ALVARADO Style Photo Editing

[vancouverderek]

I would love to talk to anyone who has figured out how Robert Alvarado does his editing.  His stuff is gorgeous and, though he doesnt do alot of pinup, would really lend to that type of shoot.

Any feedback or techniques at all would be greatly appreciated.

[KandyK]

I think his whole portfolio is Pin Up

[vancouverderek]

Yah, I had another look and it kinda is all pinup.... I think I have the images of the girl Jesse James was schtupping too stuck in my head...(damn you TMZ!) :)

KandyK said:

I think his whole portfolio is Pin Up

[Edson Carlos]

The image you posted is way overexposed, it almost burned my eyes out! Post some of your work here for critique. Happy to help.

[vancouverderek]

My apologies about this... my browser crashed when I was posting here and I didnt think an image got attached at all... my bad...

Edson C. {PL Team} said:

The image you posted is way overexposed, it almost burned my eyes out! Post some of your work here for critique. Happy to help.

[vancouverderek]

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[2d1jh4f6bcokc]

way over exposed ..... bring that down and you'll be closer to his look... your finishing looked pretty close already....
what program do you use to edit with ? One thing that helps your photo's " POP " is
bring up the black level if your in lightroom or bridge ... makes a big difference ....

vancouverderek said:

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[Edson Carlos]

I think you're trying to achieve the soft smooth pinup finish by doing the wrong thing, increasing exposure/brightness.

[Edson Carlos]

That has an HDR feel but i'm not so certain the image is actually HDR. Its an amazing piece and one I havent seen! If HDR, it's possible one of the shots used contained the girl and that one remained fairly unmodified with the other 2 blended in to pull out detail in the rest of the photograph keeping her pinup soft..

mrjynx said:

I was always interested in viva van storys extreme colours.

http://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/13358252

that picture is a high dynamic range photo. which is 3 exposures combined, to get additional detail and colour. just google it. it can be faked to a degree in photoshop.

however theres probably a lot more editing which goes on.
levels,saturation,selective colour adjustments.

I think its a case of just being good with the tools. A noob could have the same tools and it would look terrible, theyre just very good at what they do.

[PixelPurfect]

I think Alvarado uses a plugin called Lucis Art. Among other things, including incredible lighting, models and makeup.

[2d1jh4f6bcokc]

I agree with you on this useless plugin crap.... photoshop rules !!! Just learn it people !!! Check out Kelbytraining.com and you'll learn from the pros !!!

mrjynx said:

David L Lawrence said:

I think Alvarado uses a plugin called Lucis Art. Among other things, including incredible lighting, models and makeup.

No, these plugins are here to make money off of you, they dont do anything that photoshop cant nativly do. All that plugin does is is gives you a custom interface for the "unsharpen mask" filter & "shadow/highlights" under image-adjust.

You absolutely do not need to spend any more money to do this, its just being good at using those few native tools.

[PixelPurfect]

Not to be argumentative, but there isn't anyone on KelbyTraining that can do what Robert Alvarado does. I've asked. :o)

Flat Black Photography said:

I agree with you on this useless plugin crap.... photoshop rules !!! Just learn it people !!! Check out Kelbytraining.com and you'll learn from the pros !!!

mrjynx said:

David L Lawrence said:

I think Alvarado uses a plugin called Lucis Art. Among other things, including incredible lighting, models and makeup.

No, these plugins are here to make money off of you, they dont do anything that photoshop cant nativly do. All that plugin does is is gives you a custom interface for the "unsharpen mask" filter & "shadow/highlights" under image-adjust.

You absolutely do not need to spend any more money to do this, its just being good at using those few native tools.

[2d1jh4f6bcokc]

I found this after some hunting around the web... sweet program to use with photoshopping ....

http://gallery.imagenomic.com/Photography/Beauty-and-Fashion/Robert...
hope this helps ....