Photography of Forrest Croce
Posted by Pixelhead
The top commentator for mid November was the Photographer Forrest Croce. For some really awesome Photography tips and lessons, you should check out Forrest’s Fine Art Photography site.
Forrest also has a blog were he offers up some Photography tips. In his post, Vivid Color in Photoshop, Forrest relates some of the methods he uses to create vivid life like colors using both common sense and Photoshop.
Two of the common sense methods or maybe not so common sense methods for outdoor photography he suggests are:
- Shoot outdoor photos in the hour before the sun is going down or in the “Golden Hour”.
- Shoot just after it has rained.
Photoshop tips
Several Photoshop tools that he suggest using in the post are;
- Using the Channel Mixer to fine tune the color saturation.
- Using the Color Balance tool to create more natural colorization options.
In addition to telling how he adjusts photos manually, Forrest also offers some down loadable tools to automate the procedures that he discusses.
Below are before and after pictures of a Lake Pontchartrain Sunset I took on our New Orleans trip that I edited with Photoshop using Forrest’s techniques.
Before Editing |
After Editing |
Be sure to check out Forrest’s site for some tremendous photography resources as well as his photo galleries.
Written by Pixelhead on November 23rd, 2007 with
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#1. November 26th, 2007, at 6:05 AM.
Thanks so much for the kind words…!