A Photographer's Journal : Daniel Chew

Sometimes photography is just simply amazing with the right tools in hand. One can be creative and save old photos in order to create another new photo. Some photos that were deemed blur can be kept and be changed anew with just a click of the tool. Here is the original photo below that Daniel has taken.

The photo below is after post photo processing with only a few options being used. Here is how Daniel does it.

Steps shown applies to Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Using Sharpen More. After that, Brightness and Contrast is set to a desired amount. Saturation was brought down to a very low level. Using the photo filter technique, use warming filter and set it to about 35 – 75% to achieve the desired lighting effect. Next use the brightness option to amend it’s brightness level.

There are many other ways to play around in Photoshop, this is just a few basic steps to get one started.

Credit
Model: Yen