Exposed Negative Podcast – #034 – Retouching tips from the expert w/ retoucher Vahakn Vorperian

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Website: https://www.the-retouchers.com/about

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theretouchersltd/

Astropad software, for turning your tablet into a retouching tablet: https://astropad.com/ for turning your tablet into a retouching tablet

Tim Walker – Fashion Photographer: https://www.timwalkerphotography.com/)

Shooting plates & assets – blank plates at beginning and the end of a shoot

Vanity Fair 2018 retouching mishap: https://fstoppers.com/news/vanity-fair-mocked-hollywood-issue-photoshop-fail-oprah-and-witherspoon-have-216020

Jay Brooks – All Creatures Great and Small – Series 2 image: https://jaybrooks.net/Entertainment/17

Nodel Ninja panoramic head: https://www.photospecialist.co.uk/nodal-ninja-6-panoramic-head-with-rd10-adva

Panoramic stitch – Capture One: https://learn.captureone.com/tutorials/panorama-stitch/

PT Gui software: https://ptgui.com/

TIPS

– Always keep the original layer – duplicate it and lock the original away
– Separate background and skin into folders – naming accordingly
– Depth of your canvas – your layer stacks. Items Furthest away always at bottom of the stack
– Toms Tiff file tip and tips on proper folder structures: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miuQ8IBUn4E)
– Naming convention Vahakn uses for his projects: (Job Number – Client – name of photographer)
– Use of WIPs (Work in Progress) streams for email conversations
– Delete the shots that don’t work! (unless you want the clients to end up picking them)
– Disney and the case of the hairy arms: https://www.npr.org/2014/11/17/364760847/whats-with-all-of-the-hairy-arms-in-graphic-design?t=1659009998419
– Green Screen – shoot on grey, not on green! And avoid shooting on white for anything you want to cut out. 50% grey probably best
– Shoot on Haze on Black – Then use blend modes (ie. screen or hard mix)

i1 Display Pro calibrator: https://amzn.to/3Yidng2

Jigsaw24: https://www.jigsaw24.com/store

Stanley Green – Black Passport: https://amzn.to/3y55EHF

Eugeune Smith – Minamata trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP3pKTssw_E

Tom’s Hand Spanks (retouching glove): https://amzn.to/41BiJ9d

Robert Frank – London and Wales book: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Robert-Frank-LondonWales-PHT-Steidl/31198989267/bd?cm_mmc=ggl-_-UK_Shopp_Tradestandard-_-product_idUK9783958290396USED-_-keyword

And the image that we discuss: https://images.app.goo.gl/jWGoSpkd2zEZk9t78

Sergio Larrain photobook: https://amzn.to/3J5zzpi

Desert Island Camera – Pentax K1000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax_K1000)

Desert Island Book – The Americans by Robert Frank: https://amzn.to/3EQq9M9