how to get that effect in Photoshop?

[ania2626]

Hello, I would like to develop my skills in Photoshop , does anyone know how to get that beautiful soft and warm color effect?

Las Vegas Child Photographer | Las Vegas Family Photographer

 

[keyseddie]

Combine years of experience, a creative vision and considerable talent. That's the way she does it.

 

[ronlane]

^^This but if you will contact Lisa, she does some teaching about her techniques.

 

[tirediron]

Combine years of experience, a creative vision and considerable talent. That's the way she does it.

Yep! I would venture to guess she does very little work in post; that looks to me like the result of top-notch lighting and optimum exposure.

 

[ania2626]

I agree that she is talented artist . It would be great if there is anyone in here who knows how to make the pretty colors and would be happy to share their knowledge and experience . Hope it make sens what I wrote as English is not my first language.

 

[Scatterbrained]

Combine years of experience, a creative vision and considerable talent. That's the way she does it.

Yep! I would venture to guess she does very little work in post; that looks to me like the result of top-notch lighting and optimum exposure.

Lisa does a fair bit of work in post, you'd be quite surprised. That doesn't mean she isn't getting it right in camera however. She's quite active on the Canon boards, and has linked to some of her before and after shots. She also does workshops. Ania, try going to her Facebook page if you are on Facebook, I know she links to her workshops and whatnot from there.

 

[Light Guru]

does anyone know how to get that beautiful soft and warm color effect?

Soft and warm color are not a photoshop effect, to get them you have to shoot in soft and warm light.

 

[Scatterbrained]

Oh wait, there's links right on her site:
Editing Videos for Photographers | LJHolloway Photography

 

[PaulWog]

Hello, I would like to develop my skills in Photoshop , does anyone know how to get that beautiful soft and warm color effect?

Las Vegas Child Photographer | Las Vegas Family Photographer

The photoshop part is easy (in my opinion). I can handle that no problem. The hard part is the setup for the shot. Most if not all of the shots you're looking at are professionally lit. You need to use flashes, reflectors, light softeners, etc.

The biggest mistake I see beginners making (because I often made this mistake with various things) is assuming you know what you need to buy or improve upon in order to achieve a certain photograph. You think you need to look to photoshop for these shots. Look to Lightroom instead, and work on your lighting. Photoshop can come after that. Photoshop will be useful, yes.

You may even want to look to other on-the-spot techniques with your camera as well. For example, some of the shots that you might want to get done may not be possible without multiple shots at different apertures. You may want to shoot with a tripod, get your shot of your subject in, and then remove your subject and shoot at a different aperture for a greater (or thinner) depth of field. Then photoshop can come in to the picture. That wouldn't always be necessary; you can edit a single shot in order to generate selective blur, however in a lot of cases you won't get the same end-result without taking multiple shots.

For example, look at the first shot under "High School Seniors". The girl standing on the road is clearly lit very nicely. You would likely want 2 shots. The first would be of your subject, and you would have lighting set up in order to light your subject. Then, you would remove the lighting from the road, and take another shot with the subject out of the image.

That's just my 2-cents. Many of the photos don't require much or any photoshop work at all. Just good setup and lightroom. Many of the photographs which are impressive that require photoshop definitely require a lot of setup and take a lot more than just snapping the shot and going to photoshop right away. In a lot of cases with those impressive shots, 90% of the work is done before you enter photoshop. With that all said, photoshop is really useful & it's worth learning... just search through YouTube tutorials (ie. search the term "photoshop soft light tutorial").

 

[Derrel]

Move to the USA's desert southwest, where the natural light has long been renowned for its beautiful quality. In many ways, the light that exists there is unequalled anywhere in North America. New Mexico has long been considered a painter's and photographer's paradise, in terms of natural light. Arizona's natural lighting is so gorgeous and so well-known that there used to be (probably still is) a magzine called Arizona Highways, which dealt with the amazing photographiuc beauty of Arizona. Huge expanses of light-colored earth, in many places blocked from direct sun rays, but with thousands and thousands of square acres of naturally-occurring fill light. WARM-toned earth, not ugly GREEN-light filled forest or prairie landscape to pollute your colors with ugly, green light.

The USA's desert southwest has a quality of light that is very different from what we have in say, Portland, Oregon, or Seattle, Washington. Driving eastward here 100 miles or so takes one to the "high desert", with an entirely different type of light than we have here, where we have very heavily particle-filled, pollen riddled air much of the year, then wood smoke all winter long, and smoggy, temperature-inversion conditions.

Provence in Europe is also another example of a place long renowned for gorgeous, gorgeous natural lighting conditions. You can see some similar stuff shot in the south seas area, like in Australia or NEw Zealand. The light there is simply GORGEOUS. I honestly do not think you're going to find the same type of gorgeous, open, outdoor lighting anywhere in the UK.

 

[KmH]

You think you need to look to photoshop for these shots. Look to Lightroom instead, and work on your lighting.

Anyone that has Photoshop CS or CC has the same editing software (Camera Raw) that is LR's Develop module - ACR - or Adobe Camera Raw.
Anyone with Photoshop Elements has a de-featured version (about 1/2 of the tools, panels, capabilities) of ACR.

No doubt, light and lighting is the basis of photography.

 

[PaulWog]

Anyone that has Photoshop CS or CC has the same editing software (Camera Raw) that is LR's Develop module - ACR - or Adobe Camera Raw.
Anyone with Photoshop Elements has a de-featured version (about 1/2 of the tools, panels, capabilities) of ACR.

No doubt, light and lighting is the basis of photography.

Sure, technically correct. But I'm sure you get what I'm saying: basic RAW tweaking tools & correct technique and advanced lighting skills are what I'm emphasizing. I think ania2626 may be attributing much of the final product to advanced photoshop skills, when in reality many of the shots don't even require features that go beyond what is offered in lightroom.

One can say "light and lighting are the basis of photography", but that simplifies the matter. We all know photography is extremely complex, and has infinite room for artistic/professional/whatever growth. One of my primary points is that there is a difference between properly exposing a photo & using lighting to properly expose the photo, and using lighting to make a photo interesting & dynamic (mastering the way each part of the photo can be exposed). Beginners may not know the difference, or it may be incomprehensible without being given an example. Maybe I should have linked a YouTube video to be a little bit more productive:

<-- 3:16 and onward

I would post more examples, but I can't post more than one youtube link.

 

[ania2626]

Thank you all !

 

[dennybeall]

There are third Party plug-ins for Photoshop that will do just about anything from skin tones to removing noise. Nothing beats getting it right in the camera but a skilled tech can come very close with Photoshop and a full set of plug-ins...