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Pressure and Perfectionism with guest speaker Jenni Glad

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Side Quests Pressure and Perfectionism with guest speaker Jenni Glad

About Jenni:

Jenni is a change catalyst, clinical hypnotherapist, writer and motivational speaker. Creator of the Clarity Method, she is a master of helping people to reconnect with themselves to change their beliefs, thought patterns and habits for self-mastery, happiness and success. Her mission is to show everyone you are the creator of your happiness and reality, and you can consciously change your life and manifest your desires by empowering the connection with the Self. Jenni undertakes personal coaching, online courses and mindfulness coaching with large-scale organizations.
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Editing Toolbox: Grey-Green Warm Yellow Tones

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Editing Tools & Techniques Editing Toolbox: Grey-Green Warm Yellow Tones

In this 15-minute Editing Toolbox, you are going to learn how to create the soft grey-green and warm yellow-orange tones as seen in the photos above, when starting from a relatively green SOOC image. 

To be able to follow along in this tutorial you will need to know:

  • how to use the HSL panel in LR or ACR
  • how to use adjustment layers in PS
  • how to mask adjustment layers

Below, you will find a link to a similar photo taken at the same location, so you can try the techniques on this picture.

Feel free to share it in our private network, but please do not share on social media as it was part of a client shoot.

As I say in the video, keep in mind that the exact settings and numbers used in each of the layers WILL CHANGE dramatically from photo to photo. Therefore, don’t try and copy the settings exactly. Or even the process!

Instead, use the process and concept as a starting point, and tweak, change, add, remove layers and colours as needed. 

The main thing to remember is that you’re moving the green tones toward cyan and removing yellow from them, and you’re moving the yellow tones toward orange, and removing cyan from them.

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Ear Party: Lightroom Mobile Edit

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Introduction to Editing Ear Party: Lightroom Mobile Edit

Some of you may use your phone or an iPad or similar to edit your photos.

I wanted to show you that it IS possible to do a full edit using LR mobile, although I was a bit slower and way less precise than normal – and I think that’s the main point to note. With a stylus or similar, you could likely be very precise, but with your finger, it’s much more difficult.

I did this edit on the JPEG version of the photo as my computer and phone didn’t want to cooperate. You can download the RAW file here but if you can’t get it onto your phone you can download the JPEG version, or if it’s only JPEG version showing up, don’t stress.

Also… I was apparently feeling especially “unmasked” while filming this (I think being on my phone dropped the professionalism a little!) so enjoy this more quirky version of me, including laughing at my own jokes, singing about radial filters and more. 

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As always, our goal with the photo remained the same:

Draw attention to the dog. Remove distractions.

To do this we:

  • Fix the White Balance
  • Add clarity and texture to the face
  • Lower highlights in the snow
  • Adjust the colour of the background to make it more Christmassy
  • Remove colours from Alfie’s legs and chest
  • Bring detail, colour and light to his eyes.
  • Spotlight effect! Darkening the outside, lightening the inside
  • Slight tunnel effect, dehaze behind Alfie.
  • Some dodge & burn for a 3D effect.
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All About White Balance

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Editing: Creating Stage All About White Balance

White balance is the overall temperature and tint of your image. I personally try to keep mine relatively “true to life”, and there are a number of ways you can go about getting the correct white balance in your images, from camera settings to editing.

Keep in mind though that:

  • nobody cares as much about the WB as we do about our own work. Don’t drive yourself crazy with it. 
  • WB can be shifted in one direction or another for artistic reasons/choices. 
  • The WB can be “wrong” because of the light temperature making everything warmer. This is ok.  
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White Balance Mania

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You guys uploaded 20+ images and I went about fixing the white balance on all of them, discussing what I’m looking for and at in order to set the right WB, tricks I use to help me, things to consider, and even what to do about colour casts.

Note that although I used Lightroom for this, you could easily use Adobe Camera Raw. I would not recommend using just Photoshop or working on a jpeg file. Why? Because all the subtleties of the RAW data has been lost, so instead of making small, subtle changes, you’re smashing your WB with a sledgehammer. 

Any questions? Ask below!

Beginning Loki: Editing Challenge

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Editing Fundamentals Beginning Loki: Editing Challenge

Woo hoo! Time for your first editing challenge!

No pressure here, this is just a safe opportunity to practise some new techniques with a nice, uncomplicated photo. 

