Photographer Thomas Boyd Nails Image With Aperture
Photographer Thomas Boyd sent us this fantastic image of a very-difficult-to-light subject along with a brief description of how he shot the image.
I’ve been asked some questions about this photograph. First, I shot it with three lights. All old Nikon strobes set to manual with Pocket Wizards firing all three. One light was inside the cart, the other two were positioned to my right and left aimed indirectly at cart. The second part of the equation is post processing in Aperture. First I set the adjustments. Recovery: all the way right; Black Point: 3 Definition: .62. Then I processed it in Color Efex Pro with the Tonal Contrast jacked up pretty high on all three sliders and the saturation dialed back to taste. After that, I went back to the Aperture adjustments and added some more black point and added the Color Monochrome module and that gave it the metallic look.
He also provides this insight into the photo itself.
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Author: David Schloss
David Schloss is the director of the Mac Create Network and the Aperture Users Network, a professional photographer, writer, editor and photographic educator who specializes adventure sports, travel and lifestyle photography. Schloss is the author of the books Blue Pixel Personal Photo Coach: Digital Photography Tips from the Trenches and Blue Pixel Guide to Travel Photography: Perfect Photos Every Time. Schloss is the former Technical Editor for Photo District News, a position he held for six years.
