Issue 4
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This week:
Karen Recommends: Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers
Featured Article: Making Your Photos Look Better
Congratulations to John Finnan who is the featured photographer for the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. His photos were picked up by the Toowoomba Council. If you visit our site at BotanicPhotos.com you'll see a video clip with his images in it. If you want to know how we put together the video go to the resources page.
You too could have your images used in promotions. Make sure you keep updating your images and keep them looking as good as possible. Have a look at the other images provide by photographers on the site and see what you can do to match or even better them!
This month's article is about how to make your photos look better.
Making Your Photos Look Better
Using PhotoShop
Use an image that has a .jpg or .png suffix format. Place the images on your computer. Using Photoshop, open the photo. Make a copy of the background layer. Using the copy, you will need to use “Overlay” or “Soft Light”.
Go to the Filters section and select Other and High Pass. This will get you to the High Pass Filter. Choose an edge and adjust the radius to a different sharpness. The usual sharpness is between 1.0 and 3.5.
Go to Layers, New Adjustment Layer and Levels. Select Options where you will see three buttons. Test all three buttons to find which one will provide you with the best colors for your image.
Go to Layers, New Adjustment Layer and Curves to set the image’s contrast. To form the shape of the letter S, click about ¼ of the line upward and pull the image down just slightly. Then go about ¾ up the line and pull up slightly.
Make new layers on top of everything shown. Use the Overlay command and the brush tool. Change the colors back to black and white. The flow should be around 30%. Set the hardness at
0% in the brushes palette. Paint the selected areas that you want to draw attention to in white and black.
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This section is all about YOU!
We're listening!
We've been getting a lot of interest in knowing more about our photographers. We've started talking to our programmers to get a bio section added for each of our photographers. We would love to see more bios being added to our existing photographers and don't forget you can add a self-portrait of you, the photographer.
What is it you would like to see in an upcoming ezine? Do you questions you would like answered in a previous edition? We're here to serve and we WANT to hear from you. We've already listened and have started a multi- part course on how to use photoshop to better your art photography. We will answer your questions in future volumes in this area in addition to letting you know of upcoming news. Send questions, suggestions, comments to info@BotanicPhotos.com
Want to use one of the articles you see here? No problem. Just be sure to include the following:
Karen Norris has studied photography in Adelaide in 1991 and since then her photography has taken her to 4 continents. She has had work published in leading magazines and featured articles. For more information about Karen and to check out some of her work and the work of Botanic Photos global community of photographers, visit www.BotanicPhotos.com.
This week's Featured Photographer: John Finnan
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The creative force behind Botanic Photos is Australian photographer, Karen Norris whose passion for photography and flowers has been shared through many magazine articles, websites, publications and books, since 1991. By far one of the prettiest portals on the web today, Botanic Photos was created from Karen’s simple desire to share her love of photography and flowers with the world. Since 2005 when the first site was launched, Botanic Photos has grown with over 60 photographers located globally contributing their talent to the site.
At Botanic Photos we are committed to make finding, pricing and delivery of your required images as easy as possible. We don't just focus on artistic images of flowers, but we also show flowers and plants in their natural environments, with new images are uploaded daily.
So whether you are looking for an image for your website, brochure, calendar or art for your wall, you can find it all at Botanic Photos.
We hope that using our site is a pleasure for you as it is for us.