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Before and After Magic

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:42:01 GMT

This tutorial will show you how I changed a fairly average location into something quite dramatic. I really wanted to add a sense of the “dramatic” to this particular image and I thought I'd do it with color. I remember this sky not being all that exciting – you know, kind of grayish, clouds not too exciting and actually quite dull. I knew my main challenge was to really, really “pop” the sky. The final result is a combination of three elements: 1 – Lighting technique. 2 – Lightroom technique. 3 – Photoshop technique. Combining these three resources resulted in the photograph that I thought was strikingly different than your normal wedding image. Hit the PLAY button below to see how I pulled it off. Enjoy the show!

By ziser

Tags : Lighting, Lightroom, Photoshop, Wedding, flash, off-camera, photography

Way Cool Background Fix

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:48:03 GMT

In the original image the boy and his dad were surrounded with other wedding guests. And even though they were out of focus, they still distracted from the moment I wanted to capture in this image. I was able to quickly improve the image in Photoshop with the Quick Selection tool. Hit the PLAY button below to see how easy it was to make this image a lot stronger than it was. originally.

By ziser

Tags : Photoshop, retouching

Is Lightroom Faster Than Photoshop?

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:16:04 GMT

A few months ago I re-ran one of my very early tutorials entitled, "Rocky Mountain High". I loved the tutorial because it showed how I solve the problem we portrait photographers sometimes encounter - dark, variable backgrounds. A couple readers commented wondering if I would have used Lightroom now that's its available. Well, I decided to revisit the image and test out the hypothesis of whether Lightroom would be faster than Photoshop in this instance. You may notice that the length of the Photoshop tutorial runs a few seconds shorter, but that's because I've gotten much longer winded these days. Hit the PLAY button below and you be the judge as to which solution gives the best result. You might be surprised.

By ziser

Tags : 2, Lightroom, Photoshop, lighting, retouching

Underexposure - Saving The Image: Part1

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:29:22 GMT

What do we do if that image is badly underexposed and it really needs to be in the wedding album? Can we save it? What are the noise issues involved. If there is a tremendous amount of noise, what can we do to ameliorate it? These are the questions answered in this tutorial as I walk you through one very underexposed image. I'll show you the JPEG and RAW strategies involved, each representing a different processing challenge to get to that decent result. This all sounds very simple, but I think you will be surprised by the results and how I got there. Hit the PLAY button below to see the rest of the story.

By ziser

Tags : Lightroom, Photoshop, Underexposure

A Portrait Album With A Twist

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:01:59 GMT

This tutorial discusses a really cool portrait product for your clients. This tutorial also shows how to add pizazz to that portrait album with a completely different twist. Think of this week's tutorial as a cross between marketing and Photoshop.

By ziser

Tags : Photoshop, portraits, tutorials

Invitation to Love

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:38:32 GMT

I like to mount the bridal invitation in the bridal albun, but so many of them are 3-D or three demensional these days. Our work-a-round is to photograph the invite and use Photoshop to create a nice collage of the invitation. This is how we do it in real time. Enjoy! --David

By ziser

Tags : David, Photoshop, Tutorial, Ziser

Winter Wonderland

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:37:46 GMT

A Photoshop tutorial showing how I used the Extract tool to create a great looking series of banners for an event featuring a Winter Wonderland theme.

By ziser

Tags : David, Photoshop, Ziser, extract, tool, tutorial

Burn & Dodge Cha-Cha

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:54:41 GMT

This Photoshop Tutorial shows 3 ways to Burn and Dodge in Photoshop. Each method is discussed as to it's best application in your work flow. There are three BONUS tips along the way too.

By ziser

Tags : David, Photoshop, Tutorial, Ziser

Touch of Color - With a Twist

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:54:29 GMT

This is a fun tutorial showing how to highlight one or more color objects against a neutral B&W image. There is a nice twist at the end showing how to manipulate the image spot colors for an even more interesting result. Enjoy! --David

By ziser

Tags : Photoshop, Tutorial, Ziser

Easy John Henry - Photoshop Tutorial

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:34:26 GMT

As a Portrait and Wedding photographer, I like to sign my finished images which will be displayed in a client's home. This tutorial shows how to create a "Signature Brush" easily in Photoshop so that you can quickly sign any image when the need arises.

By ziser

Tags : David, Digital, Photoshop, ProTalk, Tutorials, Ziser, http://www.viddler.com/explore/ziser/videos/6/

Stretching the Background - Photoshop Tutorial

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:25:17 GMT

This tutorial shows how to re-center the portrait subjects on a studio background, but works well in other situations as well.

By ziser

Tags : Digital, Photoshop, ProTalk, Retouching (1:08) , Tutorial, Ziser, cut (1:34) , keys (1:34) , short (1:34)

Rocky Mountain High - Photoshop Tutorial

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:54:51 GMT

This Photoshop tutorial will describe how to enhance and improve a dark background in this bridal portrait.

By ziser

Tags : David, Photoshop, Tutorials, Ziser