Beauty

Beauty
Originally uploaded by Photographer Christine Taylor.

This are the three finals of a small project shot digitally, then translated into the look of a classic solarized print. I used to do this in the darkroom, but now use Photoshop. First you want to shoot a very evenly lit portrait. When you open your file create a second layer and do your touchups using the bandaid tool. After that create a third layer and desaturate it, then finally a fourth layer of the desaturated image and blend it as an adjustment layer - I used Difference for this look, but you can use others for a variation of looks. I suggest going through each layer to find what you like.

So voila, that is it.

This technique does not look great for everything, do be careful!