Differences of opinion...

One thing to always remember as a photographer is that there is always a difference of opinion between you the photographer, the person who is being photographed and then interested others such as boyfriends, husbands, mothers or as in this case a stylist.

Generally its a big NONO to show unedited pictures, to clients and especially to the world on the net like this. But I am making an exception to tell this story. Plus, as the model is just naturally stunning and there are practically, in my opinion, no bad pictures of this girl.

Here you see the full collection of the pictures I took. I have already edited out to pic the ones I liked out of the lot. Of course, these have just simply been converted from raw files into a jpg or sometimes into Black and White but they have not been adjusted for color as thats what I do in photoshop. Some as still a bit "low light" as I wanted a dramatic look.

THe models favorite was ten was 1996, 1991, 2051, 2091, 2090, 1939, 1961, 1965, 1990, 1989

The stylist liked IMG_2212.jpg, IMG_1921.jpg,IMG_1965.jpg, IMG_1968.jpg, IMG:1977.jpg,IMG_1997.jpg, IMG_2051.jpg, IMG_2127.jpg, IMG_2185-2.jpg


Which one is yours???

Mini Fotoshop CS6 Tutorial

Hvorfor kjøpe CS5 eller CS6 versjonen av fotoshop ?  I min mening hovedsaklig på grunn av "Content Aware" toolet. Se hvor enkelt det er å fjerne et uønsket objekt med bare en knapp!

Denne videoen ble laga med Beta Versjonen av CS6.

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Seriously - there are some great workshops coming up on Creative Live!

I cant wait to check them out !

How to set up a home studio

Wedding Photography Weekend

A boudoir workshop with the amazing Christa Meola

Redigerings tips!

Lurer du på hvordan du kan fjerne uønskede elementer i bildet.

Her er et kjapt eksempel.

Til dels liker jeg faktisk hånden der, og til slutt er det hva kunden ønsker.

Her er det et par tips om hvordan jeg gjorde det.

Jeg svarer gjerne på spørsmål! OG jeg gir bort denne actionen hvis noen skulle ønske den ! :)

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3 super easy and quick photoshop tips for editing photos!

Here is my top three tips on how to edit photos fast!

Due to the hair flying into her forhead I decided I didn't want to use this picture however I thought this would be a great little picture to show you a couple of quick and easy tips on how to fix up an image in about 2 minutes on photoshop!

First the original image. 

1. Content Aware - Cleans up the Image

This tool was new with CS5 and its incredible! Its so amazing. All I did to remove the bottom right corner step was to make a square and push delete. Voila, 2 seconds later its gone ! You see the result here! 

Same was done with the hair in her forehead and a few little irregularities of her skin. 

2. Dodge and Burn POPS the Eyes

5 % opacity on dodge - highlights, over the white of the eyes - swish swish and her eyes are brighter

10% opacity on burn - shadows, over the eyebrows and lashes

3. Hue & Saturation - deyellows the blonde hair

Use the  one on your layers palette on the right. You find it in the pop up menu that is a circle with black and white. Decrease the yellow a little and increase the light on the yellow layer (its automatically set for master, choose the yellow one)  

Quick and easy fixes ! 

Hope you enjoy!  IF you have any questions, feel free to ask !! 

xox

J

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Adding canvas to create more

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Although I am not a very theoretical photographer there are some rules that I follow without even knowing it. One of those rules is the rule of thirds.

The rule of thirds in photography is a composition rule which basically says don't put the subject in the middle and look for those lines in your photo to find the intersection of lines or the crash point. The most interesting part of your picture should ideally be at one of these intersections.

Here I felt that should be her Linn C's eye that is furthest to the left.

But the problem was that I didn't have enough canvas for that, so in order to create a more dynamic picture (which is usually what happens when you use the rule of thirds) I added more canvas.

This is done in like 10 seconds in photoshop.
  

Dangers of one focus point

And of editing photos when you are tired. Sorry about the typo on the picture... 

But it doesnt matter,  you know its my photos! 

