I've been in Taiwan for 10 days now and I've noticed that the Asian style of photography is usually much more high-key and with less contrast. This picture was shot by my buddy Jerry in his "Photography/Lighting" class. The teacher set up the lights and each of the students had a chance to shoot with the model.
And it's truly indicative of the style of photography and lighting that you see in the magazines, album covers, etc. In fact the last time I was here a fellow photographer exclaimed that Asian photography doesn't often use hard lighting. Don't believe me? Check out one of the biggest modeling agencies in Taiwan here.
If they only knew that I sometimes shoot with the afternoon sun unmodified :)
Anyway, so I had Jerry send me some of his sample pictures and I tried my hand retouching. You're seeing the results. I cleaned up the skin, the uneven skin tones, drew in the cheekbones a little, sharpened, gave it some texture, played with the levels, corrected the color balance, put in some highlights... that's it. Took me about 30 minutes or so.
Photographer: Jerry Chiu
Retoucher: Charles Yeh
Model/Makeup/Wardrobe: Karen
And it's truly indicative of the style of photography and lighting that you see in the magazines, album covers, etc. In fact the last time I was here a fellow photographer exclaimed that Asian photography doesn't often use hard lighting. Don't believe me? Check out one of the biggest modeling agencies in Taiwan here.
If they only knew that I sometimes shoot with the afternoon sun unmodified :)
Anyway, so I had Jerry send me some of his sample pictures and I tried my hand retouching. You're seeing the results. I cleaned up the skin, the uneven skin tones, drew in the cheekbones a little, sharpened, gave it some texture, played with the levels, corrected the color balance, put in some highlights... that's it. Took me about 30 minutes or so.
Photographer: Jerry Chiu
Retoucher: Charles Yeh
Model/Makeup/Wardrobe: Karen
