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Me Myself and 1/2 I
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Well, well, well...
Actually I hate portraits of MYSELF. Don't know why, but looking into MY own face makes me feel dizzy. Maybe this is one of the main aspects, why I prefer taking photographs instead of getting photographed...
Tech-Talk
This shot was taken with two halogen spots to the right and left of the cam, 500W each pointing directly onto my face. So you can create a very 'hard' picture. where every (unwanted) detail of your face can be seen. Additionally there is a good chance of overexposure (look at the cheeks).
Next there are a few steps to take to create that 'dark' look...
1. Work on the WB, becaus those spots create a very hard and cold light.
2. Optimize the histogram, so there is a good black and a white, too
3. Shifted Gamma to 0.7
4. To put special strength onto marks, scars, beard, spots and so on change the color-picture into a b/w one by fooling around with the channel mixer. It helps keeping in mind, the blue channel is the best choice (so reduce red and green)
5. Extend contrast by applying a s-curve to the histogramm
6. Finally sharpen hard, really hard :)
ok, now lets get a background
7. I worked with masks so I created an empty layer to play with.
8. Applied filter -> Render -> Clouds (repeat until you like the clouds)
9. Applied filter -> Unsharp --> Wind 90° (hell, I am not sure how the filter is called in english - but I am sure u know what I am talking about)
10. Applied filter -> Unsharp --> Wind 0°
11. Applied filter -> Smudge (other similar filters work, too)
12. Finally I added some grain and other oddities to create a non-smooth bg
TFL
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