Few people know that most of the work that goes into great photography is in the post-production editing. And it's not just about the technical skills and having the right software but about having a vision of where to take the image for the most emotional impact.
Starting today the first 10 people that send in their favorite photo of their dog (alone, no people) that they would like to see improved or would just like to see the photo rendered artistically like the one of Sugar below should email the full-size file to me at lauren.lgphoto @ gmail.com (remove spaces). I will post the results here and on my Facebook page and email back the completed file.
I look forward to your submissions and creating a beautiful version of your favorite photo. Please note that I can fix a lot of things but cannot put in focus anything that wasn't well focused when captured in camera.
Sugar with artistic rendering
Out of camera images are dark and lack the mood that I really felt that day
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Clancy photographed by his human Teresa
Edits by me include cropping for better composition, color balance, exposure adjustments, removal of grass in front of his gorgeous baby blues (yes, they are really that color!)
Edits by me include cropping for better composition, color balance, exposure adjustments, removal of grass in front of his gorgeous baby blues (yes, they are really that color!)
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SUBMITTED IMAGES BELOW (thanks for sending them in!)
Scully photographed by her human Angie
Took the artistic route with this one as it was taken on a cell phone and there was no saving the highlights or color, but converting to black and white plus a little antiquing to it works!
Took the artistic route with this one as it was taken on a cell phone and there was no saving the highlights or color, but converting to black and white plus a little antiquing to it works!
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Maddy photographed by her human Matt
This one was almost perfect to start out with but a little deepening of the shadows, removal of some distracting elements plus some sharpening really helped.
This one was almost perfect to start out with but a little deepening of the shadows, removal of some distracting elements plus some sharpening really helped.
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Logan photographed by his human Christy (see more of them together here)
Logan is a super fast dog and this shot Christy took of him lure coursing really only needed some fill light in the shadows. Unfortunately capturing speeds like that without blur are really hard to do without a pro-level camera (see my lure coursing photos here).
Logan is a super fast dog and this shot Christy took of him lure coursing really only needed some fill light in the shadows. Unfortunately capturing speeds like that without blur are really hard to do without a pro-level camera (see my lure coursing photos here).
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Hey, how did a cat get in here!!!
Phoebe Rose photographed by her human Liz
A little removal of some cat hair from the pillow, some deepening of the shadow areas and a boost to the contrast, plus some sharpening in the eyes.
A little removal of some cat hair from the pillow, some deepening of the shadow areas and a boost to the contrast, plus some sharpening in the eyes.
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Bijou photographed by her human Pam
A bit of cropping to place Bijou best in the frame, some lightening on and around her to make her pop out a bit, and a little vintage coloring.
A bit of cropping to place Bijou best in the frame, some lightening on and around her to make her pop out a bit, and a little vintage coloring.
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June photographed by her human Carl
This one was more technical to get rid of the flash eyes and add back a bit of glint to make it look real. To focus in on her a bit more I cleaned up the paint on the door, added selective blur around her then added sharpness to her face.
This one was more technical to get rid of the flash eyes and add back a bit of glint to make it look real. To focus in on her a bit more I cleaned up the paint on the door, added selective blur around her then added sharpness to her face.
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Amadeus photographed by his human Laurie
Getting a good shot under the covers is tough! But with lots of post-production including getting rid of flash eye, blurring the sheets, cleaning up the dog hairs, and some darkening of the edges, we have a cute pup photo.
Getting a good shot under the covers is tough! But with lots of post-production including getting rid of flash eye, blurring the sheets, cleaning up the dog hairs, and some darkening of the edges, we have a cute pup photo.
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