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More Wedding Shots....

gmonkehgmonkeh Registered Users Posts: 312 Major grins
edited August 6, 2007 in Weddings
Been experimenting with layouts lately, here's a few that I really like. Please let me know what you think!

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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 :)

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http://www.reverbphotography.com
Nikon D300
Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
Tamron 28-75 f/2.8
Nikkor 80-200 AF-D ED f/2.8
2 Alien Bees AB800
Nikon Speedlight SB800
Elinchrome Skyport Triggers

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    ~Jan~~Jan~ Registered Users Posts: 966 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2007
    Wow, the mom and the bride look so much alike!! I love the layouts you did. Very neat!!
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    SenecaSeneca Registered Users Posts: 1,661 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2007
    ~Jan~ wrote:
    Wow, the mom and the bride look so much alike!! I love the layouts you did. Very neat!!

    15524779-Ti.gif Totally. Great picture
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    DavidSDavidS Registered Users Posts: 1,279 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2007
    I love the layouts. Great job.
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    Shane422Shane422 Registered Users Posts: 460 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2007
    The layouts and all your shots look really great. Nice job.
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    evorywareevoryware Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2007
    Nice work. Like I thought from the last thread, mom looks great! thumb.gif

    could pass for older sister.

    May I ask what program you use to make layouts?
    Canon 40D : Canon 400D : Canon Elan 7NE : Canon 580EX : 2 x Canon 430EX : Canon 24-70 f2.8L : Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L USM : Canon 28-135mm f/3.5 IS : 18-55mm f/3.5 : 4GB Sandisk Extreme III : 2GB Sandisk Extreme III : 2 x 1GB Sandisk Ultra II : Sekonik L358

    dak.smugmug.com
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    gmonkehgmonkeh Registered Users Posts: 312 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2007
    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
    http://www.reverbphotography.com
    Nikon D300
    Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
    Tamron 28-75 f/2.8
    Nikkor 80-200 AF-D ED f/2.8
    2 Alien Bees AB800
    Nikon Speedlight SB800
    Elinchrome Skyport Triggers
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    Cuties02qCuties02q Registered Users Posts: 643 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2007
    I really love the first set....beautiful pictures!!!
    Part time photographer...Full time mommy :D

    My equiment: Nikon D50, Nikon D300, SB-600, 30mm 1.4, 50mm 1.4, 85mm 1.4, 70-200mm 2.8

    WEBSITE
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    ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2007
    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 :D
    Marina
    www.intruecolors.com
    Nikon D700 x2/D300
    Nikon 70-200 2.8/50 1.8/85 1.8/14.24 2.8
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    schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2007
    Lex, your work always amazes me! I love the layouts there - very professional and tasteful. thumb.gif
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    gmonkehgmonkeh Registered Users Posts: 312 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2007
    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....
    http://www.reverbphotography.com
    Nikon D300
    Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
    Tamron 28-75 f/2.8
    Nikkor 80-200 AF-D ED f/2.8
    2 Alien Bees AB800
    Nikon Speedlight SB800
    Elinchrome Skyport Triggers
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    ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,911 moderator
    edited August 6, 2007
    I like these!
    Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?
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