Focus stacking technique using Adobe Photoshop CS5: re-post on my blog
While I working on a new articles from the shots we have done in 2011, I’d like to re-post the full article form my guest post for LearnMyShot.com (great educational source for beginners). The material is really interesting, and I want to have it on my blog as well. This is how we use focus stacking (focus bracketing) technique in our product photography. Focus stacking the final image We use this technique once a while, mostly for a critical product shots, where closed aperture or tilt-shift lens does not provide enough DOF and/or details. First, the lighting setup. even though it is not related to the focus stacking technique, I think it will be cool if I explain it here. Because the bright bracelet has black cast on some of its pieces, I wanted to make sure it will be correctly shown on the final image. The lighting setup: First light, WL X-1600 (1) through 20 degree honeycomb grid was creating a spot on the right side reflector and on the table right in front of the bracelet.
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« Bokehrama
I must first give credit where credit is due, as I’ve learned this technique from Ryan Brenizer. Also, my results of practicing this technique can always be found here. Introduction Bokeh consists of the out-of-focus highlights seen in photographs. You know, those beautiful little balls of light that just seem to pop off the screen and make a picture look so much sexier? Here’s an example. The whole purpose of doing this is to strongly pronounce your subject with a big blurry background. Let’s Get Right Down To It! 1. There’s not much to see here. 2. Your focus is manually set for your subject; your shutter speed is set to where it needs to be; your aperture is wide-open; your white-balance is also where it should be. 3. Now visualize the whole composition as a square, in rows and columns (a matrix). We’re done shooting! 4. 5. 6. 7. Now edit it as you see fit! View the larger version here. Note that this is a very “artistic” technique, and results vary greatly. —-la fin! Thanks for reading!
Get Greater Depth of Field with the Brenizer Method
Do you dream of faster lenses, larger apertures, and ice cream? We do too! Too bad, brand new lenses don’t drop into our laps everyday. Fortunately, photographer Ryan Brenizer has developed a way to get specular results from your thrifty fifty or a basic kit zoom lens. By stitching together multiple shots, Ryan makes impossibly shallow depths of field, possible. Follow a few easy steps and you too can take photos with the look of a faster more pricy lens. (And when you spend less on new lenses, there’s more money for sundaes!) How to Apply Brenizer Method A million thanks to Ryan for letting us feature a few of his photos. What’s the Big Idea? Everyone loves the look of photos shot with a thrifty fifty (fixed 50mm lens) or a zoom lens that allows for a really shallow depth of field. Unfortunately, these lenses don’t give you a very wide angle. This is where the Brenizer method comes to the rescue! What You’ll Need Step One: Set Camera to Stun And by stun, we mean manual mode. Step Four: Focus
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Photoshoot: How to Create Lighting for Cinematic Portraits
It´s been quite long since I wrote short article about creating cinematic portraits. It was mostly about post processing. This time I´d like to tell you bit more about lighting. Let´s get started! Arranging the photoshoot As I mentioned in one of my previous posts I couldn´t take photos for quite a long time. It took almost two long months till all three of us were available for shooting. Something always goes wrong I´ve already get used to the fact that during every photoshoot something goes wrong and you have to use your improvization skills to save the situation. This photoshoot was full of little glimpses. It started already at the station. Luckily we found each other after few confused phone calls and headed to the studio to wait on MUA. First backdrop was too short, it didn´t even reach the floor. I wanted to create "movie poster look" I had planned to shoot with soft box as main light source. Right now I´m very grateful that the soft box was broken. And here is the light diagram.
Thésaurus Lightroom spécial Paris : l'outil idéal des photographes parisiens
Quand on commence à avoir une somme importante de photos, il devient difficile de s’y retrouver avec seulement l’organisation par dossiers ou dates. Il est alors indispensable de bien taguer ses photos en utilisant des mots-clés. Mais cette opération peut vite se révéler fastidieuse : chaque photos peut nécessiter plusieurs mots-clés, et outre le temps que ça prends de les rentrer un à un, il faut avoir l’imagination nécessaire pour penser à tous les mots définissant une photo. Un thésaurus de 8300 mots-clés dédié à la photographie Parisienne Ayant découvert cette fonctionnalité de thésaurus lors d’une formation Lightroom chez regart.net j’ai tout de suite vu l’énorme potentiel que je pouvais tirer de cette méthode dans ma pratique quotidienne. Et c’est là que l’on devine la puissance de la chose. Bien sûr, tout est paramétrable (synonymes, mots-clés parents exportés ou non etc…), en double cliquant sur le mot-clé dans Lightroom. Contenu non exhaustif : Exemples Magique. Le fichier
