I've read Eismann .... but still am shaky when it comes to adjusting skin to
nes
.... usually I don't worry about it .... but I made some shots with late
afternoon window light ....and it seems difficult to eyeball the necessary
adjustments.

wdflannery@aol.com (Wdflannery) wrote:
quote:

>I've read Eismann .... but still am shaky when it comes to adjusting skin t
ones
>.... usually I don't worry about it .... but I made some shots with late
>afternoon window light ....and it seems difficult to eyeball the necessary
>adjustments.

Eyball is a good point. A simple first step is to use the white in the
eye of the model as a reference point for neutral grey ;-)
Peter

Just my luck ..... her eyes (new baby) are closed .... a great tip though!

Skin tones vary a lot even among racial groups. Here are a few notes
I've made about caucasian skin. They relate to different images whose
skin seemed good, so the individual notes differ.

HSB brightness of 77% is equivalent to a medium suntan. Look for around
H=23° S=40%  B=77%. Read a part of the face (I like the forehead) which
is neither a shiny highlight nor in shadow.

In HSB, try a highlight brightness value of B=78%, shadow B= 27%
H=22°  S=40%  B=77% is equivalent to R=199  G=152  B=119

A model in makeup had HSB ranges of:
H=18-25
S=26-45
B=71-89

Color guru Dan Margulis, in a rare excursion from his CMYK aerie, says:
Caucasian targets are around:
R=150
G=50
Y=90
[You'd have to read the yellow by choosing CMYK as well as RGB in the
Info palette]

Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson Photography

Assuming the model is not in shadow or a light with color cast, skin
colors can best be done by the numbers per Eismann and/or Margulis.

But my favorite numbers for a model are 36-22-36.

Tom Nelson wrote:
quote:

>
> Skin tones vary a lot even among racial groups. Here are a few notes
> I've made about caucasian skin. They relate to different images whose
> skin seemed good, so the individual notes differ.
>
> HSB brightness of 77% is equivalent to a medium suntan. Look for around
> H=23° S=40%  B=77%. Read a part of the face (I like the forehead) which
> is neither a shiny highlight nor in shadow.
>
> In HSB, try a highlight brightness value of B=78%, shadow B= 27%
> H=22°  S=40%  B=77% is equivalent to R=199  G=152  B=119
>
> A model in makeup had HSB ranges of:
> H=18-25
> S=26-45
> B=71-89
>
> Color guru Dan Margulis, in a rare excursion from his CMYK aerie, says:
> Caucasian targets are around:
> R=150
> G=50
> Y=90
> [You'd have to read the yellow by choosing CMYK as well as RGB in the
> Info palette]
>
> Tom Nelson
> Tom Nelson Photography