Objective:
•The student will use a digital camera to photograph a person and practice digital portrait fixes using Adobe Photoshop. I will also be looking at the portrait for creative impact and handling of image elements. Create your portrait. We will be focusing this project on the face of your subject so fill the frame with the face and not a beautiful landscape.
Overview:
Shoot 2 portraits (2 different people) with a digital camera in the studio or on location. Download the images to the computer. Retouch both photographs. When Photographing your subject think about what best conveys what you as the photographer are trying to say about your subject. Remember, we can “read” a picture just like we read the words in a story. Think about the setting, (location) who you are photographing. Do they have great character? Are they complex thinkers? How will you convey that in the images?
Turn in:
•2 retouched portraits
(2 different people) no babies or young children, we want to focus on retouching skin, hair, eyes, liquify and more.
•Resolution -2160px on longest side, 240PPI
•Saved .PSD or .TIFF
•An EMAIL telling me techniques were used • • hhprotz@cox.net
•Layered Files in the http://pixelnrg.com/assignments/
Title: Last name_First initial_project.extension
(ex) protz_h_portrait1.psd
protz_h_portrait2.psd
Things to think about:
• These are some things to think about when making your image
(Consider clothing, facial expression, background, place, lighting, etc.)
• Think about what can we discover about this person just by looking at his or her portrait?
• What does the facial expression tell us about how the person is feeling at this moment, or what the artist/photographer wants to suggest that the person is feeling?
• What can we say about the person’s social status, time period, and private likes and dislikes by looking at his or her attire?
• What kind of life do you think this person leads? Does he or she work? If so, as what? Are there any props that give us clues about a profession?
• What does the environmental setting tell us about this person?
• Does this person seem like someone you would like to meet? Why or why not?
• Who do you think this portrait was made for? Why? Where do you think it was displayed?
I will be looking for a retouched portrait focusing on the following:
-Keep the original image as the bottom layer for comparison
Most photographs will need the following:
-removal of in camera dust or dead pixels from the image
-normal tonal and color corrections according to basic workflow
-removal of distractions from the background (you could blur or change the background to B&W or a duotone)
-removal of blemishes,
-removal/softening of hot spots (shiny areas: nose, forehead, etc)
-removal of dark circles
-softening of lines in the face
-reduce skin pores
-softening of age spots
-whitening of the teeth and/or eyes
-removal of red eye (there should not have been red eye)
I will be looking for (REQUIRED) two of these or other extra enhancements.
Explore the internet to find additional looks, these are just a starting point.
-create a soft filter effect (skin softening)
-a vignette effect (darkening of the edge of your image)
-color the hair, change the eye color, change the lip color
-sharpen the eyes
-emphasize eye contrast , enhance eye color to bring out eye detail
-enlarge the eyes
-define lips and enhance color as necessary
-check and enhance eyebrows as necessary
-dodgeing and burning to sculpt the image
-liquify
-Label layers to reflect what you are doing. (part of the grade)
General Technical Considerations:
1. You may need several layers to achieve a nice gradual result.
2. Don’t forget to lower the opacity of layers to help blend them together.
3. Use Layer Masks and Selection tools as necessary.
4. Lower the opacity of tools as necessary.
5. Play with blending modes to help “blend” corrections.
6. Mask to isolate corrections better.
A few tutorials to get you inspired
Mapping A Texture To A Face In Photoshop
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/texture-map/
Photoshop Tutorial: Professional Make-up and Face Slimming
http://www.pxleyes.com/tutorial/photoshop/1395/Professional-Make-up-and-Face-Slimming.html
Glamour Model
http://www.eyesontutorials.com/articles/40/1/Glamour-Model/Page1.html
Photoshop Roadmap
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Tag/%20face/1
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-tutorials/Photo-retouching/Most-popular/1/
Amazing Retouching And Photo Enhancing Tutorials In Photoshop
By Dainis Graveris on March 31, 2009
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/tutorials/amazing-retouching-tutorials-in-photoshop/
