s12ken. (not trying to sound offensive here...) It's in my post why i made the background so blue. It was meant to look a little strange. The colors aren't meant to look real, htey're meant to look fresh. and about the lighting. Umm, i never changed it...... So you say that GT''s lighting is off.
I dun know what you mean with pasted on. Plus that just thing hits me in the face cause i worked pretty hard on this image.
I took the blue one as the most downwards layer. Then i put the yellow one on it and start to rub away (gum) the yellow background. Then I made my usual changes according to the pic.
I know, the background is a bit blurred to much as is the front wheel. But that was my fault when i took the pic in GT4. SHame but I'm not gonna fix this as i want to continue making some new pics for the gallery i started.
Nice portraits of yr girl. I can see you like yellow and red but don't go overboard with them cause to much red just doesn't work. And i think you just used a bit to much?
Golden tip: use black and white films. These are the best to learn alot from taking portraits. I used them for 2 yrs in artschool and it really makes you look at values and contrast in yr pics. Plus try to take some portraits of just people on the street. Cause you can see mistakes alot faster cause yr not prohibited.
Are you using a digital camera?