Highly Subjective

Location: San Francisco, CA – Edge Studios
Model: Alyssa

A couple of weeks ago I made an image entitled, Disturbing Dominique. It was my first time playing around with the Liquify tool in Photoshop. Tonight I decided to give it another try with this image of Alyssa. It has a few flaws, but I’m pretty happy with how it came out.

I’m no stranger to image manipulation, but historically I’ve always used more traditional photographic techniques… composition, color, contrast, etc… I’m only just beginning to dive into the kind of manipulation that is possible with Photoshop. Although I have no intention of abandoning my photographic roots, this is definitely an area I want to explore.

As a frame of reference, I’m including two additional versions of this image. One is straight out of the camera, no manipulation at all. The other is where I originally stopped in my post-processing. The best way to view them is to click on the first image, to bring up the large version, and then cycle through them using the arrow keys.

I find it very interesting that through manipulating this image, I made it into something that I actually like, and captures my attention. I thought the original image was so uninteresting that I almost tossed it. I’m glad I didn’t

My original (post-processing) version.

Straight out of the camera.

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Location: San Francisco, CA – Edge Studios
Model: Alyssa

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Location: San Francisco, CA – Edge Studios
Model: Alyssa

[tags]Color, People, Nudes, Women, Studio, Alyssa, Toned[/tags]

Location: San Francisco, CA – Edge Studios
Model: Alyssa

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Location: San Francisco, CA – Edge Studios
Model: Alyssa

Alyssa was the final model I shot at Sunday’s nude photography workshop. It was the end of the day, and I think we were both tired and ready to go home. Alyssa didn’t seem like she had as much experience as some of the other models, and as mentioned in previous posts, I’m so new at this that I didn’t have any idea what I was doing. While we were shooting I wasn’t sure if I was getting anything that I would like, but now that I’ve had a chance to go through them, there are a few that I think came out really well.

[tags]Color, People, Nudes, Women, Studio, Portrait, Alyssa, Toned[/tags]