with Ed Verosky
Guest Post by Sheryl Warwick Here is a short video showing how you can take a simple image and add some zing with liquify and skin smoothing. The whole process doesn’t take long and once you start editing with a tablet you can whip out edits in no time at all. Boudoir clients run the [...]
Let’s face it, being proficient in Photoshop is crucial to your success as a photographer. I can’t stress how important this knowledge is. This online video course will get you there quickly to give you a professional understanding of Photoshop concepts, tools, and their application. Even if you know your way around pixel editing, there [...]
I went digging through the archives and found this photo of Carrie, complete with post-processing. In my new book, Taking Your Portraiture to the Next Level II, I talk about how post-processing is “part of the art” and it always has been. In digital photography, there is no such thing, technically speaking, as no post-processing. [...]
Newsletter reader, Derek Johnson, sent me a nice email the other day which included a question about a couple of images in one of the articles where I wrote, I love the gray seamless because I can get huge color jumps off it with the smallest color tweaks in Lightroom or Photoshop. Notice in the [...]
The look of the old Pictorial photographs from Stieglitz and Gertrude Käsebier and some of the old Hollywood glamour portraits from George Hurrell were the inspiration for the two images below. Actress, Dina Massery dropped by so we could do some creative work together, and we decided to head out to the craft shop nearby [...]
Using Photoshop® to reduce puffiness and discoloration around the eyes with the Patch Tool, Spot Healing Brush Tool, and Clone Stamp Tool.
Using Photoshop® to eliminate lines, wrinkles, and skin blemishes with the Patch Tool and the Spot Healing Brush Tool. Ok, so our model, Lyssa, doesn’t actually have any wrinkles, but we tried to find at least a few minor things to “fix” for this demonstration.
Excerpt from my book, 10 Ways to Improve Your Boudoir Photography Now. Note that the images shown here are of a client in her 60′s where tasteful retouching was used to bring out the best, yet stay well within the boundaries of reality: A question that usually comes up early in consultations prior to a [...]
There’s nothing like going old-school. Shooting film. Developing it yourself. If you’d like to give it a try, you’ll have to invest a little time and money for the basic experience. Whether you go with 35mm film, or opt for medium format film (which you can load into something like a Holga), here are some [...]
This time of year is not about resolutions for me. It’s more about reflection. I’m a big believer in learning from past experiences. So, I generally look back, before I move forward. This is something I remember Sister Phyllis suggesting back at Our Lady of Sorrows (a parochial school I attended) when I was in [...]
