Quick Wedding Edits
GREETINGS---Temps are already blazing like mid-summer here. Things are really dry,
so we're actually getting ash blown onto our cars from fires burning 50 miles away. A
heavy rain would be so welcome. But, I'm staying cool in the AC, editing the Arizona wedding.
©Pamela
Here are a couple of quick editing tips. The new Mr. & Mrs. Horton look great just after the
ceremony in the Fragrance Garden at The Princess. There were two tables behind them,
as well as chairs. I was wasn't able to avoid one of the tables.
The main problems I see in the image are a couple of distractions in the background,
the flow of her wedding dress as it's outlined against his tux and the groom's pant line
near the ground. I tried two quickie fixes. The second time around, it worked better.
©Pamela 
Opening Photoshop, I began by using Smudge tool to fix the dress & pant lines.
It's one of the first tools I learned to use. But, it's really hard to get a realistic
look if you do much smudging. If you are trying for a painterly look, it works well. Next, I
used the Magic Wand to select the white tablecloth & filled it with the Paint Bucket by
selecting the adobe color of the nearby wall.
It left some white spots, but was an improvement. I smudged over some of the darker
tones to make it more believable. The yellow roses behind the groom's head were
changed the same way. I worked on the wall with the Patch tool, but it didn't do much.
Then I got rid of the dress between the groom's feet by smudging the bricks around.
I felt it needed to be intentionally softened because the bride's dress line was so soft. I
copied the layer, put a Diffuse filter on it, lowered the fill & erased back through to keep
a bit more detail in their faces. The result is an artistic image.
©Pamela 
Painterly version 1 Realistic version 2
The second time around, I used the same method for the wall, but then Cloned in a lot
of extra roses, some from the existing bush & some from the background bush. Next, I
cloned out distracting elements behind the couple by using the dark shadow colors in
the background. The third area I worked on was the cement edging by the groom.
I used the magic wand to select it, then cloned in the bricks from beside the him. Then I
darkened it to make them blend in better. Lastly, I took the image into Liquify to fix the
clothing lines. I decided to bring the bottom of the dress around the front of the foot
where it would look more natural, instead of trying to get rid of the odd piece. Now we
have a realistic portrait that looks even better than the real thing.
PHOTOTIP: When covering events, you won't always have a perfect scene. Rearrange what
you can in the background, then try different shooting positions to crop out other
distractions. Lastly, try to edit out the problems you have left. The Hortons probably
won't even remember there was a table in the background.....they'll just love the awesome
image. Isn't that what we all want---a happy client?
BLESSINGS!
Zachariah 10:1
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so we're actually getting ash blown onto our cars from fires burning 50 miles away. A
heavy rain would be so welcome. But, I'm staying cool in the AC, editing the Arizona wedding.
©PamelaHere are a couple of quick editing tips. The new Mr. & Mrs. Horton look great just after the
ceremony in the Fragrance Garden at The Princess. There were two tables behind them,
as well as chairs. I was wasn't able to avoid one of the tables.
The main problems I see in the image are a couple of distractions in the background,
the flow of her wedding dress as it's outlined against his tux and the groom's pant line
near the ground. I tried two quickie fixes. The second time around, it worked better.
©Pamela Opening Photoshop, I began by using Smudge tool to fix the dress & pant lines.
It's one of the first tools I learned to use. But, it's really hard to get a realistic
look if you do much smudging. If you are trying for a painterly look, it works well. Next, I
used the Magic Wand to select the white tablecloth & filled it with the Paint Bucket by
selecting the adobe color of the nearby wall.
It left some white spots, but was an improvement. I smudged over some of the darker
tones to make it more believable. The yellow roses behind the groom's head were
changed the same way. I worked on the wall with the Patch tool, but it didn't do much.
Then I got rid of the dress between the groom's feet by smudging the bricks around.
I felt it needed to be intentionally softened because the bride's dress line was so soft. I
copied the layer, put a Diffuse filter on it, lowered the fill & erased back through to keep
a bit more detail in their faces. The result is an artistic image.
©Pamela Painterly version 1 Realistic version 2
The second time around, I used the same method for the wall, but then Cloned in a lot
of extra roses, some from the existing bush & some from the background bush. Next, I
cloned out distracting elements behind the couple by using the dark shadow colors in
the background. The third area I worked on was the cement edging by the groom.
I used the magic wand to select it, then cloned in the bricks from beside the him. Then I
darkened it to make them blend in better. Lastly, I took the image into Liquify to fix the
clothing lines. I decided to bring the bottom of the dress around the front of the foot
where it would look more natural, instead of trying to get rid of the odd piece. Now we
have a realistic portrait that looks even better than the real thing.
PHOTOTIP: When covering events, you won't always have a perfect scene. Rearrange what
you can in the background, then try different shooting positions to crop out other
distractions. Lastly, try to edit out the problems you have left. The Hortons probably
won't even remember there was a table in the background.....they'll just love the awesome
image. Isn't that what we all want---a happy client?
BLESSINGS!
Zachariah 10:1
See more Pix
Return to site
email me: artisticimagesbypc@me.com
Posted by Pamela at 6/1/2011 7:19 PM 
Categories: Photography tips, How to take better pictures, Instructional, Event and Personal
Tags: Photoshop CS4 clone editing photography liquify smudge patch crop select wedding Arizona blazing images
Categories: Photography tips, How to take better pictures, Instructional, Event and Personal
Tags: Photoshop CS4 clone editing photography liquify smudge patch crop select wedding Arizona blazing images
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