GREAT Portraits start with the person in front of the camera feeling relaxed.
BUT how do you help someone to be relaxed?
Here's 5 ways that I use ALL the time and work a treat!
Introduction
Connection
Slow Down
Eye Contact
At and Past
Show Them
Listen
The 5 Tips
MMFI
Perfect, Accurate Colour is vitally important in both Photography and Video.
In this short video I show how to use the Calibrite ColorChecker Passport Duo to achieve exactly this; a simple process that involves 1 extra photograph and just a few clicks in Lightroom …
With all the recent BIG updates I'm now able to do a lot more of the SAME things in Lightroom that only used to be possible in Photoshop BUT Quicker and Easier ! In this video I show 3 examples ... working on skin , changing color and creating new backgrounds and lighting effects…
Love Movies? Love Lightroom? Here's how you can QUICKLY and EASILY take the colour from a movie and add it to your own pictures using the Color Grading Panel …
Lightroom recently received a BIG update with version 12.0 , BUT there's one update I WISH Adobe would add in ... an Amount Slider in the Colour Grading Tab.
In this video I explain WHY by using the Color Grading to add finishing touches to a photograph PLUS show a HACK for giving even more control …
Did you see the dog portrait I did a couple of weeks back?
If not, this is the one.
The dog belongs to my friend Trigga, and I I took it after I’d finished taking his portrait…
So here’s a video showing all the editing / retouching I did in both Lightroom and Photoshop …
Hope you like it, but as always, if you have any questions, just post them in the comments section below and I’ll make sure to reply.
Cheers,
Glyn
Jump Cuts ... Love them or Hate them? Great when used creatively but sometimes unavoidable ... or are they?
Here's 60 seconds showing how to fix them in Premiere Pro CC 👍🏻
Here's a SUPER FAST technique for removing a Colour Cast from your images that requires no guess work and no keyboard shortcuts to bring up secret menus; just a straight forward one-click fix that works GREAT!
The Depth Blur Filter in Photoshop works great on landscape pictures BUT trying using it on a Portrait and WOW!
Totally brings it to life and gives the feel of the portrait coming forward of the screen / print! I've been experimenting with this lately and am loving the results! In this video I show you my 3 Step Process...
The new Masking Section added into Lightroom was a BIG DEAL! But...did you know there's a Hidden Button that makes it EVEN BETTER by giving way more control? In this video I show ow we can use this hidden function to realistically add drama to skies, add Special Effects, light a Macro Shot AND add Highlights to a Portrait!
© Glyn Dewis 2024
