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High Key Portrait

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Title     High Key Portrait
Photographer     cajs/Caj (8,265) Send mail to this user
Portfolio     People
Categories     Portrait
Snapshot
2011 - year
Lens     Nikkor 18-200
Camera     Nikon D5100
Format     RAW
Content advisory     G (general audiences)
Submitted     October 23, 2011 4:31:34 AM CDT
Views     467
Rating     1 Thumb-up

Hi all, This is a kind of "test shot" with our new Nikon D5100 body. Wanted to try some manual settings and create a high key portrait.

She was not really posing as she was playing with a IPhone while I was playing with the new camera. Thus this goes under Snapshot category.

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Thumb-up    from michal235/Michal (123,093) Send mail to this user on October 23, 2011 4:40:20 AM CDT (4) Early critique

Hi Caj. Good to hear from you. Good portrait work with good eyes contact, almost looks like a High-Key work.

How to make a High-Key portrait.

1. Desaturate your portrait with image>adjustment>desaturate
2. Apply image adjustment curve to your portrait
3. Duplicate the layer, and add gaussian blur (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur), change the layer blend mode to overlay
4. Add layer mask, Set your foreground color to black, and start brushing over the eyes, nose, and lips. You might want to use the burn tool to burn the background layer around the eyes, nose, and lips.
This is my suggestion only.

Thank you for sharing. Regards, Michal.

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From amacrae/Alan (8,974) This user is a Premium Member Send mail to this user on October 23, 2011 6:23:16 AM CDT

Great advice, Michal. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.

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From cajs/Caj (8,265) Send mail to this user on October 23, 2011 12:58:08 PM CDT

Thanks Michal. Really good and useful tips. Will try these, we might see outcome of that someday.

Unfortunately nowadays my work has prevented me to spend enough time with my Camera or in Photosig. Hope I will finds more time for this dear hobby of mine.

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