This is Lorena (also featured in my black and white portrait II entry). It's been quite a time since I wanted to experiment these 40s film noir movie stars look on one of my models. Lorena was the one and only, I didn't hesitate a second!
I went together with Lorena to buy this beautiful black dress especially for this shooting.
We had a hair stylist (Serge) and a make up artist (Geraldine) to do the job and make her look like Ava Gardner or Gene Tierney! When it was finished, I just couldn't beleive my eyes! It was perfection! Flawless! I really wasn't expecting to be surrounded by such a skilled team.
And as a matter of fact, the studio work is not only the photographer's work but a team work! The hairstylist and the make up artist are as important as we are. In this precise case, the picture would be nothing without them.
Anyways, post process includes:
-Full desat
-Dodge and burn
-Sharpen
-Brightness / Contrast
-Curves
-Levels
-Picture rotation and crop.
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I unfortunately have a unflattering comment to give, hopefully it is still helpful to you.
The light on right side of her forehead is acting in a way as so to make her forehead look larger than it is. I think you should not make this mistake again, as it really is a distraction from her beauty. I saw the other picture in your profile and that serves her facial features much better.
OMG Laurent, I feel embarrassed now after the comment I left during the challenge. (The Micheal Jackson part).
Sadly, I still see it and honestly can't look at this image without still seeing it - so sorry.
My apologies to Lorena if / when you see her next.
If you have put so much energy into this one I am really curious now what the next big thing will be that you were talking about. :)
What we discussed about backgrounds would also be nice to implement in this style of shot. Make a big portfolio map, go to some cool bars and restaurants in Paris and arrange an on location shoot or something. You have the charm to convince them. :)
Great lighting and your B&W conversion was nicely done. The post-processing and/or noise reduction left the skin far to plastic-looking in my opinion. Please don't take offense to this next comment, but it was my very first reaction when I saw it. I thought I was seeing Micheal Jackson for a micro-second - skeery huh?
great lighting, nice processing, and great interaction with the model. the highlights on hte chair may be better if they were dimmed some. anyway, great shot
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