"Some are Born to Endless Night" featuring Lopti of Some Like it Blue
Color plays such an important role in my work. As you all know (well some of you might at least), I adore black and white photography but have such a hard time creating anything without color. There is just so much that color can add to an image, so I find it nearly impossible to deny myself that extra layer to my editing process. Below you'll find five tips for achieving fantastic color in your images!
Read More"Lady Solstice"
Yes yes I know, "Robert, you just did a post about expanding a dress" (thanks for remembering), but this is totally different...kinda...mostly...it is, you guys. You see that post was about taking what is already a dress and showing how to make it larger and more glorious. The knowledge I'm going to attack you with today is about creating a dress from scratch out of something that was not a dress...at all.
Read More"Releasing The Messengers"
I don't know if you've noticed yet, but expanding a dress in Photoshop has kind of become a must-have portfolio piece for fine art photographers. Well, not so much a "must-have," but definitely an "everyone seems to have." I'm totally cool with this. Robert Cornelius is the biggest sucker for any gloriously rippling, larger than life gown; he just can't help himself. Come on, who doesn't love a GIANT flowing dress!? When you can take a 4 dollar thrift store find and make it look like a huge, impressive, expensive, high fashion ensemble, why wouldn't you? Not to mention it adds lots of interest and production value for no extra cost...unless you have to buy the dress, but you know what I mean.
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