{"id":759,"date":"2009-09-19T00:05:46","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T07:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/?p=759"},"modified":"2012-05-27T10:23:19","modified_gmt":"2012-05-27T17:23:19","slug":"dramatic-photos-ways-to-turn-up-the-drama-in-your-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/dramatic-photos-ways-to-turn-up-the-drama-in-your-pics\/","title":{"rendered":"Dramatic Photos: Ways to Turn up the Drama in Your Pics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who says your photos have to be by the book and “safe”? \u00a0Your clients will appreciate a variety of choice when you present them their finished photos. \u00a0Sepia, black and white, etc are not your only choices when creating packages. Try these with your next client:<\/p>\n

Our original photo:<\/p>\n

\"dramatic<\/p>\n

Increase your Contrast<\/span><\/strong>
\nOne of the best ways to add some “oh yeah” to your SL photos is to increase the contrast. \u00a0This brings out dark tones and brightens light tones all at once. \u00a0It emphasizes details as well.<\/p>\n

\"Contrast
Contrast increased, saturation decreased<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Make a Curve<\/span><\/strong>
\nI have found that if your model has a high quality skin, adding a custom curve will bring out the shadows and details of the skin. \u00a0Here is the photo finished and the curve I used on the original to obtain this effect:<\/p>\n

\"dramatic \"Curves\"<\/p>\n

Desaturate<\/span><\/strong>
\nBlack and white photos are always dramatic, especially when you add contrast as well. \u00a0However instead of using contrast, I increased the exposure and the gamma, and slightly decreased the offset to get this finished photo:<\/p>\n

\"Desaturated,
Desaturated, increased exposure, gamma, increased offset slightly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Overexpose<\/strong><\/span>
\nOverexposed photos are normally a “no-no”. That is unless you are going for that overexposed look – which we are in the next photo. \u00a0This is typical of a halo filter. \u00a0The image is over exposed and a gentle vertical and horizontal blur are added to soften the edges giving it a very angelic touch.<\/p>\n

\"dramatic<\/p>\n

Add Motion<\/span><\/strong>
\nUsing the motion blur filter in Photoshop, I was able to add the following effect. \u00a0Try also using radial blur which adds equally stunning results!<\/p>\n

\"Duplicated
Duplicated layer, added a motion blur to top layer and set blending mode to lighten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, how do YOU turn up the drama in your photos? \u00a0Share your favorite techniques and please feel free to upload into a gallery!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who says your photos have to be by the book and “safe”? \u00a0Your clients will appreciate a variety of choice when you present them their finished photos. \u00a0Sepia, black and white, etc are not your only choices when creating packages. Try these with your next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7105,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,3],"tags":[30,117,125,32,122,123,126,124,12,13,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":940,"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions\/940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}