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Photographer

Posts: 137

Miami, Florida, US

Hello MM artists

I consider my retouching skills in the high low level, one of the effects I would love to be able to achieve for outdoor photo portraits are like the one in these photos.

- http://jinkyart.com.au/wp-content/uploa … 1200px.jpg

- http://www.jenniepyfferoen.com/wp-conte … ature2.jpg

- http://jinkyart.com.au/wp-content/uploa … -20151.png

- http://fstoplounge.com/wp-content/uploa … dHound.jpg

- http://jinkyart.com.au/wp-content/uploa … issing.png

Any kind of help or video tutorial, will be highly appreciate it

Best

Mar 18 17 11:18 pm Link

Retoucher

3869283

Posts: 1464

Sofia, Sofija grad, Bulgaria

The shallow DOF is something you need to do with your camera and lens. For things like the additional glow you can either use gradients or duplicate the current layer, blur it significantly and apply the resulting layer in screen mode (or other suitable) with reduced opacity and proper "blend if".

Mar 19 17 02:23 am Link

Photographer

TMA Photo and Training

Posts: 1009

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US

anchev wrote:
For things like the additional glow you can either use gradients or duplicate the current layer, blur it significantly and apply the resulting layer in screen mode (or other suitable) with reduced opacity and proper "blend if".

George, Tell us more about the "blend if" slider and how it functions in this case and the artistic effect. Alternately, I might use layer masks to control what is cut or retained and its intensity or blending. But the Blend if at the end of your sentence sounds interesting.

Thanks

Mar 19 17 07:02 am Link

Retoucher

3869283

Posts: 1464

Sofia, Sofija grad, Bulgaria

TMA Photo and Training wrote:
George, Tell us more about the "blend if" slider and how it functions in this case and the artistic effect. Alternately, I might use layer masks to control what is cut or retained and its intensity or blending. But the Blend if at the end of your sentence sounds interesting.

Thanks

Check this layered tiff:

https://goo.gl/t0C4eP

The source image is this one:

http://www.pixnio.com/people/female-wom … londe-hair

Of course this is just something done in 2 minutes to illustrate what I was talking about. You can fine tune things to your taste.

Mar 19 17 10:27 am Link