hey friends. I really like the neon lights aesthetic so how do I go about editing my pictures to look like this?
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>>2862288
here's another
>>2862295
oh is that it? I'll give it a try then
thanks for the help anon
>>2862307
There's a little more to it but you'll figure it out when you do it. Raising the blacks as well will help.
For this to work properly you'll need scenes with good contrast where your split tone colours already exist. >>2862289 like with this one. The scene was already probably slightly blue, this makes it much easier to enhance that effect in post
>>2862288
with neon lights
Desaturation, lighten the blacks, split toning if necessary
Colored LED strips are an easy way to get the desired lighting in a studio setting, they're like $20 on amazon
>>2862310
You could try. Both the images given are heavy on the blue tones, you could just as easily bring those out in PP though.
>>2862288
Here's the photographer's site, why don't you ask him?
http://olofgrind.se/
>>2862675
dude really knows his pp game
Is something like this you were looking to?
if so, look for 'matte photography'.
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>>2862864
>tone curve
low contrast, lower your shadows. see what you like the most.
>HSL
lower your saturation on the colors you want to get some 'pastel', up your luminosity in the colors you want to get more attention, that's how you'd get that neon on your matte photography.
Or, use some V S C O. I don't like the tones I get with those filters, but I learn how to do this with them. Saw where they change in the photo, saw what I like and what I disliked and get a personal tone for me.
About noise and vignetting, it's your taste, tho
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>>2862867
UP your shadows!!! **
damn, sorry about that. It's late here and I'm awake because of insomnia..
>>2862288
FYI: you might be interested in using black lights (UV lights).
this might be a bit controversial, but maybe try lighting your subjects with neon lights?
>>2863314
ABSOLUTE MADMAN!
>>2862288
Gel'd speedlights
