A fashion photographer never rumored to be a portrait PS cheat

The Cheng, who was named Zhao, knew him because of the introduction of a designer friend. Cheng once worked as a photographer in the studio of a well-known fashion photographer in the country. A few years later came to the United States, knew the photographer Kai Z Feng, and became his fixed cooperation of the picture Division.

Cheng also repaired several times my picture, each time let me feel the repair picture besides the basic technology, more important is the thought. After several years of cooperation, we became familiar with it, and he was a friend who often played with our small partners in our studio. I was curious to ask him to personally demonstrate a picture of the whole process, I was surprised that he used the technical methods are very simple (even more simple than I use), do not use any plug-ins. What is really good is that he gets a picture of the analysis, where the repair, where should not repair, repair the degree of the handle.

I like the work he has built is very natural skin, not as many popular pictures in the country is full of "metal texture." I have also been puzzled, in such a fast-paced era of picture change, whether there is a visual impact of the work to attract attention. And he often said to me, nature and classics only long engaging.

Yesterday, I had a good chat with Cheng for a while later, according to most of the confusion roughly divided a few parts to ask him to talk about, the following is my answer according to his after finishing the content. Later in this article: Cheng; Photograph: Kai Z Feng

　Talking about the software of repairing drawing

What is the Q:cheng software used?

A:capture One and Photoshop. I don't use Lightroom. The most core of the repair map software or Photoshop.

Talking about how to improve and enhance the map

　　Q: For those who are basically 0 basic beginners, what is better platform to acquire learning resources?

There are a lot of good resources on the a:youtube, and many tutorials can be found directly and then watched. And you can find and tutorials similar to the picture, follow the steps of the tutorial itself repeatedly.

　Q: For those who have a certain basis for the revision, how to further practice and improve?

A: The first is to see a large number of high-quality works. I mainly look at the fashion class diagram. Enjoy a favorite picture, I will visually analyze which point in the picture most attractive to me: if it is black-and-white, then analysis of black and white gray relations; if it is a color map, then focus on the balance between the color block and grasp, as well as the impact of light on the texture of the picture. If it is a whole body map, then sometimes also look at some clothing, makeup, hairstyle collocation between the relationship; if it is a close-up picture, then the main features and hairstyle. The eye is a very important part of the picture, I will see how the light in the eye is modified, the lip pattern of the lips to what extent, the color of the lips, the color of the skin, and so on. I mainly look at the models.com, the site is updated very fully in time. Paper media will also look, not particularly, and sometimes see the United States version of Vogue. The second is to do a lot of practice drawing.

　Q: How long will it take you to fix a picture?

A: When I practice, a picture will be repaired on average about 2 hours. Usually practice when you can take some like the map to refer to the direction of the revision and style, but also do not have to pursue the same as the reference map repair. The definition of the revision we must not think that is to enlarge a picture, endless repair skin pores. I think the most important thing is to repair a whole picture of the relationship, from the color screen, black and white gray, brightness, the relationship between the elements of the screen, and so on. I see some of the repair figures have gone into the mistaken idea that the repair of the figure is the skin of the characters to repair the white, Meimei, bright light without any pores. Sometimes it is to do subtraction, such as acne to wrinkle, remove the folds of clothing, and so on, but sometimes still have to keep a lot of details.

　　Q: I talk about my opinion, I feel the current domestic industry trend is the female star to perfect skin and whitening direction, if it is to shoot female models of fashion, the degree of freedom may be higher. Male stars and male models are relatively more able to retain some skin texture and wrinkles, and sometimes even strengthen some skin texture to create a masculine effect?

A: Yes, sometimes the female star is in fact a bronze complexion, it looks good, but if you put it in the country, it is possible to adjust skin color in the direction of whitening. In foreign countries, of course, female stars will also ask to repair some flaws, repair the overall image, but relatively will be more natural, such as the elderly actress does not mind showing their wrinkles. In general, male stars are relatively more likely to retain more skin texture details.

How do I get the picture?

Q: Talk about your workflow, what you will adjust in the capture, and then in Photoshop to adjust Which?

