Martin Schoeller Inspired Portrait (Part Two)

[@NikoFromSofia]

Lighting is quite self-explanatory. M.S. used lights positioned further away. Hence the brighter catchlights, the smoother falloff and the overall evenness of the light across the frame. You can't achieve neither by shoving strip-boxes in models face. Choose bigger softboxes, pull them away from the subject, adjust distance to background, add 2 black flags on both sides of the model and you're pretty much there. And BTW, the original catchlights intentionally don't reach across all the iris.

[@PProductionSteve]

i love the hue/saturation dodge and burn, this technique is awesome!

[@Clairvoyant666]

You're like the Bob Ross of photoshop.Thanks!

[@NordicMaedel]

Really amazing! I must say, I will definitely use this dodging/burning technique.

[@AtlantaTerry]

Thank you very much! I learned several new editing techniques today.

[@johannaranjo1564]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial! Very helpfully!

[@KenCheng]

Please please do a video tutorial on post processing of Stanislav Puchkovsky (aka Sean Archer) inspired photos

[@zeberkomusic]

Awesome!

[@Geeluc]

You did it so quick, but who did you get the layer mask vignette at the end?

[@IAPhotography1]

Awesome job, you thought me a few more tricks in PS...

[@HEREONOUTBAILEY]

Why is it that when I create a new layer, I can't do anything to it? I followed your tutorial perfectly but I kept duplicating the background layer. Can someone please help?

[@KonstantinZander]

please consider a micro d&b video! Really interested if there is an awesome way to do it

[@lizardinarabia]

Thank you! Very helpful.

[@CinestilofotovideoLaNucia]

Really cool!

[@xposehu]

Magic - using light appropriately - happens when you press the button (refer to some comments relating to how Schoeller uses his light sources) and not in post.

[@DubsMood]

"Martin Shoulder"

[@PSDAndre]

blur ur masks nondestruktiv in the properties ;)

[@waldekzak]

Awesome!