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Handout02: At The Repair Shop: Oh, No! Psyche Falls Asleep Waiting for Eros by the Sea Gigi Clark, photo designer
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1. 2. Cupid and Psyche, Francois Gerard c. 1798 They were my Bridal Couple10 yrs ago: Kathy & David McGhee Oil on canvas, 186x132 cm My Newest Assignment: Tenth Wedding Anniversary Portrait Musee du Lourve, Paris using Greek Mythology: "Heart & Soul: The Story of Eros and Psyche"
Tips Creatijng your own Fantasy / Anniversary Portrait
• Remember where the light falls, it "sculpts" the face and body; creates highlights and shadows
• Pick a painting or theme that reflects who the couple is, an extension of their personality.
• Look for Symbolism that also expresses the couple's heritage (and personality as well).
• Choice of background enhances the composition; be aware of your light sources
• Revealing portraits can be modest, simply pay attention to placement of body and hands.
• Secret to a great image repair is attention to the details; the blending of your repair work.
• Always work your brushes/clone tool in low opacity, this allows you to build up density of shading and flesh tones.
The Recipe: Or, Problem Solving: How to Repair Skin When There is No Large Skin Area to Work With! 1. Shoot on Light Colored background, with single light source like a softbox with a reflector. Keep the Lighting Simple! 2. Prep image in Photoshop: After duplicating a version/layer of the couple, then 1. Do any skin retouching, if needed 2. Adjust contrast 3. Cutout couple with Selection Tool of your choice. 3. With selection active (Cmd/Cntrl + "J") copy the cutout couple onto a separate layer; label as retouched work. 4. Create a new blank layer, and label this one as "Repair of Bathing Suit Strap Marks." This becomes an editable layer. 5. Zoom in, and prepare your clone tool: 1. In the dialog box, work with zero hardness for your clone tool "brush" 2. Select a medium sized brush that works within the area: I used a 50-60 sized brush with 50% flow 3. Change your "Normal" effect mode to Darken. This is very important! (as Kathy's bathing suit mark area is light) 4. Lastly, set your opacity to very low, say, 20% so you can build up tonality (skin color range) step by step. 6. Sample a matching color area, in this case it was Kathy's right arm which has shadow, highlights then shadow, which matches the light pattern needed for her upper chest! A perfect match, no color correction needed. 7. Work in a back and forth flowiing and curving motion, mimic the roundness of her upper chest 8. Finish / Fine Tune with burn or dodge tool sparingly!* on outer areas to clean up or use Lighten Mode in Clone Tool. 9. Use clone tool at Normal "Effect Mode" setting to sample nearby areas as well to finish blending, if needed. You're Done! Gigi Clark, photo designer 2009 Notes from the Edge Seminar Questions? email: [email protected]
