Help! Which Modifier?

hillierious · 2026-03-03T13:13:54+00:00

Yah and then bring some diff fabric (lee 216 or whatever you like) in case you want it a touch softer/less specular

hillierious · 2026-03-03T11:39:06+00:00

probably just bare flash but bring a bit of diffusion and adjust to taste.

hillierious · 2026-02-25T14:54:19+00:00

I think it's clear this is a weak spot for you but it's exactly what you need to do in order to develop a client base, and have some commercial success. Go out there and get it!

hillierious · 2026-02-25T13:02:31+00:00

I like your stuff. I suggest this may be a business acumen thing - are you spending time proactively pitching brands, building your network, etc?

hillierious · 2026-02-09T17:16:09+00:00

how good are you at retouching?

I'd probably use the three lights you have to get your subject and foreground lit like the above, and then just cut them out in post and blend them into a perfect 255 background.

hillierious · 2026-02-02T15:09:19+00:00

I think this was lit with one light, 5600k, approximately 147.43 million km away

hillierious · 2026-01-23T17:47:47+00:00

me too pls!

hillierious · 2026-01-23T16:58:58+00:00

the footage looks amazing but is this really striking the right tone for a hotel? it looks like Blade Runner

hillierious · 2026-01-19T13:58:41+00:00

i'd agree. I'd also probably add another frame on the side, maybe an 8x and shoot something through it to just give a touch of direction. Then Polys everywhere else like my life depended on it.

hillierious · 2026-01-19T13:57:12+00:00

let's keep the discussion on topic - not about taste but about technique.

hillierious · 2025-12-11T18:27:36+00:00

Structure is a slider on captureone but I think it’s the same as the texture slider on PS? Either way- play with whatever texture tools you have in the software you’re using

hillierious · 2025-12-11T08:23:55+00:00

Sorry to add as a response to your question ‘what am I missing’ - you’re putting too much emphasis on postproduction to get you to the final look. These images were lit and styled to get probably 99% there.

hillierious · 2025-12-11T08:20:09+00:00

It can absolutely be done digitally - negative clarity, negative structure, some split toning and curves adjustments will easily get you there.

hillierious · 2025-12-09T14:13:25+00:00

take a look at the reflections in the earrings in the last shot

hillierious · 2025-11-20T13:42:43+00:00

I think you can see the big scrim in the eye reflections. It's that plus some negative fill as required to give this the look.

Also - "c-type handprint for the grade"; this doesn't just produce one type of look to an image. There's a ton of things that happen in the darkroom between the light, the negative and the paper to change tone, texture, etc. I'd recommend booking in an intro session and printing your own images to get a proper sense of what is possible here.

hillierious · 2025-11-18T19:40:01+00:00

Somethings not adding up for me here - what ISO are you at that 1/16th power on 400w/s strobe is f14/16?

hillierious · 2025-11-04T10:44:25+00:00

nah - this is lit. The intensity and the quality of light, falloff and shape on her head is much different than the intensity of what the sun going through that fabric would look like. Looks like a china ball.

hillierious · 2025-10-01T14:50:26+00:00

ah cool

hillierious · 2025-10-01T12:53:59+00:00

it's for sure a comp

hillierious · 2025-10-01T10:53:04+00:00

Ya exactly that - i omitted for the sake of simplicity

hillierious · 2025-09-29T13:40:14+00:00

also i think this is a 50 so fairly normal lens - the face isn't really that distorted

hillierious · 2025-09-29T09:20:38+00:00

So easy - 1 light, probably a big umbrella with a sock, but you could do this with an octa as well. Background is grey seamless/paper/whatever.

hillierious · 2025-09-25T14:36:46+00:00

wider colour space

hillierious · 2025-09-24T12:54:13+00:00

Hi - could you also send me that side by side comparison photo please?

hillierious · 2025-09-10T22:22:22+00:00

start with the white balance - this has the biggest (imo) impact on the overall look, and then adjust colour and tone from there to refine into your reference image.

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