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    Portrait Photography | Black and White Photography Tips

    © 2008 Wazari Wazir | Portrait of My Son | Mr Big Eyes When it comes to black and white portrait photography, I will always try to keep it simple. Uncluttered background, less distraction element. Black and white will not work well for every picture, only certain picture will really look great if we convert in into black and white photography. When I took this picture of my son in 2008, I have a clear idea, what the photograph will end up to be, I mean the finished product. I want to convert the photograph into black and white, so I will make sure all the element are there, I…

  • Art,  Black and White,  eBook,  Editing,  Emotion,  Family,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Children Portrait Photography | Black and White Photography

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Children Portrait Photography I’ve always enjoy doing black and white photography, sometimes I like to get super deep rich black and sometimes I just like a lighter version of it, a little bit softer black and white or some people might called it as a shade of grey. Some people have asked me, what make good black and white picture, for me it is not an easy answer. It is personal and base on individual preference, we can choose whether we like super deep rich black and white or just a shade of grey. I think there are two type of a people who view…

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    Basic Photoshop Tips | How To Use Layer Mask To Create Montage

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Simple Technique to Create Montage Using Layer Mask Among the most powerful tool in Photoshop is “Layer Mask”, during my Photoshop Workshops with Spylens Studio in Kota Kinabalu last week end, I spent quite a lot of time explaining to the participants, how they can make use Layer Mask for selective editing. Not just that once they have a grasp of Layer Mask, they can use it to channel their creativity further. This is not really a tutorial but basically just wanted to show what you can do with Layer Mask especially those who are new with “Masking” technique in Photoshop. It was easy to…

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    Basic Adobe Photoshop Tips | How To Create a Vignette in Photoshop

    Step 1 : Open any picture in Photoshop, but usually vignette is the last process or final editing in Photoshop, so basically before you apply vignette effect, it is better for you to edit your picture until you satisfied before you proceed with vignetting. Step 2 : Duplicate the Layer ad set the Blending Option to “Multiply“. If you are using a Mac, just Click Command + J to duplicate and for PC user, just click Control + J to duplicate the layer. Step 3 : Select Rectangular Marquee tool for selection, and before proceed with the “Framing”, make sure you set the Feather like Step 2 in the picture…