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[Contents page] Introduction 1 Lighting Equipment and Techniques Guide to hardware 10 Lighting styles and techniques 12 2 Color Correction and Enhancement Warming up portraits 20 Cooling down 22 Adding color gels 24 Chemical distortion 26 Extreme color and contrast 28 Cross processing 30 Hand-coloring 32 Sepia and variations toning 34 Isolating color for effect 36 3 Creative Lighting Restoring burn out 40 Adding directional lighting 42 Creating high key pictures 44 Creating low key portraits 46 Adding shadow effects 48 Adding candlelight and color 50 Background lights 52 Mixed light sources 54 Turning day into night 56 Creating silhouettes 58 4 Personal Improvements Facial: pimples, teeth and eyes 62 Superstar complexion 64 Changing eye and hair color 66 Digital dieting 68 Turning back the clock 70 Advancing the years 72 5 Lens and Background Effects Improving vacation pictures 76 Instant studio backgrounds 78 Cropping for effect 80 Body abstracts 82 Depth of field 84 Diffused effects 86 Vignettes 88 Super wide-angles 90 Mirror images 92 6 Magical Monochrome Gritty portraits 96 Hard-hitting urban monochrome 98 Mellow monochrome 100 Adding grain and texture effects 102 Diffuse glow effects 106 Soot and whitewash prints 108 Graphic black and white 110 7 Classic Styles Victorian fancy 112 Early Hollywood 116 Classic Hollywood 118 Forties Hollywood 120 Film Noir 122 David Bailey 124 Helmut Newton 126 Nan Goldin 128 John Swannell 130 8 Artistic Effects Portraits in oil 134 Watercolors 136 Sketchpad drawings 138 Adding smoke and mist 140 Radical portrait enhancement 142 9 Frames and Compositions Digital frames 148 Adding edges 150 Adding framing scenery 152 Foreign vacation 154 Multiple personae 156 Tryptichs 158 The Blitz 160 Generations 162 Restoring old family photos 166 Ancient Egypt 170 Film star poster 174 Gothic horror 178 Photoshop shortcut key table 180 Glossary and Further Resources 184 Index 186 Acknowledgments 192
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Portrait photography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Photography -- Digital techniques -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Adobe Photoshop.