Archive for March 2011

That old vintage look….

I just love the feel of an old photograph, and making new looking old is one of my favorite things to do.

tulips

Tulips can be so dramatic…just put them into dramatic lighting and here are the results you can get.

Little model

My daughter Isabella is often trying to run away from the camera…but today she was workin’ it. 

Texture…

Taking two photographs and merging them in Photoshop or any other image editing program can give you amazing results.  In this example you see a tree branch in wha it looks like a snow storm or a reflection in water.  The second image, the less apparent one is acutally am image of a rock that has been reduced in opacity and blended with an overlay layer.  Come and see more of my work on my website.

Did you see the moon last night?


full moon 2011

Portrait

Great portrait tip:  Zoom in a bit closer, after all the face is what we notice first when we meet new people.  Don’t be afraid to cut off some hair or the forehead, because when it come to portraits, the eyes have it.   Come and see more portraits at my main webiste.

Once upon time in Egypt (2006)

Here are couple of my photos from Egypt….

Never to early to learn photography…

My Isabella will be 4 years old next month.  After watching the “Spectacular Spider-man: cartoon for few months now she has decided that she will become Spider-man be swings high in the air and takes pictures.  Most of the days she grabs our little point and shoot but in this particular instance she got hold of my DSLR and started snapping…I can totally see a potential for an assistant wedding photographer in the near future.

No Words Sunday

PHOTOSHOP ACTIONS

Photoshop tends to be very challenging for beginners.   One way to speed up your workflow is to use its Actions panel, to apply certain styling to your images.  This is very easy to do, and Photoshop comes with some default actions out of the gate.  To apply action you should always duplicate the layer your are working on, then go to Actions panel, select the action you want and press the “play” button.  Most actions do not require your interaction and the end result can be seen in just few seconds.  In the future post I will be post some of my own actions that I have created, but today I will show you couple examples of an image processed using actions.This model was shot in natural light.First image is the unprocessed version, second is processed using my own action called SIMPLE SHARP, and third is processed using SIMPLE SHARP and a default Photoshop action called SEPIA TONING.  As you can see you definitely get creative and fast with Photoshop.

As always I invite you to come and check out my work at http://tomadamczyk.com