Ever wonder what an image looks like before I beautify it for a client or the website? I’ve decided to start showing some of my behind the scenes work - from raw camera format all the way through blog post. You know, like, “Before They Were Stars” for images…Ok that was lame, but you get the idea. To start it off here’s the behind the scenes of one of my favorite travel images. I took this image last February at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. So here we go:
Step One: This is how it looks straight out of the camera, shot in RAW format ISO640, f7.1 at 1/400 at 35mm.
Step Two: I used Lightroom to adjust the exposure, and up the contrast and black clipping a bit.
Step Three: In Photoshop, I applied the following Actions (I like Totally Rad Actions (TRA) and the Kevin Kubota Actions (KKA)) : TRA Prettyizer at 100% Opacity; KKA Edge Burner at 100% opacity, KKA 300esque 25% opacity
Step Four: To balance the top and bottom of the image I used KKA Digital Fill Flash on the bottom of the image – from the edge of the lake down – at 50% opacity. On the top of the image – from the edge of the lake up – I applied KKA Smokeless burn at 75% opacity.
And that leads to the final image, ready to be printed and hung on my wall, which it is :) Hope that was at least a little informative and/or interesting!
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