Watch this video – it’s a good one. If there’s a lighting technique that can move your portraits from blah to bazowie this would be the one! Kicker lights, accent lights, hair lights, edge lights, skim lights, rim lights – whatever you choose to call it, any and all add depth and dimension to your [...]
Two more actions I couldn’t possibly live without. The first action is the SPE_Edge Vignette (SPE = Senior Portrait Expert). Other than a high-key image on an all-white background there is not an image that won’t benefit from running this action. I run it on every single non-high-key image. As I will explain in the [...]
. . . Or How Anyone Can Look Like Dolly Parton. As I will explain in the video this lesson could have also been titled “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” or “How To Create Controversy – 101″. This technique is one of those little “magic sauce” tricks that can make your images stand out from the [...]
In a recent studio lighting video post for those with f/4 and above member status we discussed the use of different main light modifiers. One of our members posed the following question; “Hey Dave. Nice video. Can you touch one other aspect of the modifiers? How the catch light in the eyes is affected by [...]
Just a thought but you might want to get some popcorn and a soda before watching the first video – it’s 30 minutes long. Often times when I record these videos, by the time I get through with the editing I’ve watched it about five times and I am bored to tears. I have to [...]
In this second Photoshop training video we’re backing up a step or two from last week’s video. Setting up your desktop and changing your preferences is something many new Photoshop users pay little attention to. But just a minor tweak here and there can make a big difference in the speed and ease of your [...]