Thursday, April 24, 2025

The Portrait: getting a final photograph

from 10/26/24:

I've been a bit stressed over getting the final finished photograph of the portrait, when I saw that my little iPhone camera was getting more detail, clarity, crispness, than the photos the professional photographer took. And with watercolors, the edges, the lines, the dissolved granules in blends and washes, are so much what it's about, that I need that detail and clarity. So I wasn't sure what to do.

One possibility I'd proposed to the photographer was that I use my iPhone with her lighting setup. Turned out that wasn't possible, but she suggested that doing the processing on her high-powered program and system might help, so I considered that possibility.

When I went  over there this afternoon, what her camera was getting still didn't have the crispness we wanted, and she could see that. After trying to figure out what the problem was, she ultimately switched to a different camera, with the same lens, and - voila! Good photos! So, phew!

Here's the final photo:


 

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