Following an earlier post where I mentioned about a recent ‘mini’ Photo Walk down on the coast at Brighton with my buddy Neal Hibbert, I’ve been asked a few times about the photograph of the ‘Bearded Guy’ that I took; in particular regarding what editing was done.
So, I thought I’d put together this short video which breaks down each of the 8 simple steps in Photoshop that I went through to achieve the final look; those 8 steps being:
- Levels Adjustment
- Adding Contrast to the subject’s eyes by using Quick Mask and a Levels Adjustment
- Adding overall contrast with a Curves Adjustment Layer
- Greyscale Conversion followed by reduced opacity to bring back some colour
- Restoring colour in the eyes (following the greyscale conversion)
- Adding detail to hair using the High Pass Filter
- Darkening the background using the Multiply Blend Mode and Burn Tool
- Reducing Saturation overall
To change things up a bit, and because each of the steps are very simple and brief, rather than do a ‘voice over’ I’ve split the video into sections so you can clearly see each of the 8 steps as I work through them.
As always, if you have any questions or would just like to leave a comment then please feel free to make use of the ‘comments’ section’ below; it’s always great to ‘hear’ what you have to say.
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Glyn - @Mohit…Thanks, glad you like it
Cheers,
Glyn
Mohit Sharma - Very nice and effective tutorial.
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Glyn - @Matt…Cheers for commenting mate.
A few people have mentioned about slowing it down so what I’ve done is write a ‘walk through’ which will go well with the video so each of the 8 Stages is explained in full; hope that helps.
Cheers,
Glyn
Glyn - @Sean…Funny you should say that…I’ve written a ‘walk through’ which I’ll be posting up tomorrow (Friday) mate.
Cheers,
Glyn
Glyn - @Neil…Cheers for taking the time to comment mate.
Re camera profiles…am I right in thinking you’re talking about camera profiles in say Lightroom? If you are then I must admit I rarely play around with those however what I have done is make a preset where I have reduced the reds slightly as Nikon tend to be a bit hot in that channel so every image that comes in gets that preset and I move on from there. Does that make sense?
One thing I really must do, and I was reminded of this after Allen Ross Thomas’ Guest Post, and that was to set up a profile ‘in camera’ where I’ve reduced the reds so I don’t have to correct it later in post.
Hope that answers your question,
Glyn
Matt Palmer - Another splendid tutorial Glyn!
If a tutorial has ever needed to be done in real-time with your dulcet Midlands tones it’s this one. This is a look a lot of people want to achieve so I think a real-time version will be very popular.
I like to work through your tuts with the video playing in the background whilst I work in Photoshop. I’ll watch the complete tutorial first so I can see what you’re doing, then replay it whilst I work on my image. I’ll use the spoken parts to remind me what to do next.
Digging the banjo music though!
Sean Gannon - Great post - all I need to do is slow it down to my level and it’ll be great
Neil Holmes - Hi Glyn, thanks for sharing this technique it’s a very dramatic effect! Could I ask a question on your workflow, do you stick to one camera profile or do you choose one that bests suits a particular image at the start of your processing?
Glyn - Hi Steve,
Knowing this technique, I was actually on the hunt all day for somebody such as the guy you see in the tutorial because it just fits him so well; thankfully Neal’s ‘Eagle Eye’ spotted him so we zeroed in
Cheers,
Glyn
ps> I’m kind of getting into this Banjo music; but keep that to yourself ok?
Steve Porter - Hi Glyn, did you have that kind of post work in mind when you took the shot. The banjo music is good i kept expecting billy connolly to jump out and talk us through your techniques lol!
Steve
Glyn - @Kelley…You’re welcome; just hope the head has stopped spinning now…lol
Glyn - @Neal…Cheers mate.
Re the music…just thought it was fitting considering the subject matter…lol
kelley - K, what the heck just happened? My head is still spinning. Emma is behind me still dancing! I will need to watch that one in segments. I never use some of those tools but I’m going to try. It actually answered some questions I’ve had about editing for a long time now.
Thanks a million for making this tutorial!
Kelley
Neal - Do I like that banjo music or not, it’s funny can’t make up my mind!
Neal - Nice work and nice tut
Glyn - @Tim…Cheers Buddy; would be great to hear how you get on with the techniques.
All the best to you,
Glyn
Tim Dobbs - Great little Tutorial, I`m gonna try these steps on a few portraits I took on the photowalk last weekend……Thanks