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Claire
10th of June 2006 (Sat), 05:18
I've taken regular snap shots with my P&S of people with fairly dark skin. Many times the face turned fairly dark. I've taken a few shots with my DSLR of a couple of girls with darker skin, but does anyone have any good advice how to get a good exposure on dark(er) skin?
InskiP
10th of June 2006 (Sat), 12:44
Anyone?

I've been wondering about this as well. And what about when you're photographing two people and one is darker complected than the other?
Claire
24th of June 2006 (Sat), 07:38
I'm gonna give this question another try as I'm interested to get some good tips. The couple I'm photographing (wedding) in Aug both have darker complexions. She's also aiming to get a nice tan. He's of Indian descent, so fairly dark. He looks kinda like the guy playing Sayid on "Lost".

She'll be wearing a white wedding dress, and he'll wear a light beige suit. Photos will be outdoors.Any good tips?
Az2Africa
24th of June 2006 (Sat), 08:04
I just did a wedding like this. I set custom WB off a grey card. and exposed for the white dress. Not as dramatic as African features, but it will work.
I had to lighten his face quite a bit, as he works outdoors and is very tan.

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399Retouch
24th of June 2006 (Sat), 09:30
...The couple I'm photographing (wedding) in Aug both have darker complexions...She'll be wearing a white wedding dress, and he'll wear a light beige suit. Photos will be outdoors. Any good tips?

The dark skin against a white wedding dress will be a challenge. Playing with the gamma during post-processing may be needed.

Earlier this week we had an African-American model, a regular retouching client, who noted that we had made her skin too light in one image. We adjusted the gamma and she was happy.

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Claire
24th of June 2006 (Sat), 10:02
The bride's complexions are not African, she's caucasian, but leaning towards latino a bit.

Should I expose for the clothes or faces, and would it be his face as he's darker?
Az2Africa
24th of June 2006 (Sat), 10:59
Ideally I will, if time permits, use a light meter and shoot in Raw.
forbiggs
10th of July 2006 (Mon), 00:38
Earlier this week we had an African-American model, a regular retouching client, who noted that we had made her skin too light in one image. We adjusted the gamma and she was happy.

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I will be doing my first African-American model next weekend. Any tips?

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