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Arrrrgh. The low quality of fashion photography in the daily rags really annoys me, and I’m pretty used to it. But this really takes the cake. Below is a photo set from one of the sports newspapers – Dailian – with a photoset of Gong Hyo-jin trying to look cute as she promotes one of the many online shopping malls that are a dime-a-dozen on the Korean Internet. Besides the horrible lighting, awkward poses, lack of basic color correction, and corny clothes, the whole concept itself was enough to leave a scar on my mind.
우왁, ‘허접한’ 신문들의 ‘허접한’ 패션 사진들은 정말 짜증나요. 뭐 익숙해지긴 했지만. 그래도 이건 정말 해도 너무했어요. 이 아래 사진들은 데일리안이라는 스포츠 신문에 실린 화보들입니다. 한국 인터넷에 널린 온라인 쇼핑몰 중 하나를 광고하는 공효진의 귀여운 척하는 사진이네요. 이 끔찍한 조명이랑 이상한 포즈, 촌스러운 옷에 기본적인 색상 보정도 안 한 화보를 보고 있자니 정말로 우울해지네요.
Where to begin? Whew. How about Auto Levels in Photoshop? Basic color correction? I mean, the point is supposed to be that she’s all “colorful” and stuff, right? The rainbow swirl lollipop, pink pants, and silver shoes were supposed to pop; instead, they’re just flat against the gray (!!!) wall, a background that should allow for easy color correction in the first place, which one can also reference against her white shirt. Hello? Anyone home?
휴, 뭐부터 말할까요? 포토샵의 자동보정기능이랑 기본색상수정은 왜 안 돼 있는 거죠? 공효진을 “컬러풀”하게 하는 게 포인트잖아요? 무지개색 롤리팝에 핑크색 바지, 은색 신발은 튀어 보이라고 코디했겠지요! 그런데 튀게 하기는커녕, 그냥 회색 벽(!!!) 앞에 세워 놨어요! 배경이라면 우선 색상 보정이 쉬워야 하고, 저 흰색 셔츠랑 잘 대조되어야 하는 거잖아요. 아니, 대체 누가 일을 이렇게 한거야?
I Auto Leveled, then color corrected manually a bit, trying to make her whites white, reds red, and pink pop. I think I saturated a bit too hot by setting the color space to Adobe 1998, but that’s a good space for Internet pics (thanks, Oak). Didn’t anyone over at the Dailian go to a Photoshop hagwon at least?
나는 흰 옷은 희게, 빨간 구두는 빨갛게, 그리고 분홍색은 튀게 하려고 이 사진들을 자동보정하고, 색상은 수동으로 손을 봤습니다. Adobe 1998의 색상범위에 세팅하느라 너무 강하게 만들었지만, 인터넷 사진으로는 괜찮은 색상범위죠. (다행이다 ;ㅁ;) 데일리안에는 최소한 포토샵 학원에 가보려고 생각하는 사람도 없었나? -_-
I also sharpened a bit much, and her skin tones are a bit reddish, but I tend to like warm tones, and it’s a damn sight better than the gray haze that kills the original image. Also – what’s with the multiple shadows in all the shots? Use a darker background, hello? And maybe if you did, her clothes would look brighter, yeah? To kill them shadows more, try a softbox, yo.
그리고 선명도를 너무 높여서 피부톤이 약간 붉게 됐지만, 나는 원래 따뜻한 톤을 더 좋아하고, 뭣보다도 칙칙한 회색빛 원본보다는 훨씬 낫죠. 그리고, 대체 왜 모든 사진에 그림자가 여러 개 있는 거야? 조금 더 어두운 배경을 썼어야죠. 그러면 옷이 훨씬 밝아 보이지 않았겠어요? 그림자를 더 없애 보려면, Softbox를 써보시라고요.
These poses are all ridiculous, awkward, and just feel all-around fake. Sit on the bike, at least. Here’s a bike shot, baby:
이 포즈도 진짜 우습고 이상하고 ,억지로 꾸민 티가 나요. 최소한 바이크에 앉기라도 했어야지. 이게 진짜 바이크를 탄 사진이야, 아가씨.
So – is it just that the Dailian folks don’t know what they’re doing over there, or are they just lazy?
그래서- 데일리안 사람들은 자기들이 제대로 못하고 있다는 걸 모르는 걸까, 아니면 그냥 게으른 걸까?
—Original English by FMS
Korean version by heymika
4 Responses for "Dailian – Do You Know Photoshop?"
Dang, that’s really bad. I pulled that original into Photoshop, and I could blatantly see the scuff marks on the floor. Filthy!
Anyway, I thought I’d take a crack at the lollipop shot. Used curves to pop her out a bit. Saturated the reds and magentas. Then went into curves and slightly adjusted the blue and red channels. Selected the background and that dirty floor and bleached it to take down the shadows and–dang, really, did somone step on dog poo before walking in that studio?
http://www.zenkimchi.com/images/Lollipop.jpg
Also, tell me if I’m wrong. It looks like there are only two light sources. No backlighting at all.
Depending on the shot, looks like 2 or 3 flashes used, some 2 and some 3. Man – this is ridiculously bad. I didn’t even get down and dirty like you did – just some Auto levels, playing with the color balance a bit, etc. BAD. And this isn’t uncommon in Korean fashion rags – why the lame pictures?
And just in case it’s not obvious, my shot at the bottom DID use a flash – just my single, on-board camera strobe. So whassup with them studio people not being able to control light? If I were that Gong girl, I’d be pissed.
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