I just wanted to show you these two photos.  Often when I photograph people I use one focus point. And if your F is at 2.8 or below you have a pretty small area that will be clear. The focus should be on the eyes. Or at least one of the eyes. 

Here you can see the difference between when the back eye is in focus compared to the "front" or closest to the camera. The last one is so much "crisper". 

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Photography inspiration and learning!

Constantly trying to learn and get inspired about photography I seek out inspiration. Impatient as I am it means that I only watch really good videos - because if not I get totally bored!

Right now there is an inspirational fashion photographer on Creative Live  Beauty and Fashion Photography with Matthew Jordan Smith

Its all about telling your story and developing your brand. I really like what he said that its not just about to take a pretty picture, its about finding inspiration and using that inspiration to tell something!

Write down oppsites, make sketches and plan your shoot to tell a story!  

Different screen = different pictures

So this whole computers and picture thing is pretty technical and difficult sometimes. My friends Cato and Nina have a screen setting that show up ALL editing that has been done on the picture -whereas on my screen nothing is to be seen!

Simple Solution - well there really is not any - you can embed your color profile that might help a bit but if someone else has a different profile their view is still going to be different.

Take this picture from my last boudoir shoot. Its dark - not originally, but I edited it that way to create a bit of mystery... To give the illusion of looking into a dark room and seeing this beautiful woman.

On my well lit screen with the same color combo as when I edited it - it really looks exactly the way I wanted it -

BUT when I look at it on my work computer which is a bit of a shitty screen - then its a little bit too dark.

So be wary of this you amateur photographers out there -

and when it comes to printing - it depends on the printer and its calibration as to what result you get when you print.

I have printed the same picture 4 times and each time the same file creates a different result just because I use a different provider/printer.

There is calibration software and all sorts of technical things you can do --- but really that stuff is wayyyy to boyish and boring for me -

I just wish it was simpler -

like come one - cant someone figure out a standard or something so we dont have this problem anymore!??

Sort hvitt er så vakkert!

Sort hvitt bilder er klassisk og bare kjempe lekkert. 

Ikke bare det men noen ganger er det nesten som om portrettet får WOW faktor ved å bli omgjort til sort-hvitt. 

To you photographers out there - I generally use lightroom for black and white conversion due to its many presets and great high contrasts black and white. 

Cleaning up the junk

Sometimes you just can not get the location you want, or the angle you want and you just have to make do with what you have because of various reasons.

Here is a shoot that was done during a rainy day. Went down in the apartment garage as it was dry, but as you can see there was plenty of cars parked there.

To me these cars are too distracting so I think its better to remove all that.

I simply did this by covering them with dark paint in photoshop.

What do you think of the before and after? Do you agree with me ? 

Posing Tutorial

Just thought I would publish a quick posing tutorial for you guys. This is a picture my mom took when she was visiting me in Cairns, Australia, last year.

We was going through some tips and tricks with her in regards to photographing people. She is a great photographer but she prefers street photography and landscape to this type of "staged" photographs. And yes, I was the teacher and the model... It probably would have been better if we had a proper model, but on a lazy, rainy afternoon, well, you do with what you have...

She did a fantastic job, but here is a few things that would have made the picture more flattering.

Choosing the right hue when editing pictures

One of the scariest and most difficult jobs you have as a photographer is actually choosing the pictures. You have to try to find out what the person you have photographed will love, not necessarily what you love.

Perfect example is the photos you love compared to which your mom love of you. Well, perhaps your mom is not like mine, but my mom always seem to like the photos of me that I look fat, ugly and tired on! NEVER fails!  

So as a photographer I try to, you know, NOT be my mom.  I try to find pictures that I think my clients will love and that sometimes leads to me giving/showing my client pictures that actually have some big faults... 

Take this picture for example. It was taken with only natural light. It looked great on the camera screen, but when I got it on my computer it turned out that the area on the shoulder had too much light on it. 

So I had to edit it, and change the color a bit to try and compensate. 

Here I have done 4 different edits. 

I love the black and white but I also like the softness of the colored one, and gosh her eyes stand out in the last two. 

But you have to choose one picture to give to the client. 

Which one would you choose ? 

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