Dave Hill Effect!!

[longside1]

Hi guys,

This is my first post on this forum so go easy!

After noticing all the attention being paid to the one and only Dave Hill, I thought i would have a go at recreating his effects.

Please let me know what you think!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2410/...7dedb890ae.jpg

Visit my Photoblog at:

http://www.imagespike.wordpress.com

[digitalmarauder]

Hi, I think you got the PS work down pretty good. But I think you should observe how Dave Hill lit his models. He almost always uses a beauty dish a little off center from the top. Two huge softboxes from both sides. And another strobe from the back for a rim lighting effect.

Now if you don't mind giving us an idea on how you did the PS work, that would be great.

[superkoax]

nice portrait, the dave hill effect isn't quite there yet...I woul dwork on getting texture in her jacket/morning dress/whatever This will add more dave ill effect since his texture is very good...her hair doesn't hav ethe same structure in highlights...The feel and emotion around the picture is dave hillish, but this is 2 out of 6 stars!

[longside1]

Thanks for the helpful feedback guys, much appreciated!

[saby]

I checked DH's new portfolio -what is new for me- wow! again, he's serious in lightning as we know already, I've checked his blog, there is a jpg what he took at Coney Island, that's about 7000*5000px, what is the base that hyperdetailed looking, I've recognised at the behindthescenes section his team use lots of type of lightsources so that could be a pleasure to work with his picts because he is in masterclass of photogrphy, what is the other cause of his 'secret'

[Steve_Bryant]

Hi Longside1... You Dave Hill inspired photo in my opinion is SUPERB! The lighting is wonderful and although it doesn't have the full DH rim light effect, it's still excellent in it's own right. Fab model, colour sat and composition... I would be very, very pleased with this one!!! :-)

[longside1]

Hey, thanks for the feedback Steve, i'm glad you like the shot!

[Benny Profane]

Why not just be poster #166,666 in the other thread?


edit: whoops, I guess I meant viewer #170,000, poster #2000.


This look got old last year.

[longside1]

@Benny, when I made this post I didn't realise that the other thread existed, I sure do now!

[dwarner979]

Hi everyone, I'm a part time pro, the rest of the time I spend driving my semi around the country, hence my subjects are widely varied...I also have the retouch video dvd and love it...pithy?

[namphoto]

^part time thread digger.

[FelixTheCat]

Another stupid dave hill thread.. OMG
Moderator please erase this thread!! uuuffffffff
Felix

[longside1]

ha ha ha! Hello 'Felix' :+}

[GavinRetouch]

I really dont understand why you people get so flustered when someone wants to know how Dave Hill does his stuff... perhaps its because even you have not yet achieved the effect? Don't degrade someone for wanting to know ...knowledge is power. Have a little respect for the curious. ...also if you didn't want to read the thread, well why did you even click on it.

Dave Hill does not OWN this style, however it will forever be named "the dave hill look" ...its just like a painting, Van Gogh holds the originality for his work, but how many people have recreated his look over the last hundred years? ...a ton.

Get over your DH bitterness. The poster only asked a question...so answer it.

[snook305]

Gavin do a forum search and do not waste space.. There is already a long ass boring thread about Dave Hill.
Have a little respect for the forum and do not waste space with a stupid post.
I guess the desert heat has gotten to you.
Another consultation is do not come in talking big with one post behind you.
I agree with Felix and would request they dump this post.
Of course unless they think that something with come out different here than the 2,000 posts post.
jeeeeez People these days!

Snook

[dreameffects]

This is my first and only post I will post on this forum but I agree with Gavin. Obviously the bitter people on here can't duplicate the Dave Hill look so instead they'd rather not hear about it. If you don't like it don't click the posts that have DAVE HILL EFFECT in the subject lol. You guys are lame and childish.

If someone wants to learn the DH technique then more power to them. It isn't out of style. It's only out of style to YOU because you can't figure out how he does it.

