For a 6.19.12 photo session for hotshot guitarist James "Apache" Hawkins. The client request was for a classic look, more like 1930s movies with William Powell rather than specifically like 1950s promo a la Chuck Berry. Through collaboration, we both achieved a fine combination of both.
Tech note: the "ghosting," an effect once manipulated in a darkroom by dodging and burning light is not PhotoShop TM, which
I eschew in favor of Lightroom TM anyway for all things photographically digital. It just appeared when I reduced the color saturation quite a bit to imitate 1930s black and white photographs hand-tinted into color images, and when I brought up the blues and greens a tad. I guess I really lit everything correctly, even unbeknownst to us both at the time...
Tech note: the "ghosting," an effect once manipulated in a darkroom by dodging and burning light is not PhotoShop TM, which
I eschew in favor of Lightroom TM anyway for all things photographically digital. It just appeared when I reduced the color saturation quite a bit to imitate 1930s black and white photographs hand-tinted into color images, and when I brought up the blues and greens a tad. I guess I really lit everything correctly, even unbeknownst to us both at the time...
Heather I really like this photograph and the technique you used
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