Photography question.?

Question

I would like to know how photographers take photos with their camera and have the photos turn out in a form that resembles a painting. When I take pictures with my XTi the photos look normal with all the bright colors. However I see photographers claim they do NO editing and the pictures have crazy colors that almost look like it was a painting not a photo. Look at this link for example:

http://www.modelmayhem.com/pics.php?id=369250

Now tell me how pictures can look dark and painting like with out editing! And if it is editing why would someone lie and what software is needed?

Answer 1

First of all, if you really want film images to "pop" I would suggest using a pro film. Kodak porta 160vc, or portra 400 vc, has the added saturation that makes colors really stand out, and you should own and use a circular polarizer to reduce randomly diffused light, they work just like sunglasses.
Everything else I see in those photos looks like straight up spectacular use of fill flash, and natural light modifiers such as reflectors, which come in white, silver, and gold.
If you could watch a pro at work, you would see at least one assistant wearing out a pair of sneakers, setting up all this stuff.
Incidentally, every image captured in digital is edited by at the minimum sharpened, and the color gamut needs to be brought within printable range.

A quick note to whomever is thumbing down others answers, if you knew JACK about the subject, you'd know they are right. Freakin' TROLL

Answer 2

Pretty much every single one of those pictures can be done in camera without any photo editing. However most likely there is always some post production work involved.

The key is lighting. Invariably most of these shots are lit with strobes. Now there are different modifiers for the light depending on the photographer. So there isn't a single answer on how each was done.

Here is a trick. To see how a picture was done look in the catch light in the eye. (It is the bright highlight. That will usually show the source light. You can then tell if it was a umbrella, softbox. beauty dish or any other type of light. Once you know how to read that, you can also tell what direction and how close or far the light is. If you can zoom in you can often see aht type of fill was used. This will give you clues to the entire lighting pattern that was used

Answer 3

Try Trick Photography Special Effects - http://tinyurl.com/CJn7B68H02

Answer 4

don't know why anyone would lie, but perhaps a very skillful photographer could do that without editing or very much editing, a couple of them are easy enough if you understand how to place your lighting and a couple of them i swear are photoshoped to some degree.
there are a couple of reasons i couldn't present those kinds of images in my work and the first is i'm not skillful enough, but then my lovely and talented wife wouldn't let me, and then again i'd probably forget about the camera or ruin it for all my drooling on it.

Answer 5

While there are many film techniques that can be employed to get some of these techniques,( ie cross processing) some of these are definitely edited.

EDITED TO ADD _By the way, I read the photographers site and this is what he stated "I do not give models un-edited images. You will get your edited images via digital download or CD within days of the shoot"

Yes, he edits!

Answer 6

Aside form some cropping, all those different photos are just a photogs use of lighting, and the functions of a decent camera..

And lots of experience and practice.

Answer 7

Fhotoace is right, learning to see what light does is key to all good photography. Also knowing how to manipulate light to your advantage is useful. That may sound simple, but to do it on a regular basis is what turns amateurs into pros.

Answer 8

Fhotoace is right (as always).

Don't you think these photos look like they used reflectors to bounce the light onto the model, too?