Cool Before images

January 26, 2012 Posted by admin

A few nice before images I found:

Blocked Babette Squares: Before & After
before

Image by kpwerker
The blocked squares (right) are a bit softer than they were before blocking, they retain the square shape they were pinned to, and they’re flat.

How To Spray Block

before and afterrrr
before

Image by holdielow
Haha, so my wacom intuos 4 tablet finally arrived. Tried to really get everything out of the photo this time, I even used the liquify tool or however that’s called :D Never used it before! But I think I didn’t do too bad at that.

So there you go, before an after!
(I know, I overdid something too much e.g. the eyes :P )
Strobist:
580EXII from the left into a half closed reflective umbrella @ 1/16
430EX into a shoot through umbrella, 1/32

Triggered via 7D’s internal wireless transmitter.

18 Responses to Cool Before images

  1. the purl bee says:

    this is a great help! thank you for sharing.

  2. tihea says:

    Love the tutorial, many thanks for sharing!!

  3. kpwerker says:

    Thanks!

  4. aforementionedthoughts says:

    Alright, you’ve sold me. I must be in search of a blocking board.

  5. kpwerker says:

    Oh, man. I’m in love with mine. :)

  6. caseyplusthree says:

    thanks for this tutorial! next time I make a crochet blanket, I’ll have to try this

  7. BravaBravaMariarosa says:

    Great tutorial, thanks!

  8. cheeser359 says:

    Nice work.

  9. matt holmes . says:

    woah nice. i love it

  10. jarvzphotog.blogspot.com says:

    nice

  11. jarvzphotog.blogspot.com says:

    what other adjustments did you do on this?

  12. Bartoffel says:

    Sehr interessante Nachbearbeitung. Ich find das die bearbeitete Version wirklich gelungen ist.

  13. holdielow says:

    Thanks you..
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jarvz10/] apart from skin correction? I adjusted the nose a bit, same for the mouth. Furthermore, I added a bit of brightness and contrast and moved the red curve in a bit, since there was this kind of reddish overcast..
    The skin was brightened mostly by using the dodge and burn tool. I also filled a selection of the bright tones in my face with white and then set the mode to "soft light" and moved down the opacity a bit.
    In the last step I added this kind of vignette around the face, which I did by creating a copy of my top layer and setting it to soft light. After that, I added a layer mask and removed my face from it ;)
    Send me a message if there is anything unclear :P I’ll try to remember it then.

  14. jarvzphotog.blogspot.com says:

    no man sounds clear to me… nice job on this, I’m looking forward for more pictures

  15. geraldbrazell says:

    Wonderful!

  16. cosendolas says:

    kewl

  17. MorrisCountyVarsity says:
  18. Sigfredo (The universe is totally amazing) says:


    I think Before & After Group group would suit your photo very well. I suggest you to take a look at that group.


    Found in a search. ( ?² )