A Man of Many Faces
Jan 10th, 2008 by jeremy
Michael Ripoll
In processing my concert photos, I have often tried to stay true to the way the photo was originally shot. My goal is to take the photo with the camera in a state that will require the least amount of post-processing; at least that has been my goal. As I have surfed around recently and seen more concert photos from people where they have chosen to change the photo artistically, I have liked a lot of what I have seen. The original color version of this particular photo came out well, but I liked the feeling of this split toned version using the Adobe Camera RAW feature.
Split toning allows you to change a photos hue and saturation to two shades, one for highlights and one for shadows. In this particular case both the highlights and shadows are in the same hue, but you have the option of using two completely different colors if your creative palette dictates.
The subject of this photo is Michael Ripoll who, though he has his own solo career in the works, played for a short time in Donny Osmond’s band. I have to admit that Michael makes some of the most unusual facial expressions when performing on stage, but he can play a guitar.
Canon 20D, 28-105L, 1/60 at f/4 and 800 ISO
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