Winter photos are cold by their very nature, but there’s something we can do to help our winter
photos stand out: warm them up a little. Using the color wheel, we know that blue and orange are
complementary; that’s why sunset photos at the beach are so attractive. We can apply that very
same principle to our photos of winter scenes to achieve the same result by adding the warmth of
the sun to the coolness of water, snow, or ice.WARMING UP WINTER
DAV E WILLIAMS
PHOTO EFFECTS
One of the simplest ways to achieve this is in the high-
lights, because if we consider realistic ways for our winter
scene to exude warmth, it’s in the lighting. To achieve
a warm winter image, we’ll use the Apply Image feature
in Adobe Photoshop. As this may be something many
people have never used, here’s a brief explanation before
we go any further.APPLY IMAGE
Found under the Image menu, Apply Image applies a
source image, layer, or channel to a target layer and thenblends them using blending modes. We’ll use this later
in this project to apply an image to a layer mask, but for
now, here are all the options:Source: Choose from any currently open image.
Layer: After you choose an image, you can select any layer
from that image, or all the layers by selecting Merged.
Channel: Then you can drill down to individual channels
for the selected layer, including alpha channels; you can
even Invert the channels.