My thoughts on digital imaging.

Before After The examples above are before and after shots of a photo I have processed in Photoshop using multiple layers and layer masks. The eyes are taken directly from an image taken just before or after and I  have also duplicated, one bunch of balloons. What these examples do is show how a photo can be manipulated to an acceptable standard in a matter of minutes (on a second attempt this took less than 10 minutes). As a tool for saving potentially unusable images, the layer masks are vital but these techniques also raise the question of truth. Manipulations using Photoshop run a lot deeper than simply correcting a small portion of the image, they are used for all sorts of unmoral reasons. Magazines across the globe use photo editing to make models look skinnier and to make athletes look more defined. They are also used to remove blemishes, from dry skin to full on scarring, these images then set high standards for their readers. The typical dem...

In photography business there is a lot of competition, now more than ever with most of population having access to some sort of camera and basic editing software. With that in mind there are ways of working than can put you above the majority, the main way of doing this is by being consistent with your photographs, from the moment you click the shutter to eventual final print or digital image. When on a shoot, a grey card and light meter are 2 basic tools that can start you off the right direction. This will give you a way of correcting the white balance via the grey card and also give you a well exposed image to work with. When going to edit your images it is also important that Photoshop is set up correctly EVERYTIME you start the edit process. We start by setting up Photoshop’s colour settings to ‘Adobe 1998’, doing this every time you begin your work is the 1 st step to producing consistent work.  The example above shows the same image, the pho...