I find it funny how this colour has evolved…
I have a picture on my wall of one of the shots from the first time I ever used this lighting style. The shot is very muted and the oranges and blues are far more desaturated than they are here. There’s nothing wrong with either of these two looks, but my modern saturated look is not necessarily ‘better’ than the original.We spoke yesterday about how sharpness is a modern phenomenon that we strive for alongside the technology that enables it. But remember, sharper, more saturated shots isn’t always ‘better’.
The reason this is brought to mind is because a client got in touch recently asking for this orange and blue style of lighting, but they had found some of my older, more desaturated shots on my website as an example of what they were after.
My first reaction was how odd it was that somebody would prefer that 'older’ style look, but then I remembered, it’s not 'old’ to them at all, only me.
I guess the point I’m making here is that we shouldn’t have our artistic preferences dictated to by the technology we use to achieve it. We shouldn’t assume a sharper image is better, nor should we assume a more saturated image is better.
What we do is art and art is very subjective. For those of us lucky enough to be paid to produce it, don’t presume to know what you’re client wants based on how amazing your camera is. Just because you can capture, razor sharp, hyper-saturated images, don’t assume that’s always the 'best’ solution.
😅Anyway, there’s my Friday rant done. I swear these aren’t intentional, they just seem to come out on Fridays 😁
I hope you all have an amazing weekend and I’ll leave you with this razor-sharp and super-saturated shot of the stunning Ryo Love.😇
See you all on Monday 😎
Model: RYO LOVE - MODEL/MAKEUP ARTIST
Hair: Jade Pointon
Designer: Miss Overdose https://ift.tt/2R1MYkm