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Chris

Posts 16
Hi All

One of the mychillybin photographers I admire is Jo Currie. Jo, if you tell me the secret on how you sometimes have sublte black shading around some of your images that would be great! This seems to create a nice mood. Or if anyone else can answer this it would be most appreciated!

kathleen

Posts 221
Hi Chris.
Can you give us a couple of image numbers to look at or link us to one that has the shading. Thanks.

Regards,
Kathleen.

kathleen

Posts 221
Hi Chris.
Further on the shading, I had a quick look through Jo Currie’s portfolio, and I think what you call soft darker shading around the image is actually the depth of field.
Depth of field is done at the time of taking the photo using a very small aperture. This means everything around the point of focus, either behind, in front, and to the side, will fall out gradually into soft focus.
To get that darkened soft focus, it’s all about using the light. An object sitting in the right light and surrounding light going into duller or shaded light normally gives that effect. Sometimes by sitting the object higher or forward more gives good results.

Other than that, Jo might have used a photo technique called dodge and burn that is a filter in Photoshop’s for darkening and lighting chosen areas. If they are used well, they can give some stunning results. Knowing some professional photographers myself, I have watched them turn some of their images from just an image, to wow!.
Remembering though, the photo has to have all the correct elements in the first place at the time it was taken. The ole saying, “you can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear”, you know!

Those are a couple of my thoughts for you.
Regards,
Kathleen.

Chris

Posts 16
Awesome thanks heaps for that Kathleen.

photohunter

Posts 69
By a very small aperture Kathleen means a small aperture number which is hte converse to a small aperture. With a number of 4 for example the aperture is open wider than with an aperture of 22. With a 22 aperture everything from front to back will be in focus. But with an aperture of 4 there is focus falloff both back and front.

kathleen

Posts 221
Thankyou photohunter.
I had missed making sure it was understood as a small aperture number meaning wide, thanks for the back-up.

Regards,
Kathleen.

fatsprat

Posts 135
http://smad.jmu.edu/dof/

This link might help with some more info on Depth of Field.

Pixelated

Posts 107
Sorry, but it isn't DOF. It's vignetting. Can be done in Adobe Camera Raw or using layers and masks in Photoshop.

Sometimes it is used to help 'focus' the eye on the subject which will appear lighter and brighter. This is not to be confused with unwanted lens vignetting at the time of shooting, but rather it is a post process to enhance what will already be a good image.

kathleen

Posts 221
Hi pixelated.
Thanks for that, I do know what you mean. I just did not know the photos Chris was refering to, so just looked through Jo's photos and saw quite a few that she has used wonderful depth of fields to to make the subject stand out. So that is what I made my comments on. Hopefully Jo will come on the forum and mention something.

Kathleen.

jocurrie

Posts 4
hi!

the shading on my pics comes from either using my wide angle on 2.8 or from using a polariser on bright days!

Pixelated

Posts 107
Hi Jo, selective vignetting via lens it is then! I do most of mine post process. Well done with a great portfolio, by the way!

kathleen

Posts 221
Thanks for that Jo. Good to hear from the photographer, clears it all.

Kathleen.
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