My father is an ophthalmologist, so naturally my childhood was spent watching cataract surgery videos with dad (accounting for probably half of the movies I had ever seen before I turned 20). I guess the basic idea was that there’s something to be learned by watching a huge, unblinking eyeball on the screen get poked around by various instruments. I actually thought they were pretty fascinating to watch, which nearly got me suckered into a medical career later on. My mom, on the other hand, had no interest whatsoever. She liked seeing eyeballs in the scale and context God intended.
Some will no doubt feel similarly about watching these retouching clips from a few recent personal images, although luckily they’ve been sped up x10 (an advantage I rarely enjoyed with dad). Mostly just color-tuning for now, but I’ll try to post a few more with significant compositing when I come to it.
Example 1:
Example 2:
Example 3:
Example 4:
And, for those who can’t see the films inline, here are the links:
http://www.matthewturley.com/galleries/movies/100213/100213_retouch_b.mov
http://www.matthewturley.com/galleries/movies/100213/100213_retouch.mov
http://www.matthewturley.com/galleries/movies/100212/100212_retouch.mov
http://www.matthewturley.com/galleries/movies/100212/100212_retouch_b.mov
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funny…cj and i were talking about you (yesterday as i attended a photography workshop in San Fran) and how we LOVE how you retouch your photos! you get the most perfect colors, lighting, etc. this was so very cool to see. someday i will pay you the big bucks to let me follow you around like an annoying little dog trying to learn all your big dog tricks.
Posted 14 Feb 2010 at 9:49 pm ¶This is awesome that you are willing to share these on your blog! Your work truly blows me away every time I see it. Is there anyway to get more info about all your curves layers and groupings. Maybe even the action you run to set up all your layers?
Posted 19 Feb 2010 at 8:12 am ¶these are really nice, thanks for sharing.
i would like to do a video of a few of the jobs that i retouch myself, how do you go about videoing the the retouch?
thanks paul
Posted 22 Feb 2010 at 1:18 am ¶Thanks Paul – enjoyed looking through your images as well. I used a program called iShowU-HD -I think it cost $30 or so, but it’s really good. Good luck!
Posted 22 Feb 2010 at 12:11 pm ¶Thanks Cody. I’ve been asked the same thing a lot, and may have more details in some future posts, but I’m also looking into doing a sort of workshop or DVD. Not really my cup of tea, but I’ve had several requests. Stay tuned…
Posted 22 Feb 2010 at 12:20 pm ¶I ended up on your site via PDN’s photo of the day. Not only is your work amazing but your workflow is interesting to watch. Thank you for sharing this.
Posted 24 Feb 2010 at 11:25 am ¶Thanks Kevin, although ‘interesting’ can mean so many different things
Be well!
Posted 24 Feb 2010 at 2:50 pm ¶Love them! Fantastic retouch job. Beautiful photos
But, best of all – best intro ever
Posted 25 Feb 2010 at 3:38 am ¶Thanks Tom – glad you enjoyed it
Posted 25 Feb 2010 at 4:41 pm ¶Saw your profile in Communication Arts and that led me to your website. I would love to get a DVD of these videos. Will that ever be available?
Posted 26 Feb 2010 at 6:46 am ¶Thanks,
Gary
@Gary. Thanks for the interest. It’s probably a ways off, but I’ll certainly make a note of it here when it appears
Cheers, -Matthew
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