Posted by Julia G on Mon, 01/15/07 12:14
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Comments by Jeff K. on Mon, 01/15/07 14:00

Very groovy. Can you share the technique?


Comments by Julia G on Mon, 01/15/07 14:08

technique? what technique? that's straight out of camera... : )


um... let's see - used a tutorial from NAPP to add the texture but it was basically an adjustment layer set to pattern/overlay/and adjust opacity... the color is an action - I think - from Jeremy Sparling... a touch of a Lucis art type action, a texture overlay... basically, just a lot of playing around... the b/g is a freebie from the exchange (I think)

how's things been?


Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Mon, 01/15/07 14:22

The toning works well to give a moody feel (depressed?) while the bordering would usually not work because there is so much of it which would normally overwhelm any picture but that is not the case here (probably because the colors of the image and the bordering are the same). The image works particularly well for me when it is set against a black background.


Comments by Arfon John on Mon, 01/15/07 14:39

Very nice work and a bit different, which is good. I'm sure Hamlet would approve of this Ophelia, she's quite a looker.


Comments by AG Laycock on Mon, 01/15/07 14:56

Does Cher know you are using her image :) Seriously it resembles a cyanotype and in some ways it's kind of sad that so much can be done to mimic things that used to take a great deal of knowledge, skill, time and sweat. But it's the way things are going to be from now on. Photography has now become subset of graphic arts rather than an art form unto itself.


Comments by Ruth Rittichier on Mon, 01/15/07 15:02

Well titled, and creatively presented.


Comments by Jason D. Miller on Mon, 01/15/07 15:17

I like


Comments by Julia G on Mon, 01/15/07 15:18

I can see where you're coming from with that but do you also realize how many more techniques are now accessable to the common everyday photographer? with out digital, I would be at the mercy of what can be done by someone else at a lab - even touching up an image would cost me and forget trying anything like crossprocessing - I don't have a darkroom and probably will never have a darkroom - that's just the way things are. So, if it means that my own experimenting and creating will be trivialized as losing traditional techniques, then so be it. I love digital and without it, I wouldn't have become half the photographer I am now...does that make sense?


Comments by els mo on Mon, 01/15/07 16:02

Marvellous textures and color. Maybe even better without the straight border around the
photograph? Maybe not.


Comments by Linda Frey on Mon, 01/15/07 16:29

Done with an artist's eye, and an expert touch, Julia.


Comments by Maria Salvador on Mon, 01/15/07 17:12

Titania, the Queen of the Fairies... Ditto Linda's comment.


Comments by john voss on Mon, 01/15/07 18:12

having followed your work from the very beginning it's a treat to see how far you've come. process aside, this is an imaginative image, and a very fine one indeed. those limpid eyes are magnetic! (one small nit: the center of her top, and especially her bottom lip might be more attractive if they shared the tonality of the rest of her lips.)


Comments by john voss on Mon, 01/15/07 18:21

oh, btw, check out Helena Bonham Carter's Ophelia (the Mel Gibson version of Hamlet) for really good "descent into madness" make-up. IIRC, her eyes are framed in dark mascara etc. your Ophelia is too darn ....nice!!


Comments by Maria Salvador on Mon, 01/15/07 18:27

I should have read the title...


Comments by Julia G on Mon, 01/15/07 18:32

Here's the original- the lips are the design of the makeup artist - originally, the intent was just a very modern white/silver type of look - never quite got there but that's why the lips are like that... I'm going to continue playing with this - but this is the starting point...


Thanks for all the comments and suggestions - I really appreciate it..

John Voss - it's a long way from ACMAP, right? : )


Comments by Rick Longworth on Mon, 01/15/07 19:31

Very nice Julia. It reminds me of an old CD cover I found in a field. Semi-antiqued by the rays of the sun.


Comments by john voss on Mon, 01/15/07 19:33

hehe....yup....a long way from acmap! your starting point is a wonderful high key portrait, but i still don't like the lips. what i just realized that works really well, though is her dilated pupils. that's a good trick! (did you keep the modeling lights very low so her eyes couldn't react while the flash fired at a zillionth of a second?? ;) anyway, you're doing excellent work, julia! congratulations!


Comments by Julia Gerace on Mon, 01/15/07 20:25

o.k. - I don't know why I have two accounts but both computers register me different here...

here's another version... I don't know...something softer?? kind of loses some of the intensity for me...but then, still kind of haunting...

what do you think?


Comments by els mo on Mon, 01/15/07 21:02

I'd keep the eyes and lips and pale face and layer that on top of your original. The blue hair &
that divine crack on the face needs to stay, I think. Don't care about the light blue matting.
The original was way better.

Good luck!
I'd say working in the digital darkroom does "take a great deal of knowledge, skill, time and
sweat", don't you think?
: )


Comments by Julia G on Mon, 01/15/07 21:32

I'll try it - thanks! (and I think so too!)


Comments by DebbiK on Mon, 01/15/07 23:33

Nice work (however you did it). Good looking image.


Comments by Garry Schaefer on Tue, 01/16/07 00:05

I can only look in in awe at these images. The op is the most impressive of the set for me. Regardless of whether an earlier darkroom technique is now possible in the digital world I also say there is no turning back and more power to those who learn to use these tools most effectively. You certainly demonstrate that.


Comments by Jeff K. on Tue, 01/16/07 04:32

Hey, things have been great. I love the way Andy can take something positive like all the new opportunities presented by digital media to increase our creativity and suck the life right out of it. He must be a real hoot at parties.


Comments by Chris Eisenkoelbl on Tue, 01/16/07 08:53

It's all good :) I was hired to do some business bio ports last week and a lady asked me if I could 'air brush' any blemishes ;) (and know she wasn't very old). It's surprising what the average joe can do at home these days.

Happy New Year Julia,
Cheers!
Chris


Comments by Chris Eisenkoelbl on Tue, 01/16/07 08:54

It's all good :) I was hired to do some business bio ports last week and a lady asked me if I could 'air brush' any blemishes ;) (and know she wasn't very old). It's surprising what the average joe can do at home these days.

Happy New Year Julia,
Cheers!
Chris


Comments by AG Laycock on Tue, 01/16/07 10:46

Julia, you would make a great graphic artist. The variety of effects you can do with digital is endless and something like this will be considered pretty boring in a year or two. But then there will be new digital filters and techniques available for download and you can bump this up to the next level and further increase your creativity. I really, honestly think that Photoshop has saved the art world and created a brave new world of endless possibilities.


Comments by Jeff K. on Tue, 01/16/07 11:40

That's better Andy. You'd be surprised what a "glass half full" attitude will do for your life. ;-)


Comments by Tony Scheuhammer on Tue, 01/16/07 11:45

ha-ha, Andy is the master of the left-handed compliment!

OP is best for getting across the "madness" aspect; 2nd one (the original I guess) is quite beautiful too, but doesn't evoke madness so much as "why didn't she clean her lips before the photoshoot?". Last one is ok, but weakest of the bunch, imo.


Comments by Jeff K. on Tue, 01/16/07 18:07

"ha-ha, Andy is the master of the left-handed compliment" - LOL! I'll bet the words Andy, master, and left hand have probably been used in a sentence on more than one occasion. :-)))


Comments by quichelorraine on Tue, 01/16/07 19:06

I like it a lot Julia!


Comments by G.B. SHETTLER on Tue, 01/16/07 19:31

All 3 photos are so nice to see... with comments from friends and fellow photographers...and a nice look into the window of creativity. Makes for as nice Day ! Thanks