Photography Tips: Using gradients in Photoshop to add light

ADDING LIGHT USING GRADIENTS + SUBJECT SELECTION IN PHOTOSHOP

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Thank you for visiting my blog. My name is Nina and I am a Surrey-based photographer and photography trainer. Over lockdown I have been running a charity dog photography project and I have been experimenting in Photoshop with new ways of adding light.

I have been utilising the new ‘select subject’ feature and combining this with gradients and thought I would share this quick video tutorial so you can try it for yourselves. I hope you find it useful!

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Before becoming a children’s photographer, Nina spent 15 years working in Marketing & Brand Management. It was during this time that she also found a love for leading working groups and training. Her style is fun and relaxed and focuses on a mixture of theory and hands-on practical exercises. Nina is passionate about photographer training and her photography workshops take place all throughout the UK from Bristol to Scotland.

Nina has been a Professional Photographer for 9 years and was named the UK’s Children, Family & Lifestyle Photographer of the Year. Her work has been featured in magazines and on popular blog and websites including Vogue. Nina has also just been awarded top 3 professional photography training by the prestigious SWPP at the 2017 and 2019 Awards evening.

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Creating a product page for your clients – Free DIVI template page

creating a product page for your clients

includes a free divi page template

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With Christmas fast approaching and us being in lockdown again at the moment I have created a new product page for my website. This page has a list of my favourite frame and wall products and serves as inspiration for clients for displays in their home or as ideas for personalised Christmas gifts for their family.

I thought it would be helpful to make this available as a FREE DIVI WordPress template should you wish to create your own pages. I have also supplied the text and images separately for those of you on different website platforms. You can watch the video below to preview the page design.

Just click on the download buttons below to save the different elements to your computer.

I would also suggest downloading FUNDY or PRO SELECT and trying the software on their 30-day free trial. This way, you can create bespoke wall art designs for your clients using images of their rooms at home. P.S I would also keep an eye out for their upcoming Black Friday Sales.

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Sharpen your images in Photoshop FREE ACTION

Sharpen your images in photoshop free action

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Thank you for visiting my blog. My name is Nina, and I am a Surrey-based photographer and photography trainer. I am often asked in my Facebook community for tips on sharpening images, so I thought I would share an action I have created.

My first suggestion for crisp images is to ensure you get your images as sharp as possible in the camera. This is achieved through great exposure, correct focusing and your shutter speed decision. I like to keep my shutter speed at 1/500 to ensure a sharp image straight out of the camera.

If you wish to add some additional sharpening, I have created the following action, which you can DOWNLOAD FOR FREE BELOW. Once installed, you can run the action and reduce the opacity to taste depending on whether your file is for printing or online. One tip is always to view the image at 100% when applying to sharpen.

This action works using Photoshop’s High Pass Filter, which increases the contract along the edges of your image – your brain then interprets this increased contrast as being sharper. The High Pass Filter is an edge detection filter so ignores the areas that are not on the edge. This is why I like to use this method, as it’s kinder on the skin.

To see the action “in action,” watch the video below, and then you can click the link to download. I hope you find this useful.