Adding Flare or Atmosphere is quite popular nowadays in portrait post-processing (at the time of writing). It gives mood or drama to your image. In this tutorial we will learn how to add flare or atmosphere in few easy steps and realistically. (more…)
Dealing with unflattering light situation, limited gears and time.
Last March 2011 I was tasked to take photos of a resort in Al Ain, UAE for their campaign materials. Their facilities include, shooting range, rugby club, golf course, equestrian club, and a number of restaurants. Well that’s a lot and I have to cover those in a day, well half of the day literally that it drained my arse off going back to Abu Dhabi that evening.
So much for that, what I would like to share is my experience on the field when I shot first the golf course. A supervisor was guiding me around together with his caddie. As soon as I finished taking pictures of the golf course, we decided to take a couple of golfer shots just to have an element of player in the field. (more…)
For Photographers who are beginners in Photoshop.
As time goes by newer versions of software applications are coming out, loaded with new tools and new features that eases out our computing experience and Adobe Photoshop is one of them. For some, it may seem complicated and intimidating especially when you see lots of buttons and jargons that are somehow new to us. So before discouraging and inadvertently turning ourselves into being “purists” let’s learn some of the essential tools that most photographers use in Photoshop.
A freebie Lightroom User Preset where you can apply to your off-camera lighting images.
This preset can speed up your post-processing workflow by applying to your off-camera lighting images. I call this Strobist-Muted preset as this effect is being used by a lot of “strobist” around the world with a dramatic desaturated color tone.
In this process we will learn how to add textures to an image to create drama or mood and doing it properly.
Nowadays, it is important that when we retouch the skin of our subject, we have to make sure that it will retain its natural look. Gone are the days of just blurring the skin. In this process we will learn how to retouch skin, making it smooth while maintaining its texture.