Remember the simple portrait setup from a few days ago? People had questions about the post-processing. I have good news. It was amazingly simple!
Here is the RAW file in Lightroom:
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I made only two simple adjustments in exposure and clarity:
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Then, I opened it in Photoshop. I converted to black and white, dodged a bit on the right side of his face, cropped and sharpened. That’s it! Five minute setup, five minute edit. Talk about an instant gratification-seeker’s dream portrait! If you’re interested in finding out more about my Lightroom or Photoshop workflow, be sure to take my very last Savor online classes, coming up soon!
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Fine! You convinced me. I’m taking the class.
One question: Do you sharpen twice, in Lightroom and then in Photoshop again? Isn’t there already a certain amount of sharpening applied in Lightroom?
Sascha
gorgeous! thanks for sharing this. i’m currently using iphoto to edit, but i do own CS5 – need to learn it! this motivates me to give it a try. i’ve heard some photogs just use lightroom – do you often use both for?
I am anxiously waiting to see the schedule for classes for January 2012…do you know when it will come out?? I have to plan ahead of time and request a day off from work…CAN’T WAIT TO LEARN FROM YOU!!!!