[StudioJ]

Many moons ago I did a shoot with an older goth lady and posted it on ADI for alteration and Slej came up with the following;



Recently I had another shoot with a different girl but the lighting wasn't very exciting, I'd like to do a series of edits to the whole batch of photos so I'm looking for gothy ideas for these shots, one has been attached below;

[byrt_001]

hi well it depends what the lady wants but looking at her and her look, i thought of this:



dublicateed layer crop and resize and tilted
selec face
applyed fresco filter.

Regards

Christian

[StudioJ]

Grungy Mona Lisa look Christian?

[Petographer]

I thought your original was "loud" and the one way to soften it up was just a simple blur filter. I will work on it more and see what other versions I can come up with.

[byrt_001]

hi

I thought about that peto and all the little extras on her face. but then... thats what is her. i also thought on the background been too black and her too pale.
i also think her of been revelious and with the diferent colours.................. maybe this will be ok? there is not much room to work on it.....is just her.






regards


Christian

[Petographer]

For something more dramatic.

[byrt_001]

hi

been playing a lot with the car and them a though..uuuhmmmm




cya

[byrt_001]

uuuuhmmmm





Regards

[StudioJ]

Geez you two must be on some good drugs! I love the psychadelic one Christian.

[Irma]

[byrt_001]

hi Irma

uuhmmm sometimes the simples way is the bettest!

niiice


take care


christian

[Irma]

Thanks Chris, I think the girl herself has already a lot of information to add more. Lighting a bit her hair and the skirt and tights is ok, since the rest is visible enough

[slejhamer]

To me "goth" is darkness, vampires, bad music ...

So I went with more "traditional" looks with deep tones, where many of the black details get lost but the highlights jump out a bit more. Like a vampire in an alleyway...

Midnight Goth:


Bronzed and Diffuzed:


Black Mournings:


Queen of the Night:

[StudioJ]

I never seem to have much luck with lighting effects but that gives it some depth Irma and the blue makes it look colder.

I love the second one Mitch, it gives it some drama but leaves a bit of detail left behind.

[guerito]

Here's my go at it. Just added two correction layers: Levels (Input 0/0.29/229) and Threshold(102). Threshold layer at visibilty 30%.

[Irma]

My first idea was to lighten the background evenly and add a wide grid shadow without touching her... The picture is beautiful and the girl as well, I think a lot of things could be made with the picture. It was very nice to play with your picture.

[Russt]

Interesting thread...............I have much to learn about ps

Well done all

[shuttertalk]

From my personal preference, Mitch's Bronze and Diffused is the most tasteful for me...

Excellent thread by the way, J... I wonder what the model would say if she saw this?

[Toad]

Nice work everybody - my 2 favorites are Mitch's first attempt and Guerito's treatment.

Seems amazing to me that this thread has escaped my attention until now. Have to jump in and give it a bash myself.

[rikbrandt]

Sometimes, just a subtle change can make a differance...how about a little attitude adjustment?

[StudioJ]

Hah! Thats rather cool Rik, she looks pretty agro, suits the look but its a shame she wasn't overly excited about shooting even though it was her idea, she didn't want what I wanted, oh well!