Grow up, stop whining and if you hate the DH look so much then come up with your own technique and style that others will want to emulate. Then when people are posting thread after thread about it lets see how quick you are to ask the moderators to remove the threads. Amateurs!

[DJSoulglo]

I don't think people are upset about someone asking for the technique. I think they're more upset (upset is a big word, but you know) that there's already a 600 page post (rough estimation) about that very technique that contains loads of information on how to achieve that very look!

"There's a search button at the top of the page for a reason" - kind of thing

[seattle-light]

Seems like posting to the monster Demystification of Dave Hill thread is just a recipe for longside1's request for feedback getting totally lost as no one is going to read through 2,131 posts to see what he has done and react to it (some 51 pages into the thread -- maybe there should be some limit as to how long a thread can grow). Maybe he shouldn't title the thread "Dave Hill Effect!" but rather just mention something about trying to get something close to a Dave Hill look in the body of the post.

Then again putting Dave Hill in the thread title will surely get some additional views on this forum (already more than 12,000) so it's a good way to get some attention, and maybe even some useful feedback. And there are already several threads related to Dave Hill, and I don't see anyone trying to keep references to other photographers or retouchers all contained in a single thread.

I like Dave Hill's work. It's pretty good stuff. But I don't think his work is head and shoulders above everyone else (or that it deserves the amount of attention that it gets here). He has a definite style of shooting and a definite style for doing post work on images. It's a pretty good formula (and one could probably do worse than try to emulate his success).

It's probably worth figuring out what he's doing (to figure out what techniques might be useful to you as a retoucher or to be able to work closely with a photographer who's trying to match that particular look).

But I don't think that Dave Hill is the best photographer out there. And his look isn't appropriate for a lot of work. So figure out what he's doing when he's shooting and what he's doing in post. Learn from it, but don't let that be your entire learning process.

Hope you are doing well. Take care. Alan.

[garibaldi]

the lighting is bela lugosi. im not even getting into the dave hill mayhem.

[RichardWood]

take a look at this site..... is very dave hill,..... but with atmosphere
http://www.commercialphotographer.co.nz

[Caesium]

Can you say "Self Promotion"? Hell man, are you going to post this in every thread on here that has even mentioned Dave Hill?

And no, its not "very Dave Hill"

[RichardWood]

Nope, just this one post probably. Posted a link as cant seem to post a sample pic here as in discussions on other forums. Was just sharing so maybe pop down off your high horse.
Guess if it's not Dave Hill-ish then I wont need to share post prod techniques.
Thought the guy on the bike was quite close but my mistake. But I didnt mean everything there, as not a 'one trick pony'.

[longside1]

Originally Posted by RichardWood

Nope, just this one post probably. Posted a link as cant seem to post a sample pic here as in discussions on other forums. Was just sharing so maybe pop down off your high horse.
Guess if it's not Dave Hill-ish then I wont need to share post prod techniques.
Thought the guy on the bike was quite close but my mistake. But I didnt mean everything there, as not a 'one trick pony'.

Some nice work, my favourite shot is the old guy in the church. I for one would love to hear some of you post processing techniques...

[Caesium]

Originally Posted by RichardWood

Nope, just this one post probably.

Originally Posted by RichardWood

Was just Was just sharing so maybe pop down off your high horse.

Reasons I was on my high horse:

At 7:22 -
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...tml#post258196

At 7:34 -
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...tml#post258198

At 7:41 -
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...tml#post258199

At this point, you had made 3 total posts in your short time here on these forums. Now I see you are releasing a tutorial video... Do I dare guess as to if it is going to be a free or paid download?

As for your work, everything else aside, I think it is wonderful. I just really don't think it is what I would call Dave Hill (not "classic" Dave Hill anyways).

Hey, look, if I am wrong, I offer a truly heartfelt apology for flying off the handle. Going back and looking, I really don't think my assumptions are really off base.