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Find out what it took to achieve our Dark and Dramatic image in this behind the scenes episode.

 

Today we’re doing another start to finish edit! This image was submitted by Stevie Keen.

Sample Images Included

 

See the BTS footage of our latest portrait, as well as a sneak peek of the other shot we did that day! This image was inspired by the crane and is part of a larger series we are doing on bird species.

 

Today I’m going to show you how to create a movie out of still images, and in this case, how to make a movie out of photos from a photobooth.

 

There are a few different ways to get these effects, you can shoot with IR film and a red Filter, convert a digital camera, OR get the same type of look in post.

 

We are going to focus on what to edit in Photoshop. The first thing I noticed when looking at this photo is that the paintings in the Background are a little distracting.

 

How to fix the shadows underneath people’s eyes.

 

In today’s episode we’re going to be editing an image taken by Angela of the Phlearn team.

 

We’re going to talk about everything that there is to know about Curves, and also we’re going to show you some cool ways to Color your images using Curves.

 

Giving objects a Reflection in post becomes a bit more of a difficult task when the bottom of the still life (in this case, a Coca-Cola can) is curved.

 

Today’s episode will cover everything you need to know about shooting for a cinemagraph, and tomorrow we’ll cover how to bring it all together in Photoshop!

 

In yesterday’s episode we showed you everything you need to know for shooting video to be used in a cinemagraph, and today we’ll bring it all together in Photoshop!

 

Today we work on a user submitted landscape image. We are going to add some lights and effects requested by Sam.

 

These will make the biggest Difference! Curves can be used to easily adjust Light Levels and Colors in your images.

 

In this episode we’re going over how to Light a bottle of beer. This is great for brushing up on your product photography skills.

 

Yesterday we showed you the photoshoot and how to light beer, and today we are showing you exactly what happens when you bring those photos into Photoshop.

 

Today we are completing this beer image in Photoshop. We cover the Lighting Effects as well as adding the splashes around the beer. The trick when doing this sort of Composite is to know how much masking needs to be done.

 

Dan Winters is a great photographer who produces gripping work. He has a way of pulling emotion out of his subjects that will leave you breathless. Today we look at one of his famous portraits of Tom Hanks, and try to reproduce it.

 

Today we go behind the scenes of our Photoshoot for the Banished Mermaid Pro tutorial. We ended up doing, what seems like, 3 individual photoshoots while we were all set up.

 

The advantage to using modeling lights as opposed to strobes is that you see exactly what you are going to get, there is not guesswork.

 

To create this fashion portrait we used a 3 Light setup and shot behind a pane of glass. To add a bit of Texture and interest to the glass we added baby oil (thicker than water) and lit it from behind.

 

One of the largest challenges we had to overcome to bring this concept to life was to design and build the main character. Being a photographer, this did not come entirely naturally to me, so I had to pay extra attention to my goals as a creator.

 

When you increase your ISO on a digital camera, your processor amplifies the signal it receives from the sensor to make it stronger, much like an amplifier on a stereo, it makes a quiet signal much louder.

 

For adding Light rays to your image, make sure you first have an image that will properly support light coming through. You want to have an image that is either lit from the back or from the side.

 

This shoot was inspired by Rankin’s amazing series of lips holding things like flowers. I have always thought scarab beetles were beautiful and this was the perfect opportunity to feature them in a photo.

 

In order to make the existing Highlights in this image stand out even more, first we make the Lights and Midtones of the image darker using a Levels Adjustment Layer.

 

Find out what it took to pull off this very complex composite!

 

We’ll be editing Jason’s image and showing you how to make your subject stand out better from the Background by using some simple Coloring techniques.

 

In this behind the scenes video you will learn how to set up lighting for a full length portrait as well as a headshot.

 

It can be hard to pump up the Colors in a photograph without making it look unnatural. In RGB mode, changing your Colors in Curves will also produce changes in Brightness and Exposure. To fix this, we can easily switch to LAB Mode.

 

Step behind the scenes of our Film Noir Shoot. From Planning to Editing!