This is the first live tutorial I recorded so I had no idea what I will end up with. Basically I wanted to show how to get a high contrast hard light effect in Photoshop, almost HDR looking. I wanted to keep things realistic so I used the contrast masking technique to keep the original shadows of the model.

Final result preview

Stock used

• Model: http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/art/Fly-1-255405147
• Background: http://night-fate-stock.deviantart.com/art/endless-road-209346982
• Sky: http://pelleron-stock.deviantart.com/art/Stormy-Sky-3-124958706