Gave a shot at processing with the LucisArt plug-in. It is a cool tool.
Wow - you really went all out with the LucisArt filter. I was looking through your portfolio. Cool effects. The filter looks pretty good on your photos especially the solider and the child.
I don't like it at all...his 'style.' Looks fake, contrived/forced, not real...more cartoonish. A lot of halos, for lack of better terminology 'imposed' realizations, good for billboard work. Just my humble opinion...but to me a very over-processed look.
I don't like it at all...his 'style.' Looks fake, contrived/forced, not real...more cartoonish. A lot of halos, for lack of better terminology 'imposed' realizations, good for billboard work. Just my humble opinion...but to me a very over-processed look.
Sorry dude, I LOVE it, not for every shot mind you but it has it's place for sure!!!
A FANTASY which the intent was/is quite different than his style. No comparison really.
Interesting how you can speak for his intent. What you say about your work, I think is what he's after. Since I don't know for sure, I just appreciate his talent - and can only imagine how much he makes creatiing that art!
Random. My two friends/business partners just got out of U of I and moved here (los angeles).
"IU." say it with me. "IU." :P U of I is the next state over. :)
Good ol' IU. I remember being on the IU campus during highschool for some those nerdy Math Competitions. (Did I just say too much?)
Today however I was at the Penn Relays. Didn't see any IU athletes, but I have some pics of some Purdue Women's Discus throwers. One of them almost got me with a damn disc even! Musta been her way of saying, "Don't take my picture, please." lol
It seems to me that he combines multiple files that are separately created using individual light setups intended to light each part of a scene individually.
I disagree it's HDR because it's models. I don't know how fast cameras can bracket exposures, but I would think it would be hard to hold still enough in some of those dynamic poses (the paddle ball, etc) to allow multiple exposures.
I guess you could process the same shot over again, but that doesn't take advantage of the full range of HDR and his results are extreme.
I don't know what it is though.
Couldn't you take set of bracketed shots of the background scene and then add the people and take one shot of them. That way you could do HDR and then dodge and burn the people. Just a thought.
I again just want to thanks Dave Hill for posting to the forum. I hope he comes back and gets hooked on the site! I call dibs on him for our DPL team lol..
I am positive that Dave Hill uses HDR. I doubt that he uses a program such as Photomatix (usually these are pretty easy to spot because of the poor blending of the shadows and highlights), but some of his shots are impossible without overlaying multiple images. He is obviously a professional, and it looks like he has some pretty complex lighting setups as well, but I'd say that Photoshop plays a huge role in his photography.
I'm not really sure how I feel about these techniques. On one hand I think that the images produced by using HDR or similar techniques look pretty good (if they aren't overdone), but on the other hand when it gets to the point that hours of photoshopping are being done to an image, it seems almost deceiving to pass it off as photography rather than digital art.
I've noticed a common theme in these sorts of threads.
Someone wants to know how to achieve effect 'x' in photoshop.
They are told it requires lighting, proper capture technique or whatever (in this case Dave Hill even came on and posted that it's all about the lighting, not HDR etc)
Then a variety of people try to ignore that and recreate it in photoshop.
I'm curious what the big 'elephant in the room' approach is to ignoring the value of learning to light effectively. It seems many many photographers avoid it for a long time, yet it is one of the most powerful tools in a photographer's bag.
No, this cant be HDR. Moving subjects make it impossible. This work is really awesome though. Production is high, and that helps, sometimes his work gets repetitive, but Im enjoying his portfolio.
No, this cant be HDR. Moving subjects make it impossible. This work is really awesome though. Production is high, and that helps, sometimes his work gets repetitive, but Im enjoying his portfolio.
HDR-style processing from a single RAW capture can be very effective if the contrast range is not too extreme.
