Bob Woodfin Photography, CPP

Unusual Approach to High Key Black and White Portraits

March 15, 2015 • 13 Comments

A few years back I ran across a tutorial by Brian Killian regarding high key studio shots. I decided to give it a try and then to expand it to black and white images. What I found was what I think is a pretty unique way to create some pretty cool images. It's a very simple and quick workflow. High Key Black and White To start with you need to o...

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Smart Objects and Smart Filters - Why Should I Care

January 30, 2015 • 2 Comments

If you've been around Photoshop for a while you have probably been pounded with the idea of using Smart Objects and Smart Filters. Kudos to you if you're using them, but if you're not you're probably getting pretty frustrated when you have to change an adjustment or effect you have made to the image. Particularly if it was pretty intense and you ca...

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Adding Shadows to Subjects in a Composite

January 15, 2015 • 3 Comments

When building a composite you always have to pay attention to the direction of light. It just doesn't work if the light on the background is coming from the right but on your subject it's coming from the left. To me, it's like having the number backward on a composited athlete. You know immediately it's a fake. It's the same concept if you don't ha...

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Correcting Color Casts Part 2 (Using the Hue and Saturation Adjustment Layer)

December 31, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Last time (October 15, 2014) I posted Part 1 of this series (Correcting Color Casts Part 1 (Color Channels with a Levels Adjustment or the Adjustment Brush)) where I discussed ways to think about color casts and how to use the Levels Adjustment tool in Photoshop to correct color casts. In this post I want to approach the same problem with a differe...

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Correcting Color Casts Part 1 (Color Channels with a Levels Adjustment or the Adjustment Brush)

December 15, 2014 • Leave a Comment

From my perspective there are a couple of ways to think about color casts. First, many times your overall image may have a specific tint to it. This may be a light blue or green hue. When I see this my first thought goes to the white balance. You have probably either used Auto White balance or forgot to change to the proper preset, or forgot to sho...

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