Use 2 top down lighting exposures blended with a base exposure to create a clean composite of the Kitchen in angle 1. Add a gradient and remove Barry from the scene with masking. Manage ghosting, control color contamination in a mixed lighting scenario. Since the kitchen is another hero room of a home, spend more time in retouching this space to create a clean, vibrant, dimensional image. Control unwanted shadows, and hone your look with curves layers.Build up gradients to focus the viewer to specific areas of the image. Leverage the power of luminosity blending to control contrast without affecting your color. Contrast and apply the usage of linear and radial gradients.
Begin working on an alternate angle of the Kitchen. Identify what elements of the frame orient the potential buyer to the layout of the home. Cull through the exposure for this second angle, to select the ideal elements for compositing in Photoshop. Implement your gained experience across previou...
Repeat the workflow for compositing, established across this series. Utilize masking, color control, blending, and gradients to control the lighting balance and dimension of the composition. Learn to dynamically problem solve unwanted distractions within an image. Repair a missing cabinet handle ...
Listen as photographer and retoucher, Barry MacKenzie identifies the challenges of the Parlor room on production day. Cull through the exposures examining the anchor points that tie this space to the rest of the home layout. Here more of Barry’s reasoning behind choosing the composition and persp...
