The demystification of dave hill! let's all help!

[HelloPiccadilly]

it's just amazing

dh or his team does great job!! )

[Fadewoodarts]

Oh man, I love his new stuff, a lot of his new work has grain and not as saturated as his old stuff.. makes it look even more realistic. I am so happy he actually put up sections of his normal portraits as well, that aren't totally DHed out , and they are all with natural light. He really did a good upgrade from his last website. I also am enjoying his black and white landscapes a lot, along with his new section of b&w portraits. Not to mention his new Behind the Scenes videos are great too.

[cypisek]

This new www site is loading very slowly:/

[Fadewoodarts]

Originally Posted by cypisek

This new www site is loading very slowly:/

Yeah haha, kinda reminded me of how I need to fix my site. Slow slow slow slow slowwwwwww..

I can see why his is slow like mine though, his images on his new site are pretty damn nice quality for a flash website. Its hard to make a huge flash website with high quality images load fast. Usually its file size, and im sure it will take a bit before his site hits final stages so it loads faster.

[cypisek]

look at this http://www.swietochowski.pl/ - photos are from hasselblad.
DH is very close to this style in my opinion. Maybe he changed system from canon to hasselblad too?

never mind, if you want to demystification new technique DH so do it I need to demystification MTMM Who is with me?:P



P.S Dave Hill if you are reading this thread so do something with your slowly site:/

[Svald7]

If the site is slow, you can find the DH Adventure Girl BTS video at Vimeo. Good stuff, watch it in HD.

http://www.vimeo.com/5082148

[Mtmm]

New photos are really cool. Way to go Dave. Site is slow when everyone is browsing it.

[cypisek]

Mike, when you will buy Hasselblad or Mamiya? And I'm still waiting for new photos on your web site.

[Mtmm]

Originally Posted by cypisek

Mike, when you will buy Hasselblad or Mamiya?

Phase one would be cool, but I´m waiting for Canon´s next camera. Or I will go with Nikon D3X.

[cypisek]

ooo yeah NIKON good choice!!! And I'm still waiting for new photos on your web site and mail from you with recipe to helping me

[Mtmm]

I did a cool world war II shoot yesterday, but a magazine where photos are on, is coming out like in september.

[cypisek]

It will be on your site in september or not? Did you try making something different than BB? Some Police/swat action? maybe you can make photo with few BB, you know big sesion with big guy in action - street racing, fight, running maybe science fiction, fantasy or horror etc? I think, horror with BB will be cool. Think about this.

I am still working to understanding your technique. I will buy few lamp for good start.

[Benny Profane]

bump to do my part for 2000! rock on.

[cypisek]

If we get 2000 maybe Dave Hill will give us recipe to old style. If he has new style so old style is not important to him hehe :P LOL :P

[snook305]

One of the funniest videos I have seen is The Dave Hill video were he tries to shoot a fashion story!!
What a freakin disaster!! I laughed my ass off.
Dave better stick to HipHop!!!

Snook

[cypisek]

Snook, did you demystificated Mtmm? :P

[Mtmm]

There is nothing to demystificate. I have no style.

OT: Daves website is down at this point.

[cypisek]

Your style is very good, trust me. I spend many hours every day to understanding your technique. I know that 75% is light-ringflash but after taking photo you making very cool postprocessing in Photoshop. On your photo is specific atmosphere, you do this in photoshop in few step:

d/b
local contrast
local multiply blending
highpass/gaussian smoothing in linear light blending (very effective and clean with right numbers)
duotone blending
local clarity and exposure (raw)
black channel sharpening
color correction by numbers (CMYK)

I asked you few times in mail to explain me but you don't reply letter to me.
I feel hurt

[Mtmm]

I havent got any email from you. Did you send it to mike at pakkotoisto.com?

[cypisek]

No, I send to you massage on retouchpro

[snook305]

"And if I take the retouching further, I can create more highlites and shadows with first softing the skin with
linear light layer with gaussian and high pass keeping the detail in the skin. Then using first white with
"select color range" and then again d/b heavily.
This is just an overdone demo with extracted photo.
And this is not even close Dave Hill, but with a good lighting you can do some heavy retouch without
damaging the photo with halos and other shit. I still believe, that Dave is going through the whole photo
with d/b and then he does his magic.



Key point still is a good lighting with enough highlites and shadow detail."

Some previuos quotes and steps

[Calvinhollywood]

Hi all. Wow Thread is still running. Respekt.

After starting this thread many people wrote me emails about my work and my post production.
I dont have the Dave Hill style. And i dont know how Dave Hill work.
I just can explain you my own style or work.
Maybe i have some techniques what Dave Hill also usw. I dont know
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I dont have secrets in my work. And i share my techniques in many many ways in germany.
I know that many people dont understand german so i like to start sharing my techniques in english.

If you are interested you can join today at 11pm german time at my free webinar about some of my photoshop techniques.
If enough people are interested i will do more webinares.

I do webinars now for 1 years.... this is my first i try in english :-)
More information here
http://www.calvinhollywood-blog.com/...shlayer-party/

Sorry for going "off-topic" here. I just like to helph. And its absolutly free

So keep on going with your techniques all and good luck to get the result what you looking for

lg Calvin Hollywood

[HelloPiccadilly]

I will!!
But I can't understand german to come in th the room!

[Calvinhollywood]

@Piccadilly
Just klick on the Link at the right time, choose a name and join. Its easy.
For more questions write me on my blog , not here.
This thread is a Dave Hill thread

lg Calvin

[cypisek]

Hi. Can I join too? I am very happy because you open blog in english

[HelloPiccadilly]

though it's 3am in my city when in Germany 11pm I definitely will!! ))
thx Calvin!

[cypisek]

Calvin can you prepare tutorials or DVD with explain SWAT ??? I'm very interesting this stuff. Maybe you can start your thread on RetouchPro? Many many people are waiting for this

Philip

[snook305]

Hey Calvin good show today..
Shows what type a person you are.
Keep up the good work and helping people.
Mtmm could take some lessons from you..
Saw a lot of guys from here over there today..

Snook

[Fadewoodarts]

Yes Calvin Hollywood awesome job today, I was happy when I got on here only to find out late that you were doing the show, and got in there half way through, not knowing what time it was or anything.. haha.

I created a new thread, IMO to start over, away from all the dave hill hype, to further all our interests in this type of photographic work, and not demystify one person.

Thread can be found here:
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...ok-thread.html

[Quantum3Studio]

Calvin Hoollywood have a great technique with the RAW Process... I have been playing around with that technique and man, it opens lot of new doors