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High Impact Black & White Processing with HDR

Posted by Richard Harrington on November 9, 2012
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In this tutorial, join Richard Harrington as he explores the use of HDR photography for dynamic Black & White imagery.  You’ll learn how to use Photoshop CS5′s Merge to HDR Pro command.  You’ll also learn how to use Vanishing Point to clone in perspective as well as crop to a targeted size.  Finally you’ll see how to finish the image with adjustment layers to get a dynamic Black & White image.

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Look for Pictures Within A Picture

Posted by scottbourne on August 17, 2009
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Image and Post by Rick Sammon

Here’s a fun and creative exercise: Look for pictures within a picture.

I took the top picture of my son, Marco, at the “Goodfellas” diner in Queens, NY. Yes, he is trying to look like Ray Liotta. And yes, it’s just a quick snapshot – but what a fun experience and memory. (“Funny how? Funny like a clown!” If you saw the movie, you know what I’m talking about.)

As usual, the first thing I do when I open a picture in Photoshop is to experiment with cropping – to improve the picture and to see if there are any pictures within the picture. My first try at cropping is the HD wide-format image you see here. It’s my favorite. However, I also like the tighter bottom image. And of course, I don’t think my original shot is that bad.

Have fun playing with cropping, and you may be surprised at the pictures you find within pictures.

P.S Cropping is VERY subjective. You don’t have to agree with me on my favorite choice. If you don’t, I’ll be giving Ray a call….. or maybe my cousin Vinny.

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Seeing Pictures Within Pictures

Posted by scottbourne on June 9, 2009
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Image and Post by Rick Sammon – Follow Rick Sammon on Twitter

Once again, one of Scott’s recent posts motivated me to go back into my files (backed up in four places, of course) to search for images – this time to find a series of pictures that illustrate the point: seeing pictures within a picture.

The top photo, which I took deep within the rainforest of Brazil, is my full-frame image. The two bottom images show pictures within a picture. I think each image can stand alone as a nice picture – but feel free to disagree. After all, all art is subjective.

So try this the next time you open an image on your monitor: play around with the crop tool and try to find images within an image. Good fun – and good creative learning.

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