One subject I haven't touched much on is the advantages of shooting in RAW format as opposed to JPG and using a RAW editor (like Adobe Lightroom or Adobe Bridge) to make exposure and white-balance corrections before doing the final retouches in Adobe Photoshop.
I have included five images that show the RAW image, then with corrections applied in Adobe Lightroom, and finally the finished image after Photoshop. I'll be talking more about this process in a future post. For now, notice sometimes there is a major change and sometimes it's just a subtle change, depending on the photo.
As always, click on the thumbnails for a larger version.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Evolution of a Photo
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15 comments:
subtle edits, but they make the necessary difference.
I had a feeling that most photographers (commercial) have always avoided to show original photos to the public keeping all those little 'secrets' to them selves.. being afraid that others could duplicate their technique, and all the magic is lost (or a potential selling point). I highly appreciate your 'honesty' sharing all this information so we all can learn from your amazing works! thank you!
thats me thats me:) hope all is well jake!
Hey Jake,
there is nothing to add to "artis" comment.
Just one question:
How do you change the background color from that light brown tone to gray?
Thanks for sharing your work!
Sebastian,
That is just a process of correcting the white balance, it's difficult to explain it in a message but I do plan on doing a tutorial on color correcting in image in the near future. Stay tuned!
-Jake
Excellent examples, you showed me in the 3 steps how you improved the shots! I enjoyed.
Ok, Jake, that's what I thought first.
What kind of background do you use?
I only know about this expensive paper background from calumetphoto.
Maybe you're using another cheaper alternative as a background.
I'll stay tuned.
-Sebastian
Sebastian,
I'm using a bare, plain, white wall
-Jake
I’m very much looking forward to your future post where you will be talking more about your process. Being fairly new to the world of digital photography, I’m still trying to figure out the workflow that will work the best for me, particularly what I should be doing in Lightroom and what I should be doing in Photoshop.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and techniques!
Where do I get a white wall from? ;)
Man, everything is sooo simple and I'm still thinking to complicated.
Thanks a lot Jake.
Very cool set of photos. Thanks for sharing the before and after shots.
Very cool, thanks for sharing! Stumbled across your site through EpicEdit's link.
Very informative, thanks for sharing. Now some landscape photographer could do the same, I'd love to see that.
Thanks for posting these great and informative images! I am waiting for your tutorial videos!!
I can not wait to learn the in's and out's of RAW light adjustments. Great befores and afters!
i have to say that photo #5 its the one with the most change, i dont want to sound rude but her face omg big change :]
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