Portrait Photography

encouragedto shootRAWimagefileswherethehighest amount of informationis captured. This is all welland good currently;however, as ...

notshowingthem;thissystemwilllessenthechancesof this happening. Bestpracticeatthisstageistoalwayskeeptwocopiesof theimagestaken, ...

Hard Drive–Hard Drive (back-up) Yourharddrivesshouldbeinseparatelocationstocover alleventualities.Ifone isdamagedor corruptedyou ...

suchasthefamilyname,kid’snames,orwhattheshoot was(familyshoot,modelportfolio)helpstonarrowdown the choice. IMAGE SELECTION IN BR ...

use (againthis canbe found nextto thePhotoshopstar menu top right). Fig. 7.2 Image selection window in Bridge enables the photog ...

Filename(thenameyouhavegivenyourfile,e.g.smith Type (Camera RAW image) Application Date created Date Modified File size (in ...

photographer.Itisgoodpracticetoassertcopyrightstatus inallimagesthatyoutake,soastoavoidanyconfusionif any copyright issues crop ...

maymakeanadjustmenttothetemperatureoftheimage, and this would then be shown here. Filter Underneath the filter tab you will find ...

IMAGE EDITING Programs Thetwomainprogramsavailabletothephotographerfor imageeditingareAdobePhotoshopandLightroom.Both areverypow ...

Lightroom, and thenthe image exportedinto Photoshop where furtherchangescan bemade. In Photoshopmore preciseandaccurateeditingca ...

Underneath the eyes sometimes may need a little retouchingtoeradicatedarkcirclesorheavyeyes;however again,thisshouldbemanipulate ...

The metadata (basically data about data) panel can be selected on the top right-hand side of Bridge or by commandF3.Apanelwillth ...

draw from the image. Any changes can be seen immediatelybytickingthepreviewboxonthetoprightof the image. Fig. 7.3 Image to illus ...

White/Grey/Neutral Balance Themostsignificantchangethephotographercanmakein thisareaisthewhitebalance.Thephotographerisableto ei ...

WhenthecameratakesaRAWimagethecoloursand tonesthatitrendersforthefilewillbegreatlyinfluenced bythesurroundingfactorsof lightandc ...

Medium Contrast and Strong Contrast Watchwhathappenstotheshapeofthecurveifeitherof these options is selected. Fig. 7.4 Image to ...

information is retained as possible, especially in the highlights and shadows. THE CAMERA RAW TOOLBOX TheCameraRAWtoolboxislocat ...

Colour Sampler(S) Cansampleaparticularcolourfromtheimage,bysimply selectingthetoolandclickingontherequiredareaofthe image. Targe ...

Adjustment Brush(K) Will allow targeted adjustments to be made to the image. Graduated Filter(G) Enablesthephotographertoaddagra ...

USING ASPECT RATIO TO CROP Theaspectratioisa2-figurevalue,commonlywrittenas x:y,determinedbytheheightandwidthrelationshipofan im ...