A year ago I came upon an australian (Matt Hoyle) portrait photographer's
website. His images were so amazing it hurt.
I had no idea how he had done it. I would have described them as having a "hyper real skip bleach" quality. The image that stood out was a disheveled, hairy biker with crystal blue eyes on the beach... in a speedo...
He looked... heroic.
A
talented friend has just introduced me to what that photographer did to create that quality in his images.... I'm hooked.
Here are my first attempts:

