Posts Tagged studio

Where would we be without Photoshop?

Had to do a quick ‘on-location’ portrait for a client yesterday so after it was done I threw my kids in for a couple of quick snaps, knowing well that this would keep me in the good books with my wife for at least couple of days! :-)

What this does show you is that good Photoshop skills can make a world of difference, even with a bog standard and quite dull portrait.  (Hope I’m not accused of calling my kids bog standard and dull!).  Lighting was very simple as shown by the sketch, back/hair light was about a stop over and the main light was bouncing out of a brolly and also off the wall.  Can’t recall exactly what I did in Photoshop but I did use Color Efex Pro 3.0 tools combined with general Photoshop dodging, cloning and spot healing.

Raw pic of Melanie without any Photoshop work

Raw pic of Melanie without any Photoshop work

Click to view fullsize finished photo of Melanie after Photoshop work

Click to view fullsize finished photo of Melanie after Photoshop work

Raw pic of Emma without any Photoshop work

Raw pic of Emma without any Photoshop work

Click to view fullsize finished photo of Emma after Photoshop work

Click to view fullsize finished photo of Emma after Photoshop work

Click the sketch to see it fullsize

Click the sketch to see it fullsize

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HotSquad hotties!

I’ve just installed NextGen gallery on my blog so I thought I would test it out with this set of pics I shot last year of the lovely girls from the 2008 North Queensland Cowboys HotSquad.  That was a great job!

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Fantastic Lego recreations of famous photographs

Just stumbled upon a set of truly fantastic photos by UK snapper Mike Stimpson. You can find the full set at this link but make sure you also check out the photo notes for info on how Mike shot the pics. Enjoy!

Below is the original Henri Cartier-Bresson’s “Behind the Gare Saint Lazare” as well as the lego recreation and the studio setup.

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Got Milk?

I spent a tough day in the studio on Sunday with 22 girls from the North Queensland Cowboys HotSquad – tough, real tough!  Anyway, I’m real happy with the results so should have something to show soon.  In the meantime I did a job for a dairy company with the lovely Renee and Emma.  The pics will be made into lifesize cutouts promoting their flavoured milk products.

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