More Wedding Shots....

gmonkeh

Been experimenting with layouts lately, here's a few that I really like. Please let me know what you think!










And here's the shots with the MOB in them. I've retouched them already though and last I heard she was happy with the new look

~Jan~

Wow, the mom and the bride look so much alike!! I love the layouts you did. Very neat!!

Seneca

~Jan~ wrote:

Wow, the mom and the bride look so much alike!! I love the layouts you did. Very neat!!

Totally. Great picture

DavidS

I love the layouts. Great job.

Shane422

The layouts and all your shots look really great. Nice job.

evoryware

Nice work. Like I thought from the last thread, mom looks great!

could pass for older sister.

May I ask what program you use to make layouts?

gmonkeh

I just use photoshop using layers and masks. It's really quite easy. Let me see if I can write up a quick and dirty tute for ya.

Lex

Cuties02q

I really love the first set....beautiful pictures!!!

ShepsMom

Love it, excellent work, and layouts are beautiful. I need to learn how to make something like this. I'm sure it's easy enough, i'm just too lazy to sit and play

schmoo

Lex, your work always amazes me! I love the layouts there - very professional and tasteful.

gmonkeh

Thanks for all the nice comments To be honest I don't think I'm good enough to actively pursue wedding bookings for now. I still have a lot to learn and more equipment to buy, but isn't that always the case




For the people interested in how I made the layouts above here's the short and sweet of it...... Feel free to ask if you have any questions about this process.

Lex

1. Open an image you want for your background.
2. Create a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer. Check the box that says colorize, I like to use the following settings but you can definitely tweak it to your liking. Hue=50 Saturation=25 Lightness=60. Click "OK".
3. Click on the layer mask, then using the rectangular marquee (selection) tool, choose an area of the photo you want to stay. Make sure your foreground color is set to black, then press ALT+Backspace.
4. In addition you can add a stroked border to frame your selection using the "layer styles" option in the layer pallette. I usually just use a white border, size= depends on the image Position= Outside BlendMode= Normal Opacity= 100%

To add stacked images in your photo:

1. Create a new blank layer. and name it window.
2. Using the rectangular marquee tool, make a selection where you want to place your image and fill it with black. In the layer pallette, adjust the "Fill" to 0%.
3. CTRL + click on the black box you just created to select it. Open a new image then CTRL + A to select all, and then copy (CTRL + C)
4. Go back to the photo you're working on then go to edit then Paste Into (SHIFT + CTRL + V). If the image is too big for the window, press CTRL + T to resize it. Resize the image and accept the changes. Note: you can add a stroked border or drop shadow using "layer styles" as well.
5. If you want multiple stacked images, just copy and paste the window layer and repeat step 3 & 4 for each new window.

Just have fun with it. Mix and match B+W and color images. Or for your background, create a color and a black and white layer then use a gradient mask to transition from color to B+W then create the stacked images on that background.

Hope everyone finds this useful.

Always willing to share....

ian408

I like these!