Vintage/Retro Photo Post Processing Tutorial
I recently went down to Jacksonville, FL for a trip to house hunt because I will be moving there with my family mid September this year. While I was there I had the pleasure to meet up with a buddy of mine in Sebastian, Brian Storey (please check his work out; I can’t say enough about his skills). He made a few phone calls and was able to line up two models for both us to shoot, Taylor and Emily. I had a lot of fun and can't wait till I move in down there.
After posting some of Emily's photos, I was getting a lot of people asking me how I processed the photos. Although, not every one of her photos was processed like this exact tutorial. I will help explain how I did two of my favorite images from her session. I like to process a lot of my photos with a vintage/retro/old poloraid feel to them. I enjoy that style, and I feel it helps convey certain moods in photographs. Without this type of processing there would of been nothing exciting about the image. The original image is fine SOOC (straight out of camera), but the mood is created by the tones and final post-processing I did to it. Not every photo will come out like the end result in this tutorial. A lot of factors depend on how the end result will look. For example how well the original image was strobed, your scene, and original tones in the image.
You need a well lit image to begin with. It doesn't matter how good your post-processing skills are, you will need a good SOOC shot to begin this process. A lot of people don't understand the importance of lighting in your image (this is whole other topic). If your image isn't well lit, your image is broken. Always think ahead when you are on a shoot for how you think you will be processing the photo. This will help with model placement, poses, lighting, and other things to make your post-process (PP) easier and quicker. My workflow is always Camera>Lightroom>Photoshop. I split my editing almost equally between lightroom and photoshop now, but that also depends on the type of photo concept I am working on.
Here is my original image. It is a good exposure and I'm happy with it, but the mood just isn't complete.
Interview with Designer and Photographer Jason Morrison
Jason Morrison, currently resides in McDonough, Georgia. Jason has had a successful career in photography and graphic design. Most recently, he has partnered with his brother-in-law and started the photography firm, JayMar Photography. Jason has this true passion for his work, and loves to share his knowledge with other creatives. He has been published in a number of magazines and has been awarded a few awards for his work.
Jason was kind enough to sit down and answer a few questions for us to enjoy.
Jason Morrison (dubtastic)
Case Study of the Amanda Photo Composite
This will help show illustrate the process I went through to create Amanda's Photo Composite.
Here are the stock images that were used or partly used somewhere within the photo.
Case Study of the Trevor Stinson Firefighter Photo
Below is a small case study put together to show the process of how I came about the firefighter photo of Trevor Stinson.
This was shot for the Monticello (Indiana) Fire Department Calendar that I am currently finishing up. It was originally scheduled as a 2010 calendar, but I think it might end up being their 2011 version.
Case Study
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Trevor Stinson: Monticello Fire Department
My New Business Cards
Received my new business cards today.
Uprinting.com was kind enough to send me 250 free business cards of my choice. Huge thanks goes out to Rachel in the customer service department that put up with my multiple emails, letting me have the 250 free prints, and getting the job paid for me. Much love.
I choose the uv-gloss and rounded die-cut corners. Came out perfect and printed exactly how i proofed them. Took a little while to get here because the proofs were approved just before Thanksgiving, but all in all Uprinting.com gets a big thumbs up from me! Will do business with in the future.
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- Print of the business cards
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- Finished Business Cards
3 Free Lightroom Black and White Presets
I have decided to offer up 3 of my Lightroom presets that I often use when converting my images to black and white. These are my presets and are free to use as you please. No one is authorized to sell these. When I do black and white photos I pump the contrast and exposure up so that the scene is a little overexposed to create a more dramatic look to the image. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
The first one is a simple black and white conversion with a stop of exposure added and somewhat decreased shadows.
The second preset, pumps up the contrast and brightness significantly and nearly adds a full 2 stops of exposure to the frame.
The third preset is one that sort of sits between the first two. It adds to the exposure to about 1.5 stops, increases some fill light, little split toning, and adds a bit of vignetting. This one is probably the most used in my black in white photos.
These may or may not fit your images, but I often find that at least one of them fits most of my images at least. You can always apply them as a base to get started, and then tweak the settings to better enhance your image from the preset(s) if needed.
Use the download link to download them. Installation instructions are provided in the readme file.
Example Image.
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RoH Black and White Lightroom Presets
What weather do you want Photo Manipulation
Final Image
In this tutorial I will be walking you through how I created my digital piece, “What weather do you want?”. This will be a simple photo manipulation tutorial that combines some adjustment layers, filter effects, and pen/lasso tool work.
Creating a Mother Nature Photo Manipulation
Final Image
In this tutorial I will be walking you through how I created my digital piece, “Mother Nature”. This is a simple photo manipulation of a few stock photographs and some brush work.
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