contrast: A lot of his recent images have a very low contrast feel to them. I would add a curve or level layer and reduce the highlights and lighten the darks till you get a more neutral feel to the image. As mentioned before it looks like he uses curves in Lightroom and series of pre-sets that he was worked out for himself so his exact workflow is different. These three basic step will at least get you close to the look and then you can figure out what to do from there. These three steps can be achieved using curves and other adjustment layer, but as I mentioned this is a brute force attempt to get close. How much fine tuning you need will dictate what workflow you actually use. You should be able to look up cross processing and de-saturation techniques on the web to find techniques that match your workflow. I believe he has mentioned that he also adds noise to give the images the feel of film. May 31 12 01:16 pm Link Moon Pix Photography wrote: The day I envy blown out washed out images, very obviously and massively worked in photoshop to give that grainy black and white look will be...er let's see, never! May 31 12 01:22 pm Link GRAF wrote: It was a good laugh don't be ashamed of it May 31 12 03:42 pm Link Jaysen R Lee wrote: Most definitely... I saw him whoof down 2 plates of it at Colonel Sanders. Just smear fried chicken grease on your lens... there's the KT look... May 31 12 03:48 pm Link He's got several different "looks", depending on which one you'll get a dozen different answers. For black and whites its usually just upping the contrast and adding a shit ton of grain in lightroom. His editing on his raw stuff is minimal, most of what he does is actually in camera. Save for the super creative color tones (again done in LR from what I've seen and what he tells me), most of it is in camera. So get it right there, and focus on strong images and you'll have a head start. May 31 12 04:05 pm Link T-D-L wrote: The OP doesn't want to tell us which look May 31 12 08:02 pm Link  Moderator Note!London Fog wrote: The photographer whose work you are critiquing did not request your opinion. Site rules prohibit such critiques, perhaps for the same reason as your final question implies. Do not post anything on the Site that degrades or insults other users or their work. May 31 12 09:15 pm Link Mearle wrote: Don't miss the next workshop! May 31 12 09:33 pm Link Kevin Connery wrote: London Fog wrote: The photographer whose work you are critiquing did not request your opinion. Site rules prohibit such critiques, perhaps for the same reason as your final question implies. Ok, fair point and noted. May 31 12 11:37 pm Link Chuckarelei wrote: Lol. Jun 01 12 01:17 am Link I think if you love Kesler Tran look, you would love KhoaBui too  I love KhoaBui. KhoaBui told me that he used 5-10 minutes/ images retouch (fashion, not beauty). I see some his sooc image. It's really amazing value. Jun 01 12 01:50 am Link Han Sam wrote: 5-10? Doubtful Jun 01 12 02:13 am Link T-D-L wrote: I think with good input, he can do with some curves adj. And I don't say about beauty image with skin retouch. Jun 01 12 02:43 am Link T-D-L wrote: I went to Alejandro Burset studio, here in Buenos aires http://www.aleburset.com/ Jun 01 12 09:08 am Link After you learn how to do it, there's still the x factor that you either have or don't have that allows you to be or not be as good at it as him. He has that x factor and that's why he's the subject of this thread. Jun 01 12 09:12 am Link I don't even know what he looks like. The ladies really like Russell James - wouldn't it be better to get his looks??? Jun 01 12 09:17 am Link Han Sam wrote: Yes, but I've seen him work and do his retouching. From personal experience unless he is now using actions to do everything I'd say he's pulling your leg. Kesler 5-10 minutes? Quite possible as his style is more "raw" and minimalistic with some stuff. Khoa? Again, from what I've personally seen....not likely. Unless he's biting off Kesler now I don't see how it could happen. It's too clean to be done that quickly. Jun 01 12 10:44 am Link Natalia_Taffarel wrote: I don't doubt it does, but in this particular case I'm not buying it. Jun 01 12 10:47 am Link Aside from all the PS advice, he shoots mainly with kit lenses and a sony nex-7. That could be part of the "look" you're referring to. He's also a quality photographer working with quality people. That always helps things... Jun 02 12 04:24 pm Link Natalia_Taffarel wrote: good makeup, wardrobe, hair and lighting can make a difference as well, all that needs to be done are accents, contrast, color and other such things. and of course the occasional highlight and lowlight additives. Jun 03 12 11:11 am Link RJJ Photography wrote:
Jun 03 12 11:42 am Link K E E L I N G wrote: QFT i.e. compelling visual statement... believe there may be much confusion between technique verses a tenured artist's voice... Jun 03 12 01:54 pm Link Natalia_Taffarel wrote: - H T - wrote: For one thing, they all have a reduced amount of red in the images. Even the B&W images seem to show a reduced sensitivity to the red tones in the original scene. Jun 03 12 02:29 pm Link Only found out about Kesler's work recently, and if you read his Tumblr website, he does answer questions. What might be interesting is that he uses film for some of his work. So there you go, not necessarily all digital, might be shot in film then re-edited again to have a certain look/mood. Apr 24 13 12:00 am Link All these 'How to get ( insert name) look', never work even if you assist these photographers you'd still struggle to achieve it. Apr 24 13 02:01 am Link I see so much different looks in Tran's portfolio I guess the workshop would be paying off to do. Apr 25 13 08:55 pm Link GD - Beauty Retoucher wrote: GRAF wrote: Very experienced agency models can also pull off the "opps! just s h h h a r t e d" look. Apr 26 13 07:51 am Link Moon Pix Photography wrote: Not liking a certain style does not necessarily mean envy. I'm not into photography that looks raw like that as I prefer polished does not mean I'm jealous because is not something I would personally be into. It just means everyone has different taste. Apr 26 13 01:36 pm Link OMG this whole thread is FUNNY! Reminds me of something like a Seinfeld episode. LMFAO!! Apr 26 13 02:21 pm Link http://www.galitz.co.il/en/articles/bluechannel.shtml This technique tutorial might be similar to what you're looking for, and it's really easy to personalize it to different variations. Apr 28 13 03:59 am Link |
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