Keep your photography goal in mind (draw attention to our subject and keep our audience in our image!) and at stage 1 & 2, work on creating a nice, balanced image. There’s plenty of time for special effects and more extreme edits in later stages.

For this edit, these are some steps you might want to take. Of course at the end of the day, the method and style you choose is up to you.

  • Fix the white balance: make sure Loki is black, not blue, and not too yellow!
  • Small global/basic adjustments on highlights and shadows
  • Slight changes to yellows & greens in the HSL panel
  • Radial filters/selective edits including:
    • adding clarity & texture to the face
    • adding clarity & whites to the eyes
    • brightening & desaturating the catchlights
    • adding whites to the face – but be careful of the stripe! We don’t want it to get too bright!
    • removing yellow/desaturating the chest and chin
    • adding a subtle vignette around the dog
    • lowering highlights just a bit on the bright spots
    • Crop if you want!
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Editing Pets & People: Ike & Cecilia Tutorial

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Editing: Tutorials Editing Pets & People: Ike & Cecilia Tutorial

in this tutorial we’re going to work on this photo of Ike & Cecilia, cuddling in the green woods.

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You are welcome to edit along, but I’ll ask you not to share this one on social media! Thanks!

After I finished recording, I went and cooled down the image a bit, as it finished feeling a bit too yellow/warm for me. Other than that I don’t think I changed anything afterwards.

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Challenge: See the world with a new perspective!

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Let’s Get Started! Challenge: See the world with a new perspective!

A change of perspective can mean a world of difference in how we see things, both in photography and in life.

Taking photos from higher or lower can completely change the feeling of a photo.

Approaching photography like a sprint, wanting to dive into the “sexy stuff” and missing out on foundations can lead to frustration later on. Looking it as a way to build your relationship with your dog, explore your creativity, and begin seeing more beauty in the world… well, that’s an entirely new perspective!

This month’s challenge is all about perspective, and how changing your perspective can give us more variety, more story, and more interest in our photos.

Depending on your learning stage, you may want to adapt this challenge to make it more… well, challenging for you!

The challenge

This month’s challenge is to play with perspective in your photography! 

Create at least one (or more!) photos where you have thought about, and tried a new perspective.

If you’re in the Beginning Stage, do you normally take photos like this?

Then now is the time to really get low. Crouch or lie on the ground and focus on getting some foreground elements to add depth to your photos. Play with this! What happens if your camera is literally just off the ground? Is that too much foreground? 

What happens if you tilt the lens more upwards compared to straight? Perspective isn’t just about our body and where we hold the camera, but about the angle of our lens as well!

If you're further along in your journey and up for more of a challenge....

There are plenty of ways to adapt this challenge, or to return to it in the future! Don’t worry if this section is too much for you right now, and don’t attempt to do everything all at once!

For example…

Those in Stages 3 or 4 could find a backlit location. Place the dog in a ray of sun. Play with the angle of your lens. What happens if you get some lens flare? Do you like the photos with this flare, or not? How does it change the feeling of the photo?

Photos from above

Taking photos from above is a favourite, as it’s a perspective we have most often when looking down at our dogs. This is a great way to adapt the challenge for Stage 2.

These photos usually work best with a slightly wider lens than a portrait lens (unless you can stand on a log or chair and get high enough! Or you have a small dog!) with the ground being something interesting (leaves, flowers, moss etc). Again, play with the angle to find one where the it isn’t too extreme

Photos from down low

You could put the dog on a log or rock, and shoot from right underneath looking up. This could be a great option for those in Stage 3, as it’s a bit more challenging!

This will probably work best with a wider angle lens, and either a flash (if you’re looking up at open sky) or reflector (if the sky is shaded by tree cover), as there’s no light coming from the ground onto the dog’s face, and lots of light above, so you’re going to want to make sure the face gets some light!. 

This was taken with a 24mm f/2.8 lens on a stump, with Loki looking down. I had a reflector on the ground bouncing light up onto his face and into his eyes. The sun star was added in editing (though I believe the light WAS behind him to a degree).
Action Task: Challenge 1
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End of Life Sessions & Posing Pets & People: Guest Speaker Lauren Smith Kennedy

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Business End of Life Sessions & Posing Pets & People: Guest Speaker Lauren Smith Kennedy

Lauren Smith Kennedy from the Tilly Project joined us to talk about her heart’s work: End of Life pet photography. Capturing the bond between owners and their pets who will soon be crossing the rainbow bridge, and inspiring other pet photographers to not avoid this heart-breaking aspect of photography.

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