Neil July 18th, 2008
My thanks go out to the Professional Photographers of Ontario for hosting a wonderful half day workshop for their members with me as their speaker at the Ashbridges Bay Yacht club in Toronto.
I was able to present to the group a motivational lecture, an on-location shoot, and an image review and quick post processing example after dinner. However to extend your experience, I’m going to provide you with some original Canon 1Ds raw files shot that day to try your hand at lab color mode post processing, as well as altering the mood of the photo with a lighting overlay image you can download from the Create Cart:
Have a brand new free texture from me as you check out from the cart - there are a few more free ones and several sets of high resolution texture and lighting files if you are interested.
Now on to the full raw file downloads:
Download Test file one (13mb Canon CR2 raw file): Blue background accentuated by a tungsten gelled main flash, if you weren’t there you can download this screen cast movie file to learn to process your files for rich and vibrant blues : or view this post page on photoshop manipulating the blue in images. This image would be a fun one to try out the texture - if you try it - post a link in the comments to your blog page, flickr page, or other way to see your results. In this image we use the principles of Make Light Real:
- provide a clear subject - by making the subject brighter than the background
- create compelling color and contrast - by altering the flash color temperature with a gel to warm it
- compose the unexpected - I waited until the boat was in the right place to add the added ’story line’ to the photo
Download Test file two (13mb Canon CR2 raw file): another gelled image of the model on the rock, this is would be a great candidate for the lighting overlay you downloaded from above.
Download Test file three (13mb Canon CR2 raw file): a strong test of balancing the very dark nigerian model with the bright summer sky on the lakefront.
Have your fun with these images and post your versions to the comments and I’ll do my photoshop edits and post back in about a week.
Neil May 2nd, 2008
Here’s a free download of an image not available in the downloadable texture set Vertitas Vignette
Click through to Flickr, to download the high resolution version. And if you like this image, consider purchasing the $39 set of 40 images in the Create Store.
Here are some images made with the Veritas Vignettes:
Neil March 21st, 2008
Adobe Photoshop Tutorial: Cast Light From A Window - Learn Adobe Photoshop
The above Photoshop Tutorial can give you an idea how you can manipulate a photo in photo shop from ‘flat’ light to something that looks like light is shining through a window using layer blend modes. The same principles apply using the Make Light Real Overlay files.
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In honor of Good friday I’ll throw out an image for you to play with….
Download the high res version
And your lighting overlay to give that transcendental religious feeling - download link.
If you like these texture files and want to support this site, buy a CD of the lighting effects:
Neil February 29th, 2008
Today’s free light Friday features the work of Janita - Seishido.biz
You can view her list of freeware brushes here, and buy any of the great sets for very reasonable prices from her store.
Download the Doodle set
Download the Dirrty set
Enjoy, and let her know I sent you if you buy a couple sets.
Neil February 19th, 2008
Final image result:
Download the fiberglass insulation texture used in this tutorial. Visit Texture King.com
This photoshop tutorial attempts to mimic the traditional printing processes such as Daguerreotype, wet plate collodion, hand painted emulsion and filing the negative carrier for full frame prints. These traditional photographic processes created printing effect that were generated as light passed through the negative, or print material leaving artifacts of hand made imperfection. Modern printing papers such as Innova, Hahnemuhle Paper, and Moab offer the digital artist a fast and tactile solution for creating wonderfully warm pieces in Photoshop.
So the object in Photoshop is to use layers and blending modes to create the effect of light passing through an imperfect emulsion. To do this you will need at least two layers, one in a darkening type mode such as Darken, Multiply, Hard light, or normal mode with light pixels erased. To finish the effect realistically, a second border must be applied over the darkening border so that the two borders interact three dimensionally.
Other shot’s I’ve created borders for:
You can download some border and edge effects from several Flickr Groups….
Neil February 9th, 2008
Well, lots of work going into the action development but I did see this photo on Flickr and recognized the potential for a lighting overlay….
This download was spotted by S1W on his way to work - so don’t ever close off your creative observation of the light.
I used it for him on an image I shot at a little get together we had here in Rochester.
I pass on the blessing of creativity to you…..
