The demystification of Jill Greenberg!!!

[garibaldi]

Not to get off topic, but I have kinda lost respect for her as a person after that Mc Cain stunt she pulled. It was just in bad taste and soured any appreciation I have for her work. The reciprocities of what she did will change the industry unfortunatley.

[jfrancis]

Originally Posted by garibaldi

here ya go demystify this

http://marktucker.wordpress.com/2008...rgmccain-mess/

Glenn said she's cool, again.

http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/06/waaa...lenn-beck.html

[RichardWood]

There is some simlilar kind of work here. Dave hillish /greenberg.
Is quite atmospheric though! I use colour channels really. and smoothing.
http://www.commercialphotographer.co.nz

[TimeActor]

Hi Richard,
very great Pics. For me awesome!
can you talk about your postproduction?
i´ve bookmarked your homepage

regards from Germany
Martin

[erikhatt]

I have posted my workflow in another Greenberg tread. Here is my example pictures.

[RichardWood]

Thanks TIMEACTOR, my process is very in depth and lengthy... so am going to write a tutorial. Will post eventually on my main site www.richardwood.co.nz. This has a real mix of work however.

[TimeActor]

Hi Richard,
this sounds great ;-)!
I´ll wait for the tut. Thanx once more!

[kwnilcelio]

Muito bom o post

[aubreychen]

hi,Ricard:
great pictures!
thanks for sharing!

[julianmarsalis]

Originally Posted by erikhatt

I have posted my workflow in another Greenberg tread. Here is my example pictures.

Erikhatt couldn't find your post any chance you could provide a pointer or repost?

Originally Posted by RichardWood

Thanks TIMEACTOR, my process is very in depth and lengthy... so am going to write a tutorial. Will post eventually on my main site www.richardwood.co.nz. This has a real mix of work however.

Richard I certainly would love to see your tutorial as well.

[rka81]

Originally Posted by erikhatt

I have posted my workflow in another Greenberg tread. Here is my example pictures.

Yeah i too couldnt locate this so would appreciate a reposting if poss.

[Boneappetit]

Originally Posted by RichardWood

There is some simlilar kind of work here. Dave hillish /greenberg.
Is quite atmospheric though! I use colour channels really. and smoothing.
http://www.commercialphotographer.co.nz

Richard, your work is pretty good ! Can you elaborate on smoothing? Keep up the good work...

[Boneappetit]

Oh man, I cannot get the danm dodge and burn tools to work well. Again and again i realize that those tools never work well. Does anyone have a clue on how to imitate this JG look, using a different method? I know it won't ever be the same, but I'm sure one can get something close to it.

[Doug Nelson]

It's only open to US viewers (temporarily, sorry) but you can rent our shows where we watch Amy Dresser's "normal" work here, which is really just a toned-down version of what she did for Jill. It doesn't take into consideration Jill's lighting, but if you crank up Amy's "white layers" it's the same retouching style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCk1mPmuyIk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCus6R85kho

[Instantclassic]

Here is my attempt for my photography class, the subject was copycat.

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/...01/copycat.jpg



I think it's somewhat close to halfway there aha.

[erikhatt]

Here is a brand new one. And i also upload a mms photo og the papercopy which was analouge optical printed. Ill guess this will explain how much the lightening quality means.

Workflow: Studio setup as usual for this type of photo. Shot on Kodak Portra 160 with Hasselblad 500CM and then optical printed on a Kodak Endura vc-paper. Then the film is scanned on a drum scanner and adjusted in photoshop. Ill guess you clearly see what of the uploaded images is retouched and is straigth enlarged on paper. But you will also se how little you have to do in photoshop if a quality job is done before you press the shutter button: