{"id":9333,"date":"2015-11-10T15:03:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T20:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=9333"},"modified":"2024-04-11T22:43:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T03:43:54","slug":"inspired-by-the-body-issue-espn-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=9333","title":{"rendered":"Sarah: Inspired by “The Body Issue”, ESPN Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sarah,<\/a>

Sarah, Professional Fitness Trainer<\/p><\/div>\n

Inspired by ESPN Magazine’s Body Issue (where professional athletes bare their bodies in discreet ways), Sarah and I decided to go in that direction at the beginning of our most recent photo shoot.<\/p>\n

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Our original plan for the shoot was to do body paint<\/a>, which is mostly what we did. But a few days before the shoot, Sarah sent me a “body issue” type image and said “Isn’t this awesome?!”\u00a0 I texted her back and wrote “Yes it is!” Reading her mind (she doesn’t send me random images just for fun), I quickly followed up with “We can do that, with or without paint.” She said “Yes sir!” and that is how the decision to create this image came to be.<\/p>\n

The photo Sarah sent had a white background, but I went with the drama of a black background. We tried several different poses with different camera and lighting angles. I also wanted a version with a subtle reflection of Sarah in the studio floor so I put my camera right on the floor for some of the images. They ended up being Sarah and I’s favorites. Metering was straight forward and I describe that in the body paint article<\/a> and in more detail here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Sarah\"<\/a>

Sarah in B&W.<\/p><\/div>\n

The photos in ESPN’s body issue are mostly in color<\/a>, but I also have a fondness for black and white images so I created a B&W version too.<\/p>\n

\"Photoshop:<\/a>

Photoshop: Creating a Black and White Adjustment Layer<\/p><\/div>\n

To convert the image to B&W, With the image open in Photoshop I created a black and white adjustment layer (in the menu at the top: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Black and White).<\/p>\n

\"Black<\/a>

Black and White Adjustment Layer Panel, Red Filter Preset<\/p><\/div>\n

When the Black and White properties panel opened, I went through the various Preset options and the Red Filter preset looked best. Then I tweaked the various preset color sliders until I had the look I wanted, and saved the file.<\/p>\n

Photo Data: Canon 5D Mark III. Canon EF 24-105mm f\/4L lens at 24mm. 1\/125 second, f\/11, ISO 100. Alien Bees 800 studio flash units with 20\u00b0 and 40\u00b0 grid spots.<\/em><\/p>\n

Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photo Shoot: Sarah in Silver Metallic Body Paint<\/a><\/p>\n

ESPN The Magazine Body Issue<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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