Image Editing – Brandon Jackson Photography

11/08/2024

Light, Darkness, and Beauty In-Between

“Shoot into the light” has been a part of my photographic philosophy for a long time. I feel the most beautiful and amazing things can happen when you use this approach. In this case, I doubled-down on this idea by adding my light to the backlighting coming from the late afternoon sky. More details below…

Talent: https://www.instagram.com/carriecat.walk/
Assist and black roses: @carmen bellos
Dress: https://atelieranna.shop/
Sony A7rIV
Sigma 85mm 1.4 DG DN ART
1/160th | f 1.4 |iso 100
Godox AD300 pro strobe
7″ Fresnel spot

03/08/2024

Converting Color Images to Black and White in Photoshop

In this video, I go over three different ways to convert color images to black and white using Adobe Photoshop. I start off with the quick and easy way of simply desaturating an image, to having the most creative control over how colors are represented in brightness in the final image.

These techniques work in the last several versions of Photoshop.
This demo created on version 25.5.1
Video created using DaVinci Resolve 18
Music licensed through Soundstripe

02/07/2024

Using the Camera Raw Filter in Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop contains a very broad and deep set of tools for making edits and adjustments to images. While there is little limitation to what can be achieved using the native tools available in Photoshop for more than two decades, they may not be as intuitive and user-friendly to photographers who have spent most of their time editing raw images in Lightroom.

In this article, I’m going to demonstrate how to use the Camera Raw filter and also show some specific situations where it can really be handy and save time. Hit the link below to see the full article.

https://petapixel.com/how-to-use-camera-raw-filter-in-photoshop

08/26/2023

Whiten Teeth in Photoshop | PetaPixel

Let’s face it, not everyone who ends up in front of your camera is going to have amazing white teeth like the model in the photo above. There are going to be times when you have a client whose teeth might be stained.

It’s not just things like coffee or certain foods and beverages that can cause this. Certain genetic dispositions, age, or even some medications can put a dimmer on what otherwise might be a brilliant set of teeth within a smile.

See the full article over at PetaPixel.com [click here]

06/25/2023

Photoshop Quick Fix: Shiny Foreheads

Here’s a quick fix that I use to reduce shiny foreheads in headshots (and portraits) using Adobe Photoshop.

Step 1 – Create a new layer above the background layer by clicking the New Layer Button (or CTRL+SHIFT+N on Win / CMD+SHIFT+N on Mac)

04/24/2023

Lab Color Series: What is Lab Color?(And why you should care)

Welcome to the first entry in my Lab Color series of articles (and videos) on Lab Color. It only seems appropriate to begin the series with an introduction to, and explanation of, Lab color. The Lab (pronounced L – A – B, not “Lab”) color space is formally referred to as CIELAB and is a color space that device independent, which means it is not based on the color reproduction capabilities of specific output devices such as monitors and printers like the sRGB or Adobe1998 color spaces.

03/06/2023

Glam-Rock Session with Mandy Berry

In this article, I’m going to lay out the details of my David Bowie inspired shoot that I did with Nashville artist Mandy Berry back in 2019. I want to share the details of this session because of the multiple layers of detail that had to come together for this shoot. To produce the results we were looking required very specific lighting, makeup, raw processing, and some image compositing.

The idea for this shoot came from Mandy texting me that she’d like to do a shoot inspired by David Bowie, specifically the Heroes album cover and session photos. I leapt at the chance to create with her on this project because (A), I’m a huge fan of David Bowie and (B), I’d shot with Mandy before, and she’s a superstar in front of the camera.

12/22/2022

How to Make a Double Exposure Photo in Photoshop | PetaPixel

In the past, double exposing film was one of the most popular special effects used in photography, and often could be hit or miss. The idea was to combine two (or more) photos into the same image.
In the days of film, this was done by taking two photos onto the same frame by shooting a second frame without advancing the film. Or, in the case of large format cameras, simply leave the film holder in place for a second shot.

Many 35 mm film cameras could do this by using a special function to allow the shutter to be cocked without advancing the film. You could also do this on cameras not designed with this function by carefully holding the rewind knob steady, pressing the rewind release button, and then advancing the film lever.

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