Photoshoot and Beyond
Category: Children Photograph: “Best friends” by Tomas Salinka The park location was a good choice for the shot. It sets the mood, telling a story of a little girl having a playdate with her “Best Friend”. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the Photofocus,…
In the article, One click Supermodel Results in Lightroom, we covered what images are great for a Supermodel look. Then, using the Lightroom version of Perfect Skin, we applied a superfast One-Click preset to produce a killer look. But sometimes an image may need a little editing first. Removing flyaway hairs or a blown-out highlight…
Category: Children Photograph: “A Very British Summer” by David Battarbee David did a great job capturing a moment in time of two close friends walking in the rain on a typical British summer day. Let’s break it down. A child’s arm is wrapped around her friend’s waist, signaling friendship. The girls wearing boots shows they didn’t get caught in the rain,…
Photoshop’s Liquify tool has been used by many photographers and retouchers to slim a subject or to accent their curves. It’s a very powerful tool that took a little getting use to. In Photoshop’s latest release—Photoshop CC 2015-5—Adobe added Face-Aware Liquify. This new addition to the Liquify family uses sliders; making it simple to cosmetically…
The Platypod Pro Max is very versatile. Attaching a ballhead and camera makes it as rock solid as a tripod with the advantage of being able to place it almost anywhere. By attaching an Avenger 5/8-Inch Stud, you can mount a large studio light and hide it in a small space behind your subject without…
We all have wrinkles, blemishes and laugh lines. When these features are completely removed—with the exception of blemishes—the image instantly looks fake. The key is to make the retouch look natural by softening wrinkles, fading laugh lines and smoothing the skin. But sometimes you may want flawless, almost porcelain skin that screams SUPERMODEL. You could…
The ease of one-click editing using presets –especially on a large project, is a real time saver. You start with one image and run through your favorite presets to see which one works best. The only problem: some preset settings will overwrite the previous settings –which is what we want to happen– while others settings may…
Adobe’s flagship Photoshop received a full version update, which makes the current version, Photoshop CC 2015-5, packed with lots of great features and a performance boost. There’s a lot to be excited about—except their warning about 3rd party plug-ins. Adobe made it clear with a warning message: VERY IMPORTANT – Photoshop CC 2015.5 is a…
Category: Children Photograph: “Youth” by Gregory Tran Gregory captured a beautiful candid shot of two youths sitting in a subway. He gives us an insight of what a typical day the two may experience. His choice to use Black & White gives a timeless feeling to the photo. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn…
Photoshop’s update is going to make a lot of photographers and retouchers happy with the boost in performance plus three improved tools–Selecting and Masking, Content-Aware Crop and Face-Aware Liquify. Performance Adobe has been focusing on increasing the speed of Photoshop. Faster startup time, removing unnecessary dialog boxes, warnings and clicks, as well as how fast…