Since posting this picture of my son Brodey on Flickr many months ago, I have received a lot of emails asking how I did the post work. Many people think it's HDR, some say it's got the Dave Hill feel to it.
I will go through my recipe in detail. It's not a hard process. It's something I've refined to work for me and over time, it's become second nature. I have even used it on landscapes with great success. A lot of this works better with higher contrast images and good lighting (not that I'm great at lighting).
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