<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Reverse-Engineering The Work of a Master: Creating A Portrait In The Style Of Dan Winters</title> <atom:link href="http://fstoppers.com/dan-winters-lighting-processing-bts/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://fstoppers.com/dan-winters-lighting-processing-bts</link> <description>Video Blog for Creative Professionals</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 05:31:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>By: Brian Powell</title><link>http://fstoppers.com/dan-winters-lighting-processing-bts/comment-page-1#comment-65590</link> <dc:creator>Brian Powell</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:05:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://fstoppers.com/?p=55642#comment-65590</guid> <description><![CDATA[The light on your subject&#039;s face isn&#039;t really even close -- maybe in direction, but not in falloff/quality. Even after all the processing, look at the shadow from the nose. He is lighting the face with two lights, one hard and one soft, but flagging the soft light from the lapel area. That&#039;s why Dan is the master -- opening up the shadows with light and getting it nearly perfect in-camera first.   There are some things you just can&#039;t do in PS later!If you look at the direction of the lapel shadows, you can see his lights are set up farther to Tom&#039;s side than your diagram shows.  Farther away from the camera.   It would be impossible to get that lapel shadow with lights setup at a 45 degree orientation to Tom.  His lights are set up a touch higher as well, if you see the bottom of the shadow of the nose (hard light shadow).  His is exactly even with the bottom of Tom&#039;s nose and yours starts to raise a bit higher.    (You can also notice this by comparing that angles your chin shadow to Tom&#039;s lapel shadow - same source).   Like Joe McNally says, it&#039;s a game of inches  :)Another thing that makes his portraits pop is the focus of the BG light.   That is something you can try to enhance later (burning in the vignette), but I bet Dan gets the BG light focused pretty well in camera. Other details like body positioning and gaze direction are open for interpretation, but if you&#039;re trying to replicate a shot -- I would pay attention to those as well.Props for trying to replicate a master though!  That&#039;s what I love about photography; when so many factors and variables are involved, it&#039;s ethereal, and often cannot possibly replicated.   Truly a moment in time.  ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The light on your subject&#8217;s face isn&#8217;t really even close &#8212; maybe in direction, but not in falloff/quality. Even after all the processing, look at the shadow from the nose. He is lighting the face with two lights, one hard and one soft, but flagging the soft light from the lapel area. That&#8217;s why Dan is the master &#8212; opening up the shadows with light and getting it nearly perfect in-camera first.   There are some things you just can&#8217;t do in PS later!</p><p>If you look at the direction of the lapel shadows, you can see his lights are set up farther to Tom&#8217;s side than your diagram shows.  Farther away from the camera.   It would be impossible to get that lapel shadow with lights setup at a 45 degree orientation to Tom.  His lights are set up a touch higher as well, if you see the bottom of the shadow of the nose (hard light shadow).  His is exactly even with the bottom of Tom&#8217;s nose and yours starts to raise a bit higher.    (You can also notice this by comparing that angles your chin shadow to Tom&#8217;s lapel shadow &#8211; same source).   Like Joe McNally says, it&#8217;s a game of inches  :)Another thing that makes his portraits pop is the focus of the BG light.   That is something you can try to enhance later (burning in the vignette), but I bet Dan gets the BG light focused pretty well in camera. Other details like body positioning and gaze direction are open for interpretation, but if you&#8217;re trying to replicate a shot &#8212; I would pay attention to those as well.Props for trying to replicate a master though!  That&#8217;s what I love about photography; when so many factors and variables are involved, it&#8217;s ethereal, and often cannot possibly replicated.   Truly a moment in time.  </p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Guillaume Megevand</title><link>http://fstoppers.com/dan-winters-lighting-processing-bts/comment-page-1#comment-58587</link> <dc:creator>Guillaume Megevand</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:53:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://fstoppers.com/?p=55642#comment-58587</guid> <description><![CDATA[Wouah I need to progress at Photoshop]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wouah I need to progress at Photoshop</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: CBiele</title><link>http://fstoppers.com/dan-winters-lighting-processing-bts/comment-page-1#comment-53673</link> <dc:creator>CBiele</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:47:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://fstoppers.com/?p=55642#comment-53673</guid> <description><![CDATA[I like the channels tip for brining back specularity. That&#039;s handy to know.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like the channels tip for brining back specularity. That&#8217;s handy to know.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Kevin</title><link>http://fstoppers.com/dan-winters-lighting-processing-bts/comment-page-1#comment-52747</link> <dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:49:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://fstoppers.com/?p=55642#comment-52747</guid> <description><![CDATA[Dan Winters&#039;s portrait of Tom Hanks was the topic of a discussion thread on Strobist.com a while back.  After many readers&#039; attempts at re-constructing the lighting for this particular photo, one reader, John Adkins II, decided to email Dan Winters directly.  He received a response from Dan and posted it in the thread.  You&#039;ll have to scroll down quite a bit. http://www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/discuss/72157622852349159/?search=dan+wintersI suppose all you have to do sometimes is ask! ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dan Winters&#8217;s portrait of Tom Hanks was the topic of a discussion thread on Strobist.com a while back.  After many readers&#8217; attempts at re-constructing the lighting for this particular photo, one reader, John Adkins II, decided to email Dan Winters directly.  He received a response from Dan and posted it in the thread.  You&#8217;ll have to scroll down quite a bit. </p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/discuss/72157622852349159/?search=dan+winters" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/discuss/72157622852349159/?search=dan+winters</a></p><p>I suppose all you have to do sometimes is ask!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: jaskjer</title><link>http://fstoppers.com/dan-winters-lighting-processing-bts/comment-page-1#comment-52703</link> <dc:creator>jaskjer</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:24:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://fstoppers.com/?p=55642#comment-52703</guid> <description><![CDATA[Why?]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Michael Ericsson</title><link>http://fstoppers.com/dan-winters-lighting-processing-bts/comment-page-1#comment-52694</link> <dc:creator>Michael Ericsson</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:11:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://fstoppers.com/?p=55642#comment-52694</guid> <description><![CDATA[Or just shoot portra]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Or just shoot portra</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: vonwong</title><link>http://fstoppers.com/dan-winters-lighting-processing-bts/comment-page-1#comment-52691</link> <dc:creator>vonwong</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:24:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://fstoppers.com/?p=55642#comment-52691</guid> <description><![CDATA[neat learned something! ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>neat learned something! </p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jorge Moro</title><link>http://fstoppers.com/dan-winters-lighting-processing-bts/comment-page-1#comment-52683</link> <dc:creator>Jorge Moro</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:22:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://fstoppers.com/?p=55642#comment-52683</guid> <description><![CDATA[That&#039;s just wrong.  ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s just wrong.  </p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Ido N</title><link>http://fstoppers.com/dan-winters-lighting-processing-bts/comment-page-1#comment-52665</link> <dc:creator>Ido N</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 05:59:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://fstoppers.com/?p=55642#comment-52665</guid> <description><![CDATA[I really like it. Thank you! ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really like it.<br /> Thank you!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>