Right off the top, I need to say this tip is Mac-only, because it makes use of Automator in macOS. There may be something similar in Windows, but I am not familiar enough with that to say if this is possible. With that disclaimer out of the way, this tip will describe how to use […]

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In this interview host, and content creator Nicki Sun joins the podcast.

A few episodes ago I talked about masking in Lightroom, which is one of my favorite new features in the program. It wasn’t a deep dive into masking, but a demonstration of how I use masks in Lightroom to add depth to my concert photography using what I call “Dodge & Burn +”. It’s a technique that’s easy to do, and can be used on any genre of photography.

During that show I mentioned that, for most jobs, I can usually finish all of my edits in Lightroom now, but that on occasion I may still finish an image in Photoshop. There are a number of reasons I might still end up in Photoshop. I might have a shot I want in my portfolio, and I just want to add som POP to it. I may have a critical client image that needs more complex edits, frequency separation, advanced masking or layers, or I might need tools that are either better in Photoshop, or that only exist there.

With all of the options available in Photoshop, there are two specific techniques that, if I end up there, I will almost always try. These techniques don’t always work, and in fact there are times they make the image worse, but my success ratio with these techniques is so high that will always at least try them.

The steps I describe in this show will require Adobe’s Photoshop, which has a trial version available here, and the Nik Collection from DxO, which also has a trial version. From the Nik set of plugins I use Color Efex Pro and Silver Efex Pro often. Silver Efex Pro is a great BW conversion tool, but today we will use it differently, and I have to thank the amazing Alan Hess for this technique.

Join me as I walk through how I use two of my favorite ways to finish an image in Photoshop, with the help of Nik’s Color Efex Pro and Silver Efex Pro, on this Behind the Shot.
Connect with Steve
Portfolio: stevebrazill.com
Instagram: @stevebrazill
Twitter: @stevebrazill
Links Mentioned in the Show
Adobe Photoshop: Photoshop from Adobe
Nik Collection from DxO: Nik Collection of 8 Plugins

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There are rankings in photography that I had no idea even existed. For example, the #1 Fearless Photographer in North America, and Top 3 in the World, for 2021 is Jason Vinson. He’s also ranked as one of the Top 100 Fearless Photographers of all time. I am intrigued, and that alone makes me want to meet him.

Jason is a multi-award winning wedding and documentary photographer, based out of Northwest Arkansas, and the awards list is impressive, with awards from Junebug Weddings, World Best Wedding Photos, ISPWP, Masters of Wedding Photography, Documentary Family Awards, and more.

Recognitions like that bring with them an audience that wants to learn, and Jason is a skilled speaker, instructor, writer, and content creator for establishments such as WPPI, Portrait Master, Rangefinder, PPA, Fstoppers, to name a few.

Jason is also a Stella Pro Ambassador, for the Stella Pro line of lighting from Light & Motion. I saw these lights for the first time at this year’s WPPI, and again at NAB, and I am seriously impressed. I might need to get some of these.

With all of that, I think the part on his “About” page that struck me is this list:

lover of extreme sports
self proclaimed beer snob
dinosaur impersonator
mexican food junky
technology nerd

Three of the five mean we will clearly be friends.

As an ambassador for brands such as Stella Pro Lights, Flashpoint, Magmod, Aftershoot, DreambooksPro, Holdfast, DVLOP, and more, Jason is taking the photography community to new heights, and I’m excited to have him on the show.

Join multi-award winning wedding and documentary photographer, and Stella Pro Ambassador, Jason Vinson and me as we explore the creative use of light in his wedding and portrait images, on this Behind the Shot.
Connect with Jason
Portfolio: vinsonimages.com
Patreon: @Jason_vinson
Instagram: @vinsonimages_jason
Twitter: @vinson83
Facebook: @VinsonImages
Jason’s Photographer Pick
Phil Sharp: philsharp-photo.com | @philsharp
Stella Pro Lights
Website: stellaprolights.com
All Socials: @stellaprolights

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GREATNESS and how the modern portrait was perceived so many years ago. The rules were being created and already broken with great success. We watched and learned. We will continue to study the iconic photographers of another age. The light, the style, …

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