shalea

Hi Damien, I used Gels for the first time over the weekend and it's only my second photoshoot ever in a studio so please go easy. Oh and did I mention it was the first time I had a crack at frequency separation. I know I have a long way to go! Hence why you are the man! Anyway I tried editing these pics (one is more saturated but it looked too much) and the eyes weren't looking right. So i found the eyes popped more when I desaturated and adjusted colours. Only issue is I still think I prefer the saturated version better but I want to tone it down slightly and fix the eyes so they aren't pink. I have tried several things but I'm failing! I tried to fix her underarms a bit too as they were a huge distraction and probably still are. The end photo will be cropped to just under her bra.

Ok can you give me a quote for the 3 pics to edit? I have edited all the others and I just don’t want to spend anymore time on this job as I’m on now about $2 an hour 😂 in future I will definitely not be doing any photoshop work to peoples images for the same rate! I know I will need to learn how to edit properly I just don’t have the time right now.

I had never used this straightening method before, did you discuss this in your classes? If so I have missed it and will look at it again. So what do i do now with editing the people out seeing as my cloning was a hot mess.

Sorry let me explain myself again. I edited in ACR, then finish off the finer details in PS THEN once I'm done I save both jpeg and PSD. I would never edit a jpeg.

I save both. I save the JPEG to upload to their gallery and for socials and I save as a PSD also so if i need to go redo any editing. Im reading through your Bridge class now to see what im doing wrong.

I have done the bridge class. Is there a service you can recommend that can do these edits for me? I am happy to pay someone to do it. If i knew how to edit like a pro I wouldn't be here. f I am doing things wrong then that is how I will learn. Some people are quicker than others I guess to catch on.

Ok first pic I had a crack at straightening it, not 100% sure if I did it right but I didn't change it to jpeg when I opened. If i change it to a jpeg file then how do I continue doing all my edits? My next question is, I have always done all my editing then saved it to my computer as a jpeg and then opened pic to just "crop and straighten it that way". I thought this was right as all my editing was done and I haven't been losing pixels this way? Then i tried cloning but it didn't work ha ha what have I done so wrong? Second pic I will do tomorrow

I will sit down tonight and do all 3 photos then upload again. Thank you Damien!!!!

Hey sorry me again! I love this photo but need her fist removed as it's very distracting. Is this even possible? Photo unedited as yet, straight out of camera.

Hello, my client has asked for the second girl behind to be edited out, I am no expert with this. Is it east to do or is there someone i can pay to fix this for me? I haven't edited these photos yet at all, this is straight out of camera. She has also asked for similar thing on the other picture except she wants both girls behind removed.

Hi Damien, just wanting to check if my photos are still too dark? Not sure if I am allowed to post this here or not, but genuinely want feedback after calibrating. Thanks. (I have just started the RAW class so please bare with me in terms of editing)

I'm not sure why my reply isn't showing from today? Perhaps I thought I posted it but it didn't work. Anyway I didn't continue with calibrating because I haven't received my prints yet from the photoshop and I read that you said not to continue until I have them ?

Thank you so much for your time, I'll keep going.

Oh wow! I have been driving myself crazy wondering how I adjust my screen brightness!! So Brightness is set at 100%, Contrast 75% and Sharpness 60%. Do i need to adjust this yet? Or just keep going with the calibration instructions? Could this be why you said my photos are so dark? (insert embarrassed face)

I hate that I’m so dumb ha ha hence why I’m here to learn from you. Here is the screenshot of the details of the monitor I have

It's a Samsung and here are the specs. Is this the info you require?

Hi Damien, sorry im so bad with technology! The part where you need to check your screens brightness (im using a PC) my display options doesn't have a section where I can select screen brightness. Is it staring me??