irusan
10-30-2007, 10:17 AM
No, this isn't a thread about getting rid of unwanted relatives who overstay their welcome during the holidays...
I've been reading a lot of concerns from people who complain that people look grainy when printed. Shooting people and, more accurately, their skin is not as easy a task as it seems. While there are a lot of things you can do to prep your images in Photoshop prior to printing, you really want to strive to take the best picture in-camera.
That involves some calibration and practice.
To that end, if you want to dramatically increase the quality of pictures that have people, let me recommend Skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and Bodies by Lee Varis (available on Amazon).
Warning - this is not a beginner's step-by-step book. I would suggest you have a working familiarity with your camera and a basic understanding of lighting.
If you want to learn more about lighting first, check out Strobist (http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/) - probably the best lighting instructions on the Web.
I've been reading a lot of concerns from people who complain that people look grainy when printed. Shooting people and, more accurately, their skin is not as easy a task as it seems. While there are a lot of things you can do to prep your images in Photoshop prior to printing, you really want to strive to take the best picture in-camera.
That involves some calibration and practice.
To that end, if you want to dramatically increase the quality of pictures that have people, let me recommend Skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and Bodies by Lee Varis (available on Amazon).
Warning - this is not a beginner's step-by-step book. I would suggest you have a working familiarity with your camera and a basic understanding of lighting.
If you want to learn more about lighting first, check out Strobist (http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/) - probably the best lighting instructions on the Web.