Trying to get this looks, for photoshop expert in post processing. Please look.

[Tinh Ngo]

http://www.briannagraham.com/seniors/index2.php click on senior and any potrait

always been a fan of her work, i was wondering how she tone her skin like that and the whole pictures look like oil pants. I always been interested in getting that nice POP look. Any help on what tools she use and edit would be nice thanks.

[Radtech1]

A lot of light control during shooting. Looks like a mild variation of a Dragan filter on some. Heavy use of vignetting in processing (to compliment the light control). Also, selective application of sepia filtering as well. All this in addition to increased contrast, high pass sharpening of textures (bricks, denim, etc) as well as on the eyes, along with skin smoothing.

All in all, a lot more than 1 click.

Rad

[Tinh Ngo]

Thanks rad i think i understand where your coming from. I will edit some and let you know if i kind of get it. big help.

[Radtech1]

Hey rad here a few question if you dont mind, thanks for your time. Really appericate it. Most of her pictures i see use a lot of vig and the fitler your talking about.

1) high pass sharpening of textures (bricks, denim, etc) <-- can you explain or give me an example.

2) the dragan filter is like this correct? http://www.pbase.com/sheila/dragan_portraits ?

3) is this free to download, is this kind of like a action or filter?

4) I will edit some and let you know thanks! Is there a tool for vignette ?

5) Do you like any of the kubota actions? Sorry if i have a few question.

1) High pass sharpening. Very useful tool for brining out texture. In photoshop create a duplicate layer. Go to Filter / Other / High Pass. It will look gray. Set the Radius for anything from 0.5 to 3. Depends on the initial resolution of the shot. Then set the Blend Mode of that High Pass layer to "Hard Light"

2) Yes, that is the effect.

3) A fairly decent free one is found at Action Central ( http://www.atncentral.com/ ). Here is the download page ( http://www.atncentral.com/download.htm ). Look for "Draganizer"

4) Look at this link: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=526166

5) Never used them. Sorry.

Rad

[Tinh Ngo]

thanks a lot. i will try it and see how it work out, are you talking about the senior potrait sections. I didnt want to do to much to make them look fake, but still keep the color.