Category Archives: How I did it Tuesday

How I did it Tutsday – 9th March {no presets. no actions. just plain old elbow grease}

As promised, this is how I took and edited the following photo. Not using any fancy schmancy plugins, just some good old fashioned do-it-myself elbow grease.

{How I took it}
Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: 18-200mm
Data: 200mm, f/6.3, 1/400th second {these are the settings I was using on the boys, not necessarily what I would’ve chosen if I had...

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How I Did it Tuesday – 2nd March {darkening using fill layers}

Today is a bit different. Yes, I’m gonna tell you how I edited this photo, but I’ll also tell you what I was thinking when I took it (which I hope to do more often).

{How I took it}
Obviously, it was dark except for the stage lights. I was trying to avoid getting on the stage...

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How I did it Tuesday – 23rd Feb

Aaah you DID come back! Yesterday I showed you this little diddy:

I used – what else? – Florabella Vintage Actions!
{RECIPE}
‘Retro vintage’ (the version with layers)
‘Vintage haze’ (also the version which results in layers)
After editing using the action player in guided mode, I moved to full editing mode and adjusted the resulting layers in ways which...

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How I Did it Tuesday – 16th Feb

Happy Tutsday my lovely readers! Today I’m showing you how I did yesterday’s B&A:

1.} I took two separate images. I tried to place Tink in a place where the background was close to her own colours to easily separate her from her surroundings later on. It was taken with a bounce umbrella at camera left....

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How I did it Tuesday – 9th Feb

Yesterday I showed you this, today I show you how:

I did this edit in Lightroom using presets and brushes. I used One Willow’s Retro Candy presets. As I mentioned recently, Retro Candy is different than most presets because they are buildable which I haven’t experienced with any other presets before. When you choose a base...

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