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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo in my studio in 2014, here in Turin.

Time

I don't remember but I think it was 11.00 a.m. I love to shoot in the studio, becouse I can take pictures at 3 a.m or 2 a.m. too hehehe

Lighting

I used 3 flash to have soft shadows on the dress and face. When I take photos in the studio I prefer to keep the original shadows on the floor only.

Equipment

I used my Canon 40D with 24-70mm, 3 elinchrom flash with octabox

Inspiration

I love historical dresses and paintings.

Editing

Yes, I used photoshop CC, a background from Brownzart stock and flowers on the right. I used my Wacom small pen. I love to play with the blending mode and layer masks. first step : Camera RAW , use "clarity" to improve the details, lower the shadows and highlights 2nd duplicate the layer 3rd open the BG between original layer and copylayer 4- create a layer mask on the copy of the model now change the blend mode of the BG in Softlight 5- Dodge and burn with grey layer 6 -merge all layers and apply camera raw filter 7 improve the clarity about 70% lower the shadows and highlights DONE.

In my camera bag

Canon 40D , 24-70mm f2.8, 70-200mm f4, 2 yongnuo 460 and 135mm f4 (Manual focus)

Feedback

Remember : if you want to make a great digitalart , you should use a grey background, and 3 flash with octabox. Don't forget to use the pen when you work on Photoshop. And the most important tip is to use Overlay or Softlight blend mode to have a great result.

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