Is it the camera or postprocessing... (2 Viewers)

[sarah]

... that achieves the lovely quality of these photographs, obviously its really good lighting... do you reckon subtle flash was used? I am fed up for the most part of colour in my pics. Would love to get such beautiful tones as this guy

http://www.worldpressphoto.org/inde...mid=223&type=&selectedIndex=11&bandwidth=high

or this person

http://www.worldpressphoto.org/inde...y&task=view&id=1444&Itemid=223&bandwidth=high

Is this just really good lighting?

http://www.worldpressphoto.org/inde...y&task=view&id=1458&Itemid=223&bandwidth=high

Anyone who's good at figuring out what people did ?

I know there are loads of other shots I can't think of now that I've wondered the same.

 

[sarah]

p.s. by camera I obviously mean the skill and eye of photographer as well.

 

[Space]

Pretty certain flash was used in all of them, then really good lenses/cameras and obviously good camera skills.

 

[Shay HT]

The first one definitely some post processing maybe there was a window either side for light, second one not so sure maybe some off camera flash.
Denis Hopper (love the lighting in this one) definitely proper studio setup

 

[Janer]

I like the Dennis Hopper one.

 

[RSJ]

I woulda said natural light in the first and second. Loads of post in that first one, probably loads of levels. It's a bit too contrasty for me, looks like there was a lot of sharpening done too, some of it looks a little blurry-but-sharpened.

 

[sarah]

I woulda said natural light in the first and second. Loads of post in that first one, probably loads of levels. It's a bit too contrasty for me, looks like there was a lot of sharpening done too, some of it looks a little blurry-but-sharpened.

Cheers guys, the first two were one example out of a photo-story, so the questions wasn't so mucha bout specific photos more than the whole sets as they have a consistent quality in terms of colours and lighting.

I'm with you on the contrasty-ness of the first one though.