The Godmother!

Hello people,

The spiked image which will form the basis of today’s post is something of a new area for me! The focus for much of my work to date has been landscape photography, however I have always had a desire to have a go at shooting people, either candid shots or more posed portrait work.

This yearning for people photography was largely inspired by the work of an American photographer called Dave Hill. Dave has this amazing technique that gives his images a somewhat cartoonish and surreal look to them which as you can probably imagine appeals to me! Unfortunately Dave Hill has taken the decision to keep his post processing technique a secret, which has resulted in a great deal of speculation on various photography forums as to how he achieves his look.

The general consensus is that he gets his effect primarily from lighting effects during the shoot, finished with some pretty slick post processing. Although I think the Dave Hill effect is great, not wanting to copy verbatim, I thought I would go for my own look. Plus I find it awkward enough lugging around a tripod, let alone a lighting rig so purely photoshop will have to do for now! And guess what, I’m not going to tell anyone my technique…unless you ask me nicely!

Dave Hills portfolio can be viewed here, whereas my effort can be viewed below!

I intend to gradually compile a ‘Spiked People’ portfolio so watch this space!

~ by imagespike on October 4, 2007.