best canon 85mm lens image
Clarissa
Okay so the first link down below is to a photograph I took. I edited this picture using just Lightroom 4, but I do also have Photoshop CS6. The second link is to a photograph by a professional photographer. His images are amazing. They are all so sharp and beautiful! And his models skin tones are PERFECT. Does anyone have any advice for me on how to get my images to look more like his? I mainly want to focus on the sharpness and the bright creamy skin tones. We both are using the same lens; Canon 85mm 1.2. So if anyone has any advice on how to edit in Lightroom or Photoshop and maybe how to use my lens settings that would be great too!! Thanks!
MINE-
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=436562149772952&set=a.436562109772956.1073741832.432970563465444&type=1&theater
HIS-
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151494826249841&set=a.307814039840.145211.223961969840&type=1&permPage=1
Answer
His skin tones aren't perfect by a long shot. Its sloppy and smudgy.
They are better for one because the photographer uses saturation masks and evens the skin saturation so its not blotchy although he still has saturation banding at the edges.
Intense D&B is probably also used to even out the tones.
That means adding a black and white adjustment layer then adding curves adjustment layer.
Change the blend mode of the curves layer to luminosity and change 128 grey to say 178.
Invert the mask, zoom in to 100 % or MORE
Use a soft brush.
Change the opacity of the brush to around 1-3%
Lighten darker areas slowly and build it up to match in all places on the face. Uncheck the layer to see your results, you will be surprised.
Create another curves layer with the opposite for burning to bring down brighter areas on the face. Match the tones on the face or sculpt it with light D&B.
His skin tones aren't perfect by a long shot. Its sloppy and smudgy.
They are better for one because the photographer uses saturation masks and evens the skin saturation so its not blotchy although he still has saturation banding at the edges.
Intense D&B is probably also used to even out the tones.
That means adding a black and white adjustment layer then adding curves adjustment layer.
Change the blend mode of the curves layer to luminosity and change 128 grey to say 178.
Invert the mask, zoom in to 100 % or MORE
Use a soft brush.
Change the opacity of the brush to around 1-3%
Lighten darker areas slowly and build it up to match in all places on the face. Uncheck the layer to see your results, you will be surprised.
Create another curves layer with the opposite for burning to bring down brighter areas on the face. Match the tones on the face or sculpt it with light D&B.
What should my f/stop be when taking a picture of a couple?
Clarissa
I have a Canon 85mm 1.2. I want my background to be as blurring as possible but I want my subjects to be super sharp and in focus.
Answer
In order to have a persons face in focus, from the tip of their nose to the back of their ears, you will have to stop down to about f/4 or f/5.6.
To keep the background out of focus, have them stand at least four feet in front of it.
Do some tests to make sure that their heads are in focus and that the background is out of focus as much as you desire.
If you are shooting other than head and shoulder shots (with the lens further away from the couple), you can use a larger aperture on the lens, but again, you will have to do some tests to assure that their heads are in focus.
In order to have a persons face in focus, from the tip of their nose to the back of their ears, you will have to stop down to about f/4 or f/5.6.
To keep the background out of focus, have them stand at least four feet in front of it.
Do some tests to make sure that their heads are in focus and that the background is out of focus as much as you desire.
If you are shooting other than head and shoulder shots (with the lens further away from the couple), you can use a larger aperture on the lens, but again, you will have to do some tests to assure that their heads are in focus.
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