Every sunset is different. However each year, there are a few of them that you remember forever! This was certainly one of those sunsets! As Galen Rowell once said, “You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day, and you only get so many days on the planet. A good photographer does the math and doesn’t waste either.”
In this tutorial, we are going to create a Standard Color Preset for portrait images, which is referred to as a “soft portrait” look. This Standard Color Preset will soften up the highlights, reduce the appearances of blemishes and imperfections of the skin and overall, make a portrait more flattering. In portraits, our subjects are the primary focus of the image. However, even if the subjects’ faces are not zoomed in on, the image can still be considered a portrait. In this tutorial, we will also use the Standard Import Preset that we created in a previous tutorial. It is a good idea to read about the Standard Import Preset before creating the Standard Color Preset because you will have a better understanding of this tutorial. These settings are the specific settings we apply to portraits at Lin & Jirsa Photography, so if you do not like a certain setting, feel free to tweak it to fit your personal style. However, hopefully some of these tips will help you create your own unique style for your portraits.
In this video from our Lightroom 4 A to Z Workshop on DVD, we will explain what causes “red eye” in your subjects’ eyes and how we can fix this problem with the Red Eye Correction Tool in Lightroom 4. Although it is important to know how to use this tool, you will rarely use it if you are shooting with DSLR cameras and off camera lighting. Instead, “red eye” normally occurs with point-and-shoot cameras. We will discuss why that is in this article as well.
In this video from our Lightroom 4 A to Z Workshop on DVD, we will discuss how to use the Spot Removal Tool in Lightroom 4. The Spot Removal Tool is great for removing blemishes on skin, dust from camera lenses, tiny insects around your subjects, and any other specks in your images. There are two types of Spot Removal Brushes: the Cloning Brush and the Healing Brush. This article will go over what these 2 Spot Removal Brushes are and how to use them.
The Histogram is a useful, but often overlooked tool. In this article, we will explain the Histogram and demonstrate how it is used within Lightroom 4.
Despite several new updates to Lightroom 4, Adobe still has yet to make significant improvements upon the dismal performance that we have been plagued with. Working professionals that have moved to Lightroom 4 for its enhanced developing capabilities, have had to deal with substantial reductions in editing efficiency as Lightroom 4 can be 2-3x slower than Lightroom 3.
Can this really be the ultimate on-the-go laptop for photographers? The 13″ Asus ZENBOOK UX32VD is very light, thin, have a dedicated graphic card, 1080IPS, and can be upgraded. Check out our review on this ultrabook!
We all love good photography and Photoshop tutorials, and Aaron Nace’s Phlearn tutorials are some of the best out there. In this review, we talked about what makes Phlearn’s PRO tutorial great and why we are a fan of Phlearn.
In this Weekly Lightroom Edit, …I am going to sound like Bob Ross. Mmk, let’s get serious. In this tutorial video we are going to get into some burning, dodging, and brushing in Lightroom 4 for a vibrant, contrasty and crisp photo that was captured using both bright sunlight and deep shade.
I live in Flower Mound which is a beautiful city situated north of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. We’ve enjoyed some amazingly great weather this winter with many days of cloudless sunny skies and unseasonably warm weather. Perhaps it’s the result of global warming but for now I’m enjoying every minute of it.
The ASUS G75VW-DS73 is definitely our favorite photography laptop workstation for heavy-duty retouching. Not only does it have the sheer power, but it also has a good price tag for all that performance.
The Painter Tool from the Library View’s Toolbar is an often overlooked, but useful tool that allows you to quickly apply various attributes including keywords, color labels, flags, ratings, and more.
