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ith urban portraits like this, the model’s style –
their clothes, hair, make-up and accessories –
in combination with the location make the image
almost complete at the point of capture. Editing
simply becomes the finishing touch that lifts
the image; but, as always, there are several options for adding
creativity while maintaining a natural-looking shot.
My main approach here will be to make the model stand
out from the background and tweak the hue of some of
the colours in the image.82 DIGITAL CAMERA^ MARCH 2020 http://www.digitalcameraworld.com
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James
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Tweak colours
The aim of the next step is to
make the colours of the model’s
top and leggings look more metallic and to
match the blues to her hair, so I click on the
HSL tab and select Hue. Reds are set to -50,
Yellows to +40, Aquas to +50 and Blues to
-60. The latter two sliders bring the hair
and the blues of the clothes in line.
To finish up this step, I click back on
the Basic tab and reduce Vibrance to -15,
to increase the metallic look without
affecting the skin tones.1
Apply basic
adjustments
Some basic adjustments are
essential before I get stuck into the more
creative side of processing. For the yellow
colour cast, I select the White Balance
Selector and click on the concrete to
correct the white balance. I then lighten
the image by setting Exposure to +60
before boosting Contrast to +30.
Highlights are then reduced to -20 and
Shadows to +45, before Blacks are set to
-20 and Whites to +10 to improve contrast.Refined Vignette
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Cool white
balanceBring exposure in to line