Anthony's Tips for Photos

Post Processing Soft Focus

Shooting Interiors

Shoot two images: one exposure for the inside, allowing the windows to overexpose, and one for the outside, underexposing the room. The trick is to tripod and not move the camera, and use the same aperture for each exposure, varying the time to make the differing exposures. The reason the aperture must be the same for both shots is that the images will enlarge or shrink slightly depending on a wider or narrower aperture, and it will be harder to line up the two images to make one.

I then take and open both images in Photoshop and copy the outside image to the inside image to superimpose the outside image as a layer above the inside image. This may take some work, with selecting the parts you want and clearing, or erasing the parts you don't. To line up the layers, make the outside layer 50% transparent and magnify to 100%. This way, you can line up the frames, door jambs, etc. When you are done, make the outside layer opaque again and flatten the layers. You will have a great room mood pic, and the exterior comes out with shape and color, more like our eyes see it.

Courtesy of Digital Photography Blog

Noise Reduction Techniques Using Adobe Photoshop.

One way to reduce noise in a digital image is to make a black frame during the shoot and then sandwich it with the noisy shot. To make a black frame, place the lens cap over the lens and make an exposure using the same settings that you used during your shoot. I usually try to make one of these exposures before I start shooting, and then another one at the end of the shoot. That way I won’t forget.

In Photoshop:

  1. Open the black frame file alongside an image that has noise.
  2. Shift + Drag the black frame Background layer over the noisy image workspace to create a new layer. (Holding the Shift key ensures that the new layer maintains perfect registration.)
  3. Change the Layer Mode of the black frame layer to Difference.

    4. The noise should be reduced significantly.

    Courtesy of New York Institute of Photography
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