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I first followed the tutorial of PIXIMPERFECT www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFxylWAAFSM
For the double exposure technique and used his picture material.
I learned I was the clumsiest human on earth and I kept deleting or modifying things without saving my progress and having to redo some steps repeatedly. The pleasing thing is by doing repetition, you actually memorize everything better. I also learn that the TAB button places everything full screen in photoshop and hides all your panels and because somehow I didn't know I panic a bit.
I typically work by intuition and handle everything until I get a result, this is why following a tutorial in stages was more painful lol. But was able to complete the task and was quite proud of the result.
I enjoy the project, but the result was at the end almost a copy conform from the tutorial, and I wanted to deconstruct it and produce something distinctive. Here is the result, a special Admin award for my Flickr group.
Just tap on your keyboard's right arrow to see this image without "snow." As you can see, I managed to keep my camera warm and dry while producing this image. :D The original photo was taken during the heat of summer.
To create the snow effect, I used a technique taught by Unmesh Dinda of PixImperfect fame (his videos on Photoshop are simply amazing). My attempt turned out better than I expected. You can see his masking technique illustrated at www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeWcNsw-KRw. (He doesn't demonstrate how to create the snow effect, but it equally applies.) I also darkened the image and painted the tops of the railings and posts white to simulate frost and snow.
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As you know I have been shooting and posting mainly black and white images in the past. This happened because I love b&w but also because I did not know how to process colour pictures in Lightroom or Photoshop.
In the past months I have been learning colour processing and colour grading. There are really good teaching videos out there nowadays that make it fun to learn the necessary techniques.
To me the best video channel to learn Photoshop is by far Piximperfect. Unmesh has the ability and patience to explain things in a simple and still profound way. Here is the link:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCMrvLMUITAImCHMOhX88PYQ
And it is entirely free!
I am now posting older pictures that I shot some years ago and that in those days I did not know how to process. That leads to some inconsistency with regard to curation of my Flickr gallery (I find it important to post pictures in a way that they refer to each other and "speak" to each other). But well, things are the way they are.
I am certainly still anything but a profound user of Lightroom and Photoshop, but I enjoy working on my pics and adding colour to my photographic journey.
This picture I shot in 2013 in Invercargill, New Zealand. And it has been sleeping on my hard drive ever since.
Petrel Cove, South Australia.
A 30 second long exposure with a 10 stop ND filter and a 9 stop variable ND filter..
I can't remember what the variable setting was, I think about 4 or 5 stop
For something different In the process of converting it to BW I used Photoshop/image/calculations and a blending of the Red and Green channels for a dramatic effect
See the link below for details from Photoshop Guru PiXimperfect
Amsterdam, December 2021
Model: Kim
Some notes 'behind the scenes'...
It will come as no surprise to those who frequent my stream: the images I present are, with a few exceptions, heavily processed and look almost nothing like the original. This image certainly belongs to that category.
Yes, Kim was running down the street and it took several attempts to get the look as well as her coat right.
The problem was the background. With the applied panning technique I couldn't get enough motion blur. And no, making her run faster was not an option.
I wasn't satisfied and left the image untouched for a while until I saw a tutorial on the YouTube channel PIXimperfect: "Create SPEED in Photoshop"
Unmesh Dinda showed how to apply the motion blur effect seamlessly on an image like this. It took some time to get it perfect but it was worth the effort!
Here's the link for those interested in this tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUyf77flNoE&list=LL&index...
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Another belly shot on the yoga mat. Elbow tripod. No coffee this time– a tad windy.
Closer to the original RAW shot with the umbellifer seed head measuring about 1.5 inches/ 3.8 cm. Just muted a bit using curves.
Experimenting. Fun to learn how to adjust hues using curves adjustment layers. I used one of these basic YouTube videos:
youtu.be/Bvyiydd2dMc (PixImperfect)
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A hot summer's day and my grandchildren are visiting so it was down to the beach. This is my painterly interpretation of the view of them in the sea.
This was captured on my Sony Xperia, processed in Lightroom Mobile and Photoshop and overlaid with a canvas texture. The approach inspired by Piximperfect's You Tube tutorial youtu.be/8suSIb8IWFk
I do not have a steady hand, which is something I have been slow to realize. I started out shooting on Pentax digital cameras and Pentax has very capable in body stabilization which lulled me into thinking I could shoot at much slower shutter speeds than I am actually capable of sustaining without help from the camera. When I switched to Nikon, I did eventually realize I had a slow shutter problem (which not even vibration reduction can solve) but it took a while. This was shot at 1/125 and the focus was soft, probably due to the slow shutter speed but also possibly because I simply missed focus by a bit. Anyway, I was a prolific shooter when I lived in New Mexico and I have far too many images in my saved folders like the original version of this one, that are favorable if not for the soft focus. Fortunately, I was recently alerted (by YouTube master PixImperfect, thank you Unmesh) to a new app called Remini that is simply amazing at rescuing out of focus images. This is my first use of the app and it did an outstanding job. There are limitations - works only on a cell phone and does not export full resolution files - but I was able to work around those issues with the help of resizing and masking/blending with the original photo to produce a result i am not only happy to share but would also be fine to send to a client for printing.
P.S. I have switched to the Nikon Z system and find my hit count greatly improved, even when I do sometimes dip to a low shutter speed. I love the Z6!
I still love a good levitation but I don't get as much time to do them these days, but I was up in London and arranged to shoot with Chihiro and this is what we came up with. Levitations are vaguely voguish I feel, and they enjoyed more interest a few years ago, but they will come around again at some point I imagine.
The Mechanics.....
