Here’s just a little peek at some of the work I do in the digital darkroom. When I’m doing a shoot involving actors, films, or anything cinematic, there are things I do to highlight the drama and add that necessary cinematic flair. The changes with this shot aren’t so dramatic, but they make a big difference to me!
The steps include color correction, noise reduction, selective sharpening and selective color pop on the sword, sky replacement using masks, layers, layer enlargement, layer blurring, and then selective painting with the brush tool. Overall there were probably roughly about 700-1,000 individual steps between the shot as taken in camera, and the final result.
BEFORE: (straight out of camera)
AFTER
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