Environmental Portrait

19 06 2010

One of the things I like about the experimentation that I have been doing with models is creating environmental portraits…. capturing the subject in their environment.

I snapped this shot of Mr. Pritchard on our Karijini trip. I liked the soft tones of the background colours.

OK. OK… So Neal is not Tahlea in a bikini….

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Date : June 19, 2010
Tags: Neal Pritchard, Pilbara, Spool Photography, Western Australia
Categories : Landscape, Portrait / Studio stuff

16 responses

19 06 2010: Ken (09:54:34) :

I’m thankful he’s not in a bikini.
19 06 2010: truenorthmark (23:24:51) :

Tahlea he is not but a great shot of Neal mate!
20 06 2010: spoolphotography (10:23:25) :

You seem to have a knack for catching folks unaware … I think thats the second time you have caught me unaware … I always prefer those shots to the standard “stand here and smile” shots folks take …

The clarity on this image stunning and I love the soft pinkish tones in the landscape you have used … Did you use off camera flash ?
20 06 2010: mattlauder (11:03:50) :

All Neil needs a Peter Lik hat and he could be his twin.
20 06 2010: spoolphotography (11:23:32) :

UN-Believe-able LOL 🙂
20 06 2010: Fletch (20:50:31) :

beat me to it Matt, Likky has nothing on this macho man. This guy looks like he only needs one shot!
21 06 2010: Will ophuis (11:36:36) :

Yep Lik twin for sure lol!
21 06 2010: James Souter (18:01:22) :

Nice work Brent

What post processing have you done to the photo to get that result?
22 06 2010: Brent (06:33:52) :

Hey James

Well to start with, I shot the image at f2.8 so all the blurring/sharpness was as it was captured in camera.

As far as processing I did the following

I Added a Calivinize layer to create the warm mood (this is the trick I demoed at Karijini).
Then I added a Freaky detail layer
Then I did some curves to darken selected parts of the image
Bit of vignette
Final sharpen

Thats it.

Brent
24 06 2010: Greg (09:07:11) :

Is there a reason his legs, hands and chest is shaved? 😉
this looks weird…
24 06 2010: timwratephotography (11:10:32) :

@ Matt Lauder – haha Neal would have to cut off his sleeves too!
9 07 2010: dylanfox (07:59:19) :

this is a stella shot.
so good to not have to look at another pic of fletch! 😉
now u just need to make an film on Neal to match that of Likky’s
15 07 2010: MatthewSaul (20:08:49) :

where you at Brent??
17 07 2010: Brent (10:50:48) :

I’m in Vegas right now… just finished a 3 week holiday in USA including a week in Utah.

Fantastic!!!

Brent
18 07 2010: Fletch (15:44:05) :

when you home mate, missing your posts
19 07 2010: BRentbat (01:02:27) :

In Las Vegas now. Driving to LA today and flying home tonight.

Speak soon

Brent