I'm not so sure about your way to achive his effects. As I look an this pictures the key things is the situation- mostly very expressive, very dynamic compsition and then hdr by photomatix using detail enhancer- and that mode uses sharpening so you don't need to unsharp-mask it. So hdr in this case is just postprocess to already good dynamic photos. Your examples look better at the beginnig then at the end IMHO.

I'd prob play around with the cutout and poster edges filters in photoshop and blend them with the hdr somehow, to get the clay/cartoon look he has.. maybe we can hear from David Hill, himself..

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I really don't know why everyone is mad about HDR. I mean, it's only a process among a hundred others. Maybe it's just because I don't like it too much. A lot of saturation and a "plastic" feeling all around. People looks like plastic dolls. I don't get it. There's a lot of filters better than HDR. Cross processing is in fact better than that. It's the "new thing" I supposed.

Better things will come :)

I think there's an element of LucisArt in his work. Check out the images made at Blue Hour Photo (http://blog.bluehourphoto.com/secretweapon.html). He work is VERY similar to Dave Hill's and he uses LucisArt. He even has video tutorials up describing his workflow.

Don't mean to diss your work, but the effect on your pics looks nothing like those Dave Hill photos.

I think he uses something like the tonal contrast after making an HDR picture.
Tonal contrast is a bit more than an unsharp mask and a bit less than an HDR, I usually do this with color efex pro

Thanks Paulo for this nice technique. I think you can do that in Photoshop using more than one photo with different adjustments and then mixing them like erasing the areas that are not good in some pictures... also the High Pass filter and the Blend Modes would do the job....

Of course David's work is beyond cool...

Best ;)

Abduzeedo should release an action for this :)

dont think that hdr is necessary for this. check google for paint with light, or pwl. there are also photographers who made such pictures before anybody talked about HDR.

Dave Hill uses a lot of off camera flash and tonemapping.

Looks a bit like lucisArt, but according to him he doesn't use it.
I guess he just has really creative lighting techniques

Looks like a high-pass overlay to me...of course could be wrong

Unsharping seems too strong for my taste.

Indeed your tutorial is too simple to be that effective as Dave Hill's technique. I'm pretty sure there are tons of hours involved in his work, most of it in the initial light and environmental setup, and probably a lot in post processing (not just a couple clicks). As you can see, the level of detail in his images is remarkable.

Here's a much more complex tutorial on achieving a similar effect (quite impressive, IMO): http://www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/discuss/72157594577686705/

Very good photos and a great tutorial.

nice post, its great to learn how they work. even if its in a quick tutorial :)

This was discussed a while back on Scott Kelby's blog too:

http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1094

Indeed your tutorial is too simple to be that effective as Dave Hill's technique. I'm pretty sure there are tons of hours involved in his work, most of it in the initial light and environmental setup, and probably a lot in post processing (not just a couple clicks).

.....so nice.....a very creative work...I Love This Type Of Photography..

Good work.

I recently studied a studio lighting course and we analysed some of his work as part of an exercise.

As a few people have mentioned a great deal of the output of his work is down to the lighting setup used on the shoot.

He uses a lot of hard lighting with extreme lines created by snooting certain areas.

I would imagine there is a degree of work performed in photoshop after but possibly with a few actions and them tweaked after.

There is definately some hi pass filter or some kind of 'over sharpening' performed somewhere.

I tried out the process used in the flickr Link by Gabi Jguma and it gave some great results with a little extra help from LucisArt. :o)

While I admire his ability to manipulate photographs - I think it's overdone (as with 99% of HDR images). It just looks _TOO_ fake.

No no no no no , HDR - maybe, but just a little.

Main effect is done by drawing colors with brushes and unsharp + removing the noise using colored brushes.Thats what I would have done :)

Here is my version of the Dave Hill effect. Below is the link to the original file:

http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo262/threads13/BeautyCollection.jpg

Ive been trying to get the dave hill effect...but nothing compared to his. DOes the HDR effect/tone mapping, works with an image downloaded from the internet???

Sorry, but I really hate HDR!! It ruins photography for me. In fact, it makes me want to return to the darkroom again.

Sorry, but I really hate HDR!! It ruins photography for me. In fact, it makes me want to return to the darkroom again.

I find it funny.... 80%+ of the world doesnt seem to understand about the bracketing 3+ shots together to get a true HDR shot... not just applying filters to a single image.

Get off the fucking HDR bandwagon already, geez

Does anyone know a similar tutorial for GIMP, the open source tool? I don't have Photoshop and I'm really interested in producing this HDR effect on my photos.

Thanks!

