It is important to have a good workflow when editing your microstock work. I came across the below video that gives you a great Idea of how to order your work processes. If you stick to these guidelines you will be able to manage your work a lot better. This will also help you to save time, increase your consistency and produce better quality images.
Last weekend was the first time I have had the opportunity to use a beauty dish. I love experimenting with light and learning new ways to shape it. I must say that I was very impressed with the results. Before stepping into the studio and experimenting, I did my research and came across a few helpful articles on how best to use a beauty dish and how it works.
A beauty dish focuses diffused light onto your subject, giving a very soft light with decent falloff to help shape the face. It is best used for close up portraits and helps to evenly light facial features. The dish reflects light from the light source onto a dish which then reflects the light again onto your subject. The optimum distance to place the beauty dish from your subject is roughly double the dish size, obviously you can adjust this to get different effects. A beauty dish can be used as a key light or as a fill light to help give life to eyes and smooth out shadows. Beauty dishes come in different
HDR photography has been very popular in recent times, I however have never really tried it. Some of you might be asking “What is HDR?”. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range, which basically a blend of correct exposures for each area of the image. This gives the picture a look that is not possible to create with one picture. It also helps you achieve great depth to your image, even in environments with low light. Some photographers love HDR because it means that they can create perfectly exposed images and do not need a flash when shooting interiors
How to create a HDR image, the key points.
1. HDR images are made up of 3 or 5 pictures, all of different exposures.
2. Make sure that you keep your aperture constant for each shot. This will ensure that when you blend your images your depth of field is constant.
I have not had any formal training in photography, photoshop or anything related to digital processing. Everything I attempt is a learning curve and I get a few pointers here and there from internet searches or troubleshooting, but mostly I battle my way through it on my own. So let this be inspirational for all the other self-taught photographers out there.
I recently entered a local photography competition in Indonesia in which there were three categories, one of them being “Panorama”. I have never attempted a panorama and did not have a clue where to start
