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The following video is a timelapse of the editing I did on the Big black dress photo. The photo consists of a background (hdr) photo I took in the “De Rotterdam” building. I combined this with a studio photograph of model Nisa. To make the dress I had my sweet assistant Vera hold and move […]
This image will show you the before and after retouching of the photo “Flagged” with model Anne. The steps involved are: – double RAW (see the tutorial on my website) – Softening and retouching skin using frequency seperation – dodge & burn two passes (see the tutorial on my website) – toning using Nik’s color […]
Everyone that shoots using a paper white seamless background will recognise the problems cleaning up spots and stains on the paper while retouching. Especially the floor will become dirty very quickly. Changing the paper very often is a way to avoid the stains and spots but can become an expensive task. Take a look at […]
This week I published my latest work called “Lost at Dawn”. It is a composite I made from a background photo I took at the port of Scheveningen and studio shots of models Melissa, Nick and Vera. As usual I published on my 500px page also. On 500px.com images that get a lot of likes […]
Below a splitscreen showing the difference between the original photograph and the retouched version. Techniques used in this retouch are: – Double RAW converting – Frequency separation – Skin smoothening – Two pass non-destructive dodge & burn – Eyes highlighting – Liquify shaping Photographers who lack the time of skill to do this kind of retouching […]
This time I was asked to edit a photo that the client herself had shot and make something nice of it. The goal was an image that could be printed on canvas to be displayed on the wall above a fireplace in the house of the children’s grandmother. This video shows the editing: And the […]
One of my first steps in retouching a female face is to soften the skin and remove blemishes without losing too much detail. A very simple way to do this is by using the “Dust & Scratches” filter in the filters menu in Photoshop under the category “noise”. The best way to use this technique […]
This time I would like to demonstrate my technique for dodging and burning when I retouch a photo. Typically I will come to this part of the retouching after removing blemishes etc. To dodge & burn you can of course use the dodge & burn tools within photoshop and even when you click “protect tones” […]
This won’t be a tutorial, but I will will show you how I made “Troubled Road” by doing a walk thru. This image is part of “The Road” project. A project where I will make use of a piece of road and tell a couple of stories that take place on that road. The road […]
A small and fast tutorial to show you how to use the Puppet Warp tool in Photoshop. When combining elements in a composite photo, not always everything fits exactly like you want it to fit. For example the model in this image is shot in the studio. I can’t fit a car in my small […]