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Hi and welcome back.
Saturday’s NYC workshop is a go. We have light attendance, so there is room for more! On the fence, get out of the crazy April weather and join us inside Space4Shoots and learn small flash photography and get portfolio images.
You can register with my Paypal link above or call with atm/cc card info.
On to Photoshop Friday.
Today’s tip is a simple one: Adjusting Exposure.
Sometimes factors don’t allow you to get the correct exposure in camera. Sometimes you just miss the shot and guess what, your client loves the shot that may be over or underexposed.
This headshot looked perfect on my camera screen and yet is is a bit underexposed. So here is a quick fix using layers.
After bringing the shot into PS, copy the background layer using Ctrl-J:
This layer allows you to work above the original and not harm the original.
Then, go down to the Half Black, Half White circle on the bottom of the palette and click to choose Levels:
Now you have a new layer just for exposure adjustment and a panel above with a histogram.
The histogram favors the blacks as the image is low key. However, the right or white side shows a bit of underexposure as detail does not go all the way to the right. Just grab the slider and drag it to the left to where the histogram mountain begins:
Once you’ve dragged your slider, you have a layer mask on the right to add or subtract you edit from parts of the image. More on that later.
Now you have adjusted your image, you need to add a layer above the adjustment so that you can keep working.
Simply use the keystroke: Shift-Alt-Command-E to get a new working layer above it all:
Here is a before and after of my adjusted image:
Now I’m ready to start retouching. I’ll cover basic retouching in a later post.
That’s it for today. If you are interested in the workshop tomorrow in NYC, sign on as there is room.
Questions? Call or text: 203-540-8821
Till next time, happy exposure!
