Friday, June 13, 2008

How to bring out the elements in your photos?

Just something simple to share with you guys out there! This picture is adapted from the engagement section of Jessie & Hong .

This is the picture to start out with (picture was shot with Olympus Digital Camera E-3 and Zuiko Digital 45-150mm F3.5-4.5 @ 150mm f4.5) It is important to always start off with good light! And I always shoot with a little of towards the over exposed side:
Before

The very first thing that came to my mind would be the pole that appears to be at the background, I have decided to put that off by using simple cloning tool in photoshop. Well, I have to put some mood in the picture despite Jessie and Hong already did a very good job at posing in this picture, their expression was just for my taste; So, I muted the green at the background and put in a very slight gold-yellow color for the background. After that, I added in some vignetting effects to enhances the mood and to bring the viewers attention more towards the subjects.

Finally, I added in my beloved textures at the background very slightly as the background already have a nice grassy feel.

And here is the result!

After

P/S : Things like adjusting the curves, saturations, sharpening, and also selections was not covered in this post. Of cause, I am willing to share if you have specific questions regarding this post!

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