Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I. Advanced Retouching Adding Light.

Teacher: Kenji TachibanaDigital Photography IDigital Photography I..

Advanced RetouchingAdvanced Retouching

Adding LightAdding Light

Teacher: Kenji TachibanaDigital Photography IDigital Photography IAdding LightAdding Light

Using Photoshop to Change Lighting:Using Photoshop to Change Lighting:

Too many students have the self defeating attitude Too many students have the self defeating attitude ‘I’ll fix it later in Photoshop’. This kind of lazy thinking ‘I’ll fix it later in Photoshop’. This kind of lazy thinking will only result in poor technique and bad habits.will only result in poor technique and bad habits.

My take is to use Photoshop to overcome the My take is to use Photoshop to overcome the limitations of the medium. To use digital editing to limitations of the medium. To use digital editing to reshape an image into something resembling the reshape an image into something resembling the original scene… from your point of view.original scene… from your point of view.


Any Excuse to Shoot: Any Excuse to Shoot:

My new camera is anMy new camera is anexcuse to take moreexcuse to take morephotographs. Whilephotographs. Whileon my exercise walkon my exercise walkaround University Village, around University Village, this was one of the manythis was one of the manyimages that I captured withimages that I captured withmy new toy.my new toy.

It shows my penchant for using light, design, and color to paint It shows my penchant for using light, design, and color to paint an image with presence. This is the unprocessed camera an image with presence. This is the unprocessed camera original ‘negative’.original ‘negative’.


Basic Adjustments: Basic Adjustments:

3-step image processing.3-step image processing.- LevelsLevels- Brightness/ContrastBrightness/Contrast- ColorColor

Use the keyboard Up andUse the keyboard Up andDown arrows to compare Down arrows to compare this image with the previousthis image with the previous

camera original. Notice that the image is darker. I did so camera original. Notice that the image is darker. I did so with the idea of ‘turning on the headlight’. Otherwise, it’s with the idea of ‘turning on the headlight’. Otherwise, it’s punchy but too dark.punchy but too dark.


Let There Be Light: Let There Be Light:

Wah-lah…Wah-lah…

Use the keyboard Up andUse the keyboard Up andDown arrows to compare Down arrows to compare this image with the previousthis image with the previouslab worked image.lab worked image.


Super-Size It: Super-Size It:

Wah-lah again…Wah-lah again…

Use the keyboard Up andUse the keyboard Up andDown arrows to compare Down arrows to compare this image with the previousthis image with the previouslab worked image.lab worked image.


Camera Original ‘Negative’Camera Original ‘Negative’

Process and safe retouchingProcess and safe retouching

Special effects retouchingSpecial effects retouching


Any Excuse to Shoot 2: Any Excuse to Shoot 2:

My new camera at the timeMy new camera at the timewas the excellent Sonywas the excellent SonySuperzoom H-1. AfterSuperzoom H-1. Afterenjoying breakfast at Julia’senjoying breakfast at Julia’sin Wallingford, this shotin Wallingford, this shotgrabs my eye. It’s kind ofgrabs my eye. It’s kind of‘‘weird in an edgy way’.weird in an edgy way’.


Important: Playback review Important: Playback review

The Playback review The Playback review didn’t show me the didn’t show me the ‘special something’ that ‘special something’ that originally grabbed my originally grabbed my attention. attention.

I visualized how I might be I visualized how I might be able to put the zing back able to put the zing back into the ‘found’ image. into the ‘found’ image. That was to change the That was to change the lighting and turn on the lighting and turn on the headlight.headlight.


Considerations:Considerations:

In order to turn on the In order to turn on the light, the surroundings light, the surroundings must become darker.must become darker.

The darkening is much The darkening is much more than just changing more than just changing the Brightness setting.the Brightness setting.

Different aspects of the Different aspects of the subject and scene are subject and scene are treated differently in order treated differently in order to produce the final to produce the final “believable” image.“believable” image.


MADE IT:MADE IT:

I processed the I processed the image to show the image to show the “shadowy feeling” “shadowy feeling” that struck me that struck me when I first saw the when I first saw the van.van.

I used Photoshop I used Photoshop to make it into a to make it into a “low key” (dark) “low key” (dark) image and to “turn image and to “turn on” the headlights”.on” the headlights”.

Teacher: Kenji TachibanaDigital Photography IDigital Photography I

Faking Head LightFaking Head Light xx


xxFaking FlashFaking Flash


How bright is up to you.How bright is up to you.

There are no right answerThere are no right answerto visual solutions. But thereto visual solutions. But therecan be degrees of rightness.can be degrees of rightness.And there canAnd there canalso be overdone solutions.also be overdone solutions.

Bracket your visual solutions fromBracket your visual solutions fromnot enough to too much. Once younot enough to too much. Once youhave a range of solutions, it’ll be easyhave a range of solutions, it’ll be easyenough for you or the client to pick out ‘justenough for you or the client to pick out ‘justthe right solution’. Or more than one solutionthe right solution’. Or more than one solutionmay reach publication depending on the story needs.may reach publication depending on the story needs.


xxCapturing Real LightCapturing Real Light


xxPhotoshop: Turn up the juicePhotoshop: Turn up the juice


Add ChoicesAdd Choices

All About Choices:All About Choices:

Whether it’s about brightness levelsWhether it’s about brightness levelsor brightening the light, the importantor brightening the light, the importantthing for an image maker is to havething for an image maker is to havechoices from subtle to not so subtle.choices from subtle to not so subtle.

This choice idea starts out at theThis choice idea starts out at thestory phase even before picking up the camera. Then story phase even before picking up the camera. Then continue to apply the choice concept to your shooting continue to apply the choice concept to your shooting with exposure, color, focus, lens, depth of field, camera with exposure, color, focus, lens, depth of field, camera view point, model, wardrobe, set, and a lot more…view point, model, wardrobe, set, and a lot more…


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