Some Experiments Worth Sharing
Testing (stressing) my big shoot last week I did a little testing. During testing of course noth.ing was good enough. :Where is the briliance, where is the magic?” could be heard echoing from the hills!
I did discover the lovely colour neutrality of the G9 especially for skin tones, which helped make my decision to use one for stills and also effectively doubled my image making options
This is to me a near ideal semi-formal portrait. The ability to take the colour to the subject really helps.
Flipping it can have benefits as well. The warm-cool contrast works here, adding power and seriousness.
Channelling a bit of the Rory Lewis or Leibovitz “painterly” look.
The double-sided background (black/grey) allows me to determine the base depth of colour I want, i.e how light or dark, then some light and often rough brush work allows me to change the tint to anything within normal hues.