# Anyone know how to make photos look like this?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245
**Category:** design
**Created:** [May 13, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245 "2008-05-13T19:43:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@illstar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/illstar)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/1 "2008-05-13T19:43:39Z")
[http://www.jonathanbarkat.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=6&p=0](http://www.jonathanbarkat.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=6&p=0)
wow…
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### Author:  [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/2 "2008-05-13T22:00:49Z")
HDR photography
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### Author:  [@mlk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlk)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/3 "2008-05-14T00:36:13Z")
+good strobe photography
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### Author:  [@Cello](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cello)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/4 "2008-05-14T16:07:48Z")
- a lot of time with photoshop/lightroom/plugins
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### Author:  [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/5 "2008-05-14T16:10:09Z")
- Practice
- Talent
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### Author:  [@bigbetter](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bigbetter)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/6 "2008-05-19T07:08:17Z")
Yea I agree. Practice, talent and Little trick too.
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### Author:  [@Jennie\_Jolie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jennie_Jolie)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/7 "2008-05-19T21:29:33Z")
Trial and error practice and practice.
but most of the stuff can be done in PS.
my 2 cents
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### Author:  [@Suiside360](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Suiside360)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/8 "2008-05-22T19:21:57Z")
There’s a better tutorial out there for this HDR kind of look but this is the first one that came up when I googled.
[http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/high-dynamic-range.htm](http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/high-dynamic-range.htm)
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### Author:  [@matthewjumps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/matthewjumps)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/9 "2008-06-04T17:47:53Z")
Those are some beautiful photos…and thats an interesting article Suiside360
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### Author:  [@Stratification](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Stratification)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/10 "2008-06-11T22:02:33Z")
Good lighting is going to be key for shots like those. Start looking at info from [Scott Kelby, http://strobist.blogspot.com/](http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/), and related sites. And be prepared to spend a little bit.
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### Author:  [@w1sh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/w1sh)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/11 "2008-06-18T20:22:09Z")
You could put your person on a green screen, light it however you want, and use an HDR landscape background.
That’s what it looks like he’s done for some (including the photo you linked to) pictures on his site.
Although mlk just awakened me to strobe photography. 😮
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### Author:  [@Cello](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Cello)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/12 "2008-06-18T21:43:58Z")
That maybe what he’s done as you suggest for some examples - but absolutely, utterly and certainly not in the quoted one.
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### Author:  [@w1sh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/w1sh)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/13 "2008-06-20T13:39:53Z")
Well crap. I’m trying to figure out a way to do this without having to be super talented at photography. 😛
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### Author:  [@Illustratr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Illustratr)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/14 "2008-06-20T19:28:03Z")
[QUOTE=w1sh;2345161]You could put your person on a green screen, light it however you want, and use an HDR landscape background. … [/QUOTE]
Yes, I agree with this train of thought. Seems likely that at least 4 images were used to composite the scene using Photoshop and the lighting placement was all done post composite to pull it all together. I doubt it would have even really been necessary to use an HDR image given the right set of PS skills to draw from.
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### Author:  [@gordenbutler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gordenbutler)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/15 "2008-07-10T01:11:16Z")
That’s something beyond me.
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### Author:  [@Lakota](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lakota)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-make-photos-look-like-this/260245/16 "2008-07-12T06:07:24Z")
+practice and Talent , Trial and error practice and practice.
but most of the stuff can be done in PS.