Hi everyone,
Last weekend I did low budget bridal photo shoot in Dubai with my friend and colleague Vania Ghassan Attieh. We made an outdoor shoot with classic elegant bride for the first set up and rock and roll bride with the strong love story for second set up. We had two models Sveta and Marina, thanks girls for the great job :) Make up was done by Yhence Sioting, my favorite make up artist :)
Long story short, it was one of these shoots where different circumstances joined against us and by the end of the day we were terribly late so we ended up shooting second set up by dark. I had to use high ISO and one speed lite as a main light so I gained very strong shadows and every second thought was "OUCH I will have to correct this in Photoshop..."!
In general I don't like to use heavy Photoshop on my pictures and when I say heavy I mean getting that unnatural look, like plastic skin or some background that is screaming EDITING!!!
There are some photographers that are so good with editing and each one of their photos looks like piece of art, but its just not my style. I still believe that as a photographer you need to have good photography in a first place. Set a good light and scene, and only after that all this editing make sense.
But... (there is always but) that doesn't mean you don't need to practice to be more advanced in these editing programs because you will be in situations when you need or just want to make an exception like I did on the photo below.
For most of my work, editing is based on cleaning the skin (leaving the texture), color correction, sometimes bit more sharpening but not changing the bones or anything that disturbs face expression. And that's it. If I think of anything else I will add :)
On this photo I wanted to change complete background which required some shadow painting and some serious changes to make dark scene instead of the day. Sky and sea are different pictures so it required some color matching as well. While browsing for different solutions I found this tutorial that inspired me and helped me a lot. Thank you Andrei, amazing work.
Many times I was discussing with colleagues on this subject. In the end, some of them like to edit more, some of them like it less and I don't think this subject is worth of arguing because it's about the taste. Photoshop or any other program is just a tool, like your camera, lenses or filters and all these equipment are just a tool that helps you create your vision.
Two photographers who work in a completely same circumstances will deliver different end result, because their minds will focus on a different things. Editing is part of our profession so there is no one right way to do it, there is only your way and that's it :)
Last weekend I did low budget bridal photo shoot in Dubai with my friend and colleague Vania Ghassan Attieh. We made an outdoor shoot with classic elegant bride for the first set up and rock and roll bride with the strong love story for second set up. We had two models Sveta and Marina, thanks girls for the great job :) Make up was done by Yhence Sioting, my favorite make up artist :)
Long story short, it was one of these shoots where different circumstances joined against us and by the end of the day we were terribly late so we ended up shooting second set up by dark. I had to use high ISO and one speed lite as a main light so I gained very strong shadows and every second thought was "OUCH I will have to correct this in Photoshop..."!
In general I don't like to use heavy Photoshop on my pictures and when I say heavy I mean getting that unnatural look, like plastic skin or some background that is screaming EDITING!!!
There are some photographers that are so good with editing and each one of their photos looks like piece of art, but its just not my style. I still believe that as a photographer you need to have good photography in a first place. Set a good light and scene, and only after that all this editing make sense.
But... (there is always but) that doesn't mean you don't need to practice to be more advanced in these editing programs because you will be in situations when you need or just want to make an exception like I did on the photo below.
For most of my work, editing is based on cleaning the skin (leaving the texture), color correction, sometimes bit more sharpening but not changing the bones or anything that disturbs face expression. And that's it. If I think of anything else I will add :)
On this photo I wanted to change complete background which required some shadow painting and some serious changes to make dark scene instead of the day. Sky and sea are different pictures so it required some color matching as well. While browsing for different solutions I found this tutorial that inspired me and helped me a lot. Thank you Andrei, amazing work.
Many times I was discussing with colleagues on this subject. In the end, some of them like to edit more, some of them like it less and I don't think this subject is worth of arguing because it's about the taste. Photoshop or any other program is just a tool, like your camera, lenses or filters and all these equipment are just a tool that helps you create your vision.
Two photographers who work in a completely same circumstances will deliver different end result, because their minds will focus on a different things. Editing is part of our profession so there is no one right way to do it, there is only your way and that's it :)
