Chris Knight photo

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Hello,

 

I'm trying to achieve similar effect with lights like on this Chris Knight's photo:

https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/full/s3/media/2017/06/09/chris_knight_photography_2.jpg

 

However, whatever I do, I cannot hide the nasolabial wrinkle of my model, who btw doesn't have much wrinkles under the natural light, but under the strobe it becomes visible. I use one front strobe with 2' softbox and scrim, on a minimum power and one strobe with umbrella softbox on the side with a bit more power.

 

Do you think:

- Chris' model doesn't have wrinkle at all

- It's photoshopped

- It's hidden with the lights

 

I'd say it's probably all three, but I'd like to minimize it as much as possible with the lights, so I don't go heavy with the Photoshop later.

 

Disclaimer: I'm pretty new in the photography and I do this only as a hobby in my apartment. No fancy studio or bunch of lights and modifiers.

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[Keith_W]

Type "Leica Thambar" into Google and look at the images. That kind of sharp-but-soft picture is characteristic of the Thambar. I am sure she has wrinkles, but the fact that her eyelashes are also soft suggests that it's either in the lens or the post-processing. 

[Michael Hiles]

Very pleasant picture of a lovely girl. It seems to me that the plane of focus is on her shoulder (which is sharp), when classic advice would be to focus on her near eye. To me this does not look like a soft focus lens was used – just bad focusing. C/b wrong.

 

The soft light would have minimized evidence of wrinkles, and maybe some photoshop tricks have been used. And she is young and beautiful...

 

Great portraits need not require expensive equipment. A famous 19th century Boston photographer called Garo used only soft available light from a north facing window. So have many others, including some famous artists like Yousef Karsh on occasion.

 

If you do want to use artificial light, even a single modest flash can do wonders when used as bounce light off white walls or ceilings – that can produce lovely soft light which can be ideal for beautiful portraits. Practice and play – in an organized way so you learn something reliable. Think and test.

Edited September 21, 2018 by Michael Hiles

[ShawnK]

I think if she turned just a smidge to her right that would 've reduced the proverbial accentuating the nasolabial area. I think she is beautiful & the picture does confirm her beauty. Michael is right @ focus should be on her nearest eye. Opening up the aperture might help too. Great shot of a great gal.

[fotografr]

To my eye, it looks like her skin has been digitally airbrushed. When I enlarge the image I'm not able to see pores in her skin and everyone has pores. There are softwares, such as Portrait Photographer Pro, which can make skin seem flawless while still keeping eyelashes and hair sharp.

[dkmoore]

Make up, Make up, and more make up. Yes, this image was edited and skin smoothed to some degree. Ever wonder how every actress and actor seemingly never age?

 

Lots of high end manual editing.