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Photography Spotlight with Daniel Venter

10/31/2020

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Image copyright Daniel Venter. All rights reserved.
by Skip Cohen
 
We're all spending more time in Cyberspace than ever before, especially on Facebook. I spotted this image while scrolling through posts this morning. Daniel Venter is no stranger to SCU, and I love the power of this image. A high-key winter scene, it's a perfect example of one of Daniel's signature techniques, playing with the depth of field, not to mention the way he's created the image overall.

For those of you who get defensive when I share a manipulated image, Daniel has it posted as an offering for his educational sessions. Whether you're interested in what he has to share or not doesn't matter - this is about creating stunning images that would exceed client expectations and help make an artist habit-forming!

And yes, I did contact Daniel for permission to share in a post. Remember, even though somebody shares an image in a public space, and technically you don't have to ask, as members of the industry, we all should follow through with the original artist when showing somebody else's work. 

Natural light - D810 + manual focus 200mm
f/2.0 @ 1/400th

iso 80 ​
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS SESSION
​RAW FILE + ACTIONS INCLUDED
  • The story and planning behind the shoot
  • Setup of the camera and lens combos for consistent exposures
  • How we achieved focus on both Amy and the husky
  • Image analysis to identify the distracting elements
  • Purifying the snow to a lovely white color
  • Switching out the backgrounds
  • Using Frequency Separation to correct dark tracks in the snow and other elements in the image
  • Using Liquify to make adjustments to clothing
  • Using the hair fix action
  • Creating magic with Dodge and Burn + more!
1 Comment
Ross Alexander link
11/2/2020 04:00:57 pm

I remember taking some pretty awful photos of snow when I first got into photography! The white was very, very grey!

Lovely husky by the way, my friend has one, they are handsome creatures.

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