A: Adjust the most basic exposure and contrast in capture one, color temperature will generally adjust, usually the real color of the yellow-red direction looks relatively comfortable, saturation will adjust but usually move relatively little, above these most basic place after adjustment, export into PSD format, And then get Photoshop open. Specifically, to get a picture, the first step from the play relationship began to deal with, this time the most taboo is to enlarge the picture to begin to remove acne or wrinkles on the face. Big relationship refers to whether the exposure can be more accurate? Does the color temperature look comfortable? Whether the character structure can be adjusted smoothly (such as waist, arm, can be suitably liquefied slender). The second step is to start to overhaul the details, such as skin flaws, the veins on the hand, the folds of clothing, background and dirt spots on the ground and so on. Third, observe whether the skin color uniformity, face, hands, feet skin color. Four, adjust the tone, such as contrast, saturation, warm, and so on, which depends on everyone's understanding of the picture. Five, you can get out of the picture.

　　Q: Will you sharpen the picture?

A: Sharpening the entire picture is not necessarily. Some of the pictures will be sharp after the glare, then I will not sharpen. Sometimes I will sharpen local, such as highlighting the texture of clothing, as well as eyes, and so need to highlight the local lines and details of the place.

　Rub Skin

Q: Many people ask the method of grinding skin, talk about grinding skin bar.

A: First rub the word will be misleading, the hearing of the skin will make people feel to make a very light feeling. I deal with the skin will first deal with acne, the rest is the face of the local light adjustment, such as the cheek can be a little darker, the texture of the decree by the light to achieve the effect of reducing light, the law of the softening some. It's basically doing the brightening and dimming on the skin. I will try to preserve the texture and texture of the skin.

　Q: What about moles and freckles? I feel like there's still basically freckles in America, and moles.

A: Look at the situation, freckles are basically retained, some large moles will be removed small moles will stay. When you are a star, sometimes a star needs to keep a personal mole, and you can take a look at the film that the star has ever taken. If it is a domestic star that many cases freckles or moles are to be repaired. When you fix a picture, it's not about the perfect skin, it's a good picture. Most of the time the whole picture of the relationship is handled well, that even if the skin is not repaired, it is beautiful.

　　Q: I know you are not using any plug-ins, wear the plug-in or the preset of the color palette or not, so in the process of skin, is not summed up in addition to your most basic acne, the most important step or through the adjustment of light and shade, to optimize the texture of the character skin, while focusing on retaining texture?

A: Yes, the light and dark relationship is very important.

About the tone of the picture revision

Q: For example, how to adjust the color relationship between different elements in a picture?

A: For example, the picture below, the whole picture is very mild, the light is particularly flat. If not the yellow block and the blue block, the whole picture is propped up, the picture will be very boring. Of course, the color of the dress and the environment of the match is decided in the shooting, but the picture presented, this hue is not our real life to the naked eye, so the image of the revision in the latter part of the film based on the relationship between the color block adjusted.

Photograph: Mert&marcus

　Q: Can you talk about the difference between commercial blockbuster and "Little Fresh" style?

A: Small freshness can only be said to be a style. The small fresh film pays attention to the emotion and the character's beauty, the character's state and some natural light feeling. Sometimes when the image of the light and light to repair the thick and strong, not blindly chasing the characters of white and mellow, may not appear so fresh. For fashion film business, the photographer will take into account the status of the people and clothing products in the complementary, if it is later sent to the customer to select the film, customers tend to value the product is not in the picture of the perfect presentation. Repair the map is also on this basis to repair the characters at the same time, pay attention to the details of the product and texture, such as whether the clothing folds too much, the color of the cloth is consistent with the physical, texture can be reflected.

Q: Why do you sometimes look at a picture to make people feel "non-mainstream"?

A: Look at a picture uncomfortable, it must be a color problem, sometimes too yellow and green, like a layer of color. Maybe the screen is all blue, missing some complementary colors, it may make the whole picture is like a layer of color.

Q: Speaking of the whole picture covered with a layer of color, my feeling is, may also be in the repair map and not according to the elements in the picture block adjustment, but simply rough to the whole picture of the uniform color temperature on the unified adjustment. Does the overshoot seem to be non-mainstream?

A: Yes, this will happen.

Hai Yin Words:

There is a lot of learning in the later period. Technical problems, such as how to do with the light and dark relationship to repair the skin, how to pull a curve and then use a mask brush to paint the bright part ... There are endless tutorials on the web for this type of problem, and it's hard to elaborate on it in an article. I am grateful that Cheng can answer these questions in such a sincere way and give our readers help.

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