El Dave Photography

Last weekend we went back to Quake's Collectibles and I found two more Tekken characters, Heihachi and True Ogre. Of course I didn't see True Ogre until we were leaving and I'd already spent all my money, but I did manage to pick up Heihachi (slightly used).

So why am I taking pictures of Yoshimitsu then? It's not that Heihachi's a bad figure, quite the opposite. I think a fresh coat of paint (especially for his waxy looking skin) will do him wonders. He may need a new left fist as well. Gotta look into that. And I need to get back to Quake's for the True Ogre. Hopefully it's still there!

One more thing before I go into the shot details. April? I totally kick your butt at Tekken.

Ok, for this one I wanted to play with something that I've never played with before. Something I always pass by on my way to other tools. Something called a Gradient Map.

What it does is, instead of overlaying a gradient over the entire image, it auto selects the highlights and shadows and uses that as the basis for the gradient. It will take a little tweaking to get the hang of it, but I think it could be very useful for adding contrast and color at the same time. After that, I did the usual photo filters (to help smooth out the color), gaussian blur and vignette (Lens correction) that I always do. The last step was to take a soft brush and dot his eyes to make them glow.

I shall assist your EXIF!

Camera:	Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture:	f/2.8
Focal Length:	50 mm
ISO Speed:	100
Exposure Bias:	0/3 EV
Flash:	Flash did not fire

Orientation:	Horizontal (normal)
X-Resolution:	72 dpi
Y-Resolution:	72 dpi
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
Date and Time:	2008:03:13 22:44:47
YCbCr Positioning:	Co-Sited
Exposure Program:	Normal
Date and Time (Original):	2008:03:13 22:22:48
Date and Time (Digitized):	2008:03:13 22:22:48
Shutter Speed:	369876/65536
Metering Mode:	Pattern
Color Space:	sRGB
Focal Plane X-Resolution:	2207.526 dpi
Focal Plane Y-Resolution:	2213.058 dpi
White Balance:	Manual
Compression:	JPEG
Image Width:	1288 pixels
Image Height:	1936 pixels

Be good,
-Dave

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