One of those over-sized glossy European photo mags ran a article on how to give your images a hyper-real look. I've always wanted to try this effect on some of my portraits. Only problem is I was never really all that effecient at photoshop, and the article is in less than laymans terms. Can anyone either explain it to me in laymans terms, direct me to a thread or website that can, or recommend a good portrait guide book that does.
I think I know what you talking about, but an example would be nice. Somebody else here might have one? I would want to see how it's done too. Perhaps, if it's purely photoshop technique, people in postprocessing forum could be more willing to help
no, your looks not as HDR. It was my reaction to OP. I meant it so, that if your is blend/HDR/PSed it is done very sensitively - looks like it could have been done in single shot by awesome photog. Really liking it.
This type of photography is not just about photoshop. The best way to achieve a 'hyper-real' type portrait is lighting. Look at Dave Hill's behind the scenes - most of the time he is using 3-5 lights. So take a step away from photoshop and learn some multi-light setups.
I think I saw that Mag at the newsstand and read the article. Its was basically explaining how to use High pass filters to give that look. sharpening or softening selectively in layers.
This is all looks very interesting to me, and I'm working on a project right now where I can use these effects. Baby steps. Can anyone provide the gritty details in PS on how to achieve this look? I can handle it in any terms given. I checked out that website (Glenn Karlsen) but didn't find it all that helpful.
Rian, do you have any kind of breakdown on how to achieve this effect? Anyone?
By "hyper-real" are you talking about something like Andrzej Dragan does? I've never heard of hyper-real, but that's what came to mind. Rian's post I would probably call hypo-real if I was putting strange labels on people's style
A bunch of ways, different looks. You could be simple and just get lucis art, but I would not recommend that if your actaully trying to make the "hyper real" look part of your style. I'd recommend spending some time looking at how photographers how have that look light their subjects, what there backgrounds look like, and whats going on in their pictures. Theres plenty of ways to get that look in photo shop/hdr stuff (try to Google it) but it all starts with a good concept that would make since in a hyper real looking photo. After you have the concept of the shot down, the lighting/post production/execution/background all add to it and give it the total hyper real look. Good luck www.coreyjenkinsphoto.com