RA

lol at 1picture HDR, this tutorial is horrible.

next up: how to make a 3d render from a single image using photoshop!

LOL Overdone HDR> i dont like your tutorial at all. IMO

Sorry but this tutorial is nothing near close to what Dave is doing.

Lots of hours of dodge and burn.

this is weak. dave hill is not that good, and this is an even less good imitation of his overplayed style.

This reminds me roughly of High Pass filter blended with the original image. But of course there is extra work here and a a lot of effort by combining various options. It may seems easy but it's not. Nevertheless, I'm not excited about the result, no offence :)

Hey i don know why i love this abduzeedo.com WOW man great collection of pics. Hope everybody enjoyed

http://www.davehillphoto.com/behind_the_scenes/ap_comp_cover.mov

check this video. there you can see how dave does it with the flash etc.

Someone once told me that HRD images were accomplished by using adigital SRL camera, with specific settings, and photoshop. Its good to know that I can take all of my images and convert them into HRD images.

As always thanks for your help, and your fantastic tutorials. Appreciate the help!

REALLY NICE THATS EFFECT, TRY IT AND IS TO EASY

W.O.W.

I feel like ther is also some surface blur on it, high pass filter to overlay, i have to try this sometime, then ill let u know

perhaps oneone can translate this tutorial?

http://www.diegomattei.com.ar/2008/08/25/efecto-highlight-en-photoshop/#...

it look's good too :-)

Hermosos Trabajos

Te felicito por tu técnica en edición HDR, los invito a que vean este grupo HDR Perú (http://flickr.com/groups/hdrperu/) y de paso algunos de mis trabajos (http://flickr.com/photos/paulovicente/)

Saludos desde Lima – Perú

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Beautiful Works !

I congratulate you on your technology in HDR edition, invite you to see this group (http://flickr.com/groups/hdrperu/) HDR Peru and see some of my works (http://flickr.com/photos/paulovicente/)

Regards from Lima - Peru

http://www.dzoom.org.es/video-t-o-r2VTyNA.html
Here's a nice tutorial.

hey i got a question, those pictures must be in HDR first right? but can taking 3 photos with different exposure be achieved when shooting something that is moving? like most of the photos here.

heh where is my comment?

okay sorry if i posted twice.

hmm talking about hdr. isn't HDR is shot for non moving object. i dont see how you can HDR people walking around or that dog. can someone tell me how. or did you use one image and change the exposure in photoshop?

There are some pretty good actions around that achieve the drawing effect. However, if you want to achieve a similar affect quickly simply add a gausian (sp?) blur (play with the settings) then go to fade and change the mode to darken.

while i can't say i've achieved the quality by david hill, following the tutorials posted here i got a handle of the technique. What makes David's pieces so much sharper is not technical- he has a very good eye for the line between what we determine is an illustration and what is a photograph, then he blurs that line. i suspect good curve balancing gets that pricision. His photos are also well-balanced to begin with.

For those trying this, remember that you're using a bracketed still. I took one image, balanced it, then saved over-exposed and under-exposed versions. The 3 are combined to achieve the high-range 'meat' of the image.

Yes buddy no doubt you are master at photoshop. Great work on nice pics, Great to see all this. Fun with Photoshop

Ok so this summer Dave Hill did an interview/article in a photography magazine I get. This tutorial is waaaaaaaaaaay off the mark, 1) the results are well.. crappy and 2) Dave Hill's 'style' is achieved through compositing elements that have been lit separately with a great deal of care - either on location or in a studio. He then uses curve tools, dodge and burn etc to pull up highlights and darken shadows.

but bear in mind his 'effect' is not one set process, his process changes all the time to fit each image, through practise and experience he knows what each image requires.

Dave Hill's Illustrative style of photography is straight from his imagination and carefully planned and directed.

hope this helps anyone stumbling onto this useless tutorial

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hey,

i dont't know if anybody said it ( too lazy to read all those comments). On the webpage of david hill you can see some "behind the scene" photos. he works with many flashs and i think the main part for the effekt is his ring-flash.
and i don't think it is any kind of hdr.

maybe someday he will tell us the truth :-)

well doing some thing like you did here and miksing it with this tot you made ( http://abduzeedo.com/bored-home-with-photoshop-the-tutorial )
doing a lot of dogeing and burning too get the highlights to pop out and the darkspots to make a good contrast.

You can only recreate a good Dave Hill effect if you start with a good lighting setup. A random photo will not work. You will need at least 2 or maybe even three light sources to get close to the effect.

Im very impressed. Its great to learn how they work. even if its in a quick tutorial.

VERYgood Dave Hill effect HDR