Single strobe - camera right with diffuser, and white flippy screen pointing at wall @ 1/8th. White balance set to cool.
Firstly, you don't need a tripod if you follow the method laid out here. For the model, I shot about 20 images of her on a bench resting on the table and as I shot different sections, various elements of her body were lifted off the table to give the floating effect and then patched together in Photoshop. Maybe one day I'll get round to doing a YouTube video of it. The problem I gave myself was not shooting enough of Chihiro's hair as that was the most difficult thing in post to sort out. Fortunately out of those 20 shots I had taken enough different hair elements to be able to pick and choose which bits to use and reverse, resize and so on to make it work.
I had two strobes and two triggers with me and the idea was to set one up as a rim light and the other as a key light but one strobe decided not to work, so I was left with one ambient light and one strobe and this was the result. As a consequence, I've done some fairly heavy toning in lightroom. Lightroom is such an amazing tool at the moment in terms of masking. The flexibility is incredible . This version is the third variant. In the first two I wasn't happy with the lighting or the actual pose and there is more on puppet warp below.
I don't know how other photographers work but I tend to do light adjustments/toning/editing with masks in LR and then export into PS for the more heavy lifting (no pun intended) of firstly cutting out/ isolating the subject and then re integrating with the background. The first thing I also did in the backdrop was lift the practical light as it was shining through her skirt. Having it above her adds to the drama of the scene. Also in PS, I really went to town with puppet warp of the subject, to give some drama to the pose. This is a so called 'non destructive' form of editing an image. I am afraid my experience of PW is most definitely destructive. As the pose was somewhat altered from earlier, the PW caused some considerable loss of definition. I had to go back to a previous version and almost 'patch work quilt apply' old sections of material or other bits on top of this new version. Worse, toes and nose were actually cut shorter because of the reshaping. So, they also needed to be 'dropped in' seamlessly from an older shot.
The final piece of work to do in PS was to ensure that the various bits of hair taken from other shots was placed in shot without looking unnatural. In the original shot, Chihiro's hair was actually shot at a higher point in the frame and lighter than the background. If you've ever tried editing the background out of hair, it is a nightmare job although I am sure piximperfect would have a tutorial! The solution I used was to adjust the background to match the tones. Job done.
In the end, total madness really. This result is close enough to the shot I envisioned, so that's it. I'm leaving alone.
Overall, i'm pleased with this image because I managed to achieve ISO 125 and an aperture of F3.2 in quite low lighting conditions while also keeping the light soft, so that's a good thing I think.
Strobist:
Profoto B1X bare bulb through Chimera 1/4 grid light panel 45 degrees high above on axis
Profoto B2's camera left and right against V-flat reflectors.
She’s playing with the Daniel Norton puppet button.
Done as an exercise from a PixImperfect Photoshop tutorial on YouTube.
For those of you who are following me - this partial obsession with "selfies" is due more more to the fact that this year I'm into a second round of vascular issues rather than anything esoteric. One month doing an enforced "stuff all" is driving me to distraction - selfies are a great way to pass the time.
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Model @frontrowjo (Kayla Jo)
Concept @Kreativelens and @Kreativelens_art @iiiaperture
Camera @sony
Photogear @Neewer @Canonusa @profotousa @magmod @platypod @godoxlighting @godox_photo_equipment
Studio @houstonwarehousestudios @Kreativelens
Post Processing inspired by Amanda Diaz - @amandadiazphotography and Nino Batista @ninobatista
Color Tone inspired by Dan Hecho - @dan_hecho
Color grading technique by @piximperfect
Photographer and Lights @Kreativelens and @Kreativelens_art
Before and After - experimenting with color matching courtesty of a video and assets from PiXimperfect.
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One of the bunny family at Tittesworth Country Park, Staffordshire.
With thanks to PixImperfect Youtuber for demonstrating an alternative/ superior method for sharpening
Having more fun in Photoshop learning as I go.
Amused myself boosting the grizzle. And whilst the skin re-touching could maybe do with a wee bit more? I'm pretty chuffed with the end result if I do say so.
If you're interested in learning for yourself you should amble on over to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLjMzOkMY90&t=739s where PIXimperfect will have you up-to-speed in no time at all!
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Thanks to the tutorial by Amesh at Piximperfect that taught me about the FS to edit this photo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8mnzVNaiD0
We have a new He Shoots, He Draws Podcast with Glyn Dewis & Dave Clayton podcast episode today with #Photoshop guru and YouTube (and now Photoshop World) trainer Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect - you can listen here simplecast.com/s/ced196f4 or any podcast place such as iTunes, Spotify or GooglePlay - thank you for listening.
Week 46 – Backlit Portrait
I had an idea of what I wanted to do for this week's challenge, and knew that I I needed someone with long flowing hair as my model to achieve this. When my friend Sarah was coming to visit, I bribed her with a piña colada (or three). Sarah is a great sport, and has done a fair amount of modelling (and acting) in her past, so was more than willing to sit for me. I set up a small 'studio' in my front room, with a black velvet cloth hung from the tall units at the back for a backdrop, and a black fleece draped over the armchair. Behind Sarah was a studio light, and to my right was David holding an LCD video light.
Edited in Adobe Camera RAW, Photoshop and Nik Colour Efex Pro, with a steep learning curve and lots of video tutorials from PiXimperfect on frequency separation to smooth the skin, how to brighten, sharpen and change the colour of eyes and add highlights in the hair. In addition to that it was a lot of trial and error and experimentation to get to the final image.
Canon EOS 5D III
Canon 24-105mm f/4 @ 84mm
Aperture priority
f/5
1/80
ISO 1600
WB Auto