Vintage Military Pilot Uniforms
For these first two sets of pictures were so fun to edit! This guys looks so authentic in his vintage military getup. You can’t see it because of the hat, but he even styled his hair in a vintage way! I decided to continue this authentic look and make two different versions of these photos. I wanted to color the photos in such a way that they looked a little aged. As if the photos were actually taken during that time period.
I put the aged look and the original photos (with a little color correction, spot removal, and frequency separation) side by side here.
This next photo was taken using one speed light. I used the same radial filter trick that I talk about in my womens fashion post. I also brought down the saturation of the reds a bit to make the color of his skin look a little more even (frequency separation also helped with this). I am a red head so I know all about reds in skin tone.
His hat had yellowed a bit with time so I used the teeth whitening adjustment brush to boost the whit and make this vintage military uniform look more authentic. Just a WW2 pilot fixing his hat.
This picture was taken with two speed lights. One lit up the plane and one lit up the pilot.
This one is not a vintage military photo but check out this guy and his bike! This look makes it look like he could have fit right in with all those 80s hair dos and aviators.
As you might have noticed, I used the frequency separation technique (to learn more about what this is watch this tutorial) with each one of these photos. I was a little skeptical at first as to whether or not this would work on male skin. I wanted them to still look authentic while also looking good. I think the think it helped with the most was evening out skin tones. I of course did some spot removal here and there but in the end, I was definitely a fan of the frequency separation.
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