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Dramatic-ness Enhanced Using Lightroom by FHphoto

Going through how the previous post was edited by using Adobe Lightroom. Again, using very simple and easy steps.

Enjoy!!

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Before and After.

Straight out of the camera RAW files really do need some enhancements, all Picture Style settings don’t apply to RAW files.

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The original image. You can see the basic ingredients are all there, such as the lighting and flare. However the colors are quite flat.

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Adjusted the White Balance, which made a dramatic difference in this one single step.

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Increased the Brightness a little, negative Clarity on the skin, Gradient Blur on the bottom half of the image.

And that’s it!! How easy was that!!

Dramatic Made Easy by FHphoto

This post is about how to add a little extra bit of dramatic-ness and energy to your portrait session, its simple and easily achievable which adds very little time to the flow of things.

This shot was taken in almost pitch black, I had missed the “Golden Hour” and the photos were getting quite boring with no background.

The main light was pretty standard, just a bounce brolly-box. The second light was then placed about 10 metres back with a full CTO Gel, I wanted this light to emulate the sun and give a warm feeling to the overall image.

As you can see, the orange light not only shines the back of the model but also the metal fence.

Its very easy and takes little extra time.

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Bridal Couture with Simply Elegant Beauty by FHphoto

A high volume photoshoot. When I said high volume, I meant “high volume”, how does 700 wedding gown and bridesmaid dresses?

Not many photographers will do high volume photoshoots, most photographers simply choose not to do such work because its mundane and boring and is probably deemed the lower end of the creativity scale by them. Others are daunted by the scale of things.

Lighting was an AB800 in a Bounce Brolly-Box from the left, and another AB800 from the right. I ove my Brolly-Box!!

Dresses and make-up were done by Simply Elegant Beauty.

Enjoy!!

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Fashion Catalogue, Before and After Using Lightroom by FHphoto

Welcome to another step by step pictorial of how you can improve the photograph by using simple steps with Adobe Lightroom. We will do 2 photos this time since they are really simple and really didn’t need much editing.

It was also because of the large amount of photos that resulted from this shoot, I really had to get most of it right in-camera, otherwise I would have been speding hours behind a computer.

Enjoy!!

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Side by side comparison of Amy. You can really see how uninspiring the before pic is, but bare in mind this is because of the RAW file and all camera picture styles set to 0.

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Original straight out of the camera.

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The main difference you see here is the White Balance and Brightness, also added more Black and a slight Crop.

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Finsihed photo. Boosted the Saturation and Contrast, negative Clarity on the skin.

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Side by side comparison of Josh, similar to the photo of Amy where the original just needed that little bit extra of kick to it.

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Original photo straight out of camera.

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Its mainly just the White Balance for this one and a slight crop.

I know you must be saying why I don’t just use a Grey Card and save all the trouble of adjusting the White Balance in post production. Well, I’ve never been impressed by the Grey Card and the White Balance it gives me, adjusting the White Balance in Lightroom is super easy and quick though.

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For the final step, more Contrast, Saturation and Black was added for more definition, which I think suited a male model well.

That’s it for now, hope you all have enjoyed this and can apply some of it to your own photos!!

Fashion Catalogue by FHphoto

This was a part of a catalogue shoot with 2 fabulous models Amy and Josh. All shot on the side of the street, and yes despite people in their cars slowing down and yelling stuff at us, it was overall a great shoot.

Enjoy!!

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Behind The Scene,

A simple red brick wall for backdrop, this was a good spot with shade and not much foot traffic. Notice how much stuff there are between us all. Beside the 2 models and I there was also the art director, stylist, make-up artist, hair stylist and assistant.

Main light is AB800 in a Beauty Dish.

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Flash mostly overpowers the ambient.

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Another location was this painted wall, it was actually quite a nice wall and not runined by stupid ugly graffiti tags.

Here is the art director doing her thing.

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The only time that I get to take a break is actually when everyone else is busy!!

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Went around the corner to this single color blue greyish wall. Still using the same light set-up.

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And last one for the ladies with the painted wall.