6/07/2014

Photography Skills And Best Photoshop Actions For Photographers

By Sally Delacruz


Photoshop is an essential component of photography. It helps in bringing a sense of life to the images and also helps to reduce the amount of time the photographers take to edit a photo. What is really needed to bring life to photos is the best Photoshop actions for photographers. These actions may include addition of some unique artistic features or retouching depending on what the photographer wants to achieve.

There are numerous kinds of software that are normally used to edit pictures. The different softwares usually have separate actions and therefore the photographers should be careful in choosing the software they want because they may choose one that does not suit their needs. The softwares work magically to produce a transformed photo in a short time.

There are particular things that cannot be avoided and they make photography a little bit complicated. Photoshopping and several skills of photography can however help to simplify these things. For instance taking photographs under the sun is usually a challenge to many photographers. As much as it is a challenge, it sometimes cannot be avoided because we cannot simply ignore the things we do during the day.

A lot of tough shadows are normally formed when a photographer works under bright sunshine. It is thus important for a professional photographer to be familiar with the manipulation of their snapshots. There are also certain guidelines that they can use so that they come up with respectable art even under bright sunshine.

The photographers are advised to always use the spot meter mode on their cameras so that they can achieve proper exposure. This will help them to expose the face of the subject better. Depending on the position and the amount of light that is available, the background can be left overexposed but it is always better to neglect the background than the subject. These settings are better because it spares the camera the job of trying to figure out what you want exposed in the photo.

Photographers are also advised to always try different angles when taking photos. They should always select a position that will not make the sun fall right onto the face of the person being photographed. They should shoot from different angles ranging from low to high positions so that they can know which one has the best lighting. Repositioning alone can make a very big difference on the photos especially where the sun is bright.

Another thing they should do is find or make a shade. They can use the shade from an umbrella, a reflector, trees, buildings or even shadows from another person. All they have to do here is get creative. When there is a shade the coverage on the subject will definitely end up being better than when the light is too bright.

Although photoshopping helps the photographer to have a better photo, photography skills are also very important so that the editing is made much easier and the time is saved when doing the editing of the photographs. Every photographer must be familiar with the rules of photography before engaging to try the art and creativity of Photoshop.




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