Retouching Your Photographs

Using Photoshop to Enhance Your Photography

I have received a lot of personal emails over the last couple of weeks from readers wanting to pick my brain on my use of photoshop. I think the most common question has been is if I decide before I even shoot how I will want the images to eventually look like and the steps I take to get from prepping a shoot to the final result. I can begin by reassuring everyone that I absolutely consider how the final images will look before I ever fire off a single frame. It is absolutely essential to have an idea of how you want your images to look so you can take that into consideration on how you will shoot. Will you need a lot of room around the subject to drop in walls or objects? Are you going in and doing major special effects on the model? Are you going to trick out the color and distort angles?

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Just Because I Love Kate

Just a random behind the scenes video of Kate Moss in London, shooting for her friend and uber-hair stylist James Brown. Check out James Brown’s new website, featuring, of course, Kate Moss. It’s pretty hip! In fact, I love it, especially because it’s playing the Clash to huge images of Kate’s face. Superb!

It just gives you another opportunity to let you take a peak inside a fashion shoot. There’s no great tech talk or how to tips. Just a pretty model being shot in a professional studio situation. Oh and if you want to check out what Kate is doing for Top Shop, you have to see the new website with her featured for the store! Enjoy!

Styling and Fashion Photography 101

© 2008 Melissa Rodwell Photography LLC.

Fashion photography is the business of photographing fashion. That means that the product we are selling are the clothes. It is important for the young, aspiring fashion photographer to understand this. When a client hires us, we are being hired on our technical ability of understanding garments and the way they will photograph. I see so many photographers who are just starting out and building their books and the weakest part of their photographs is the styling.

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Kate Moss and Gaspard Ulliel in Longchamp’s New Ad Campaign

Longchamp 2008

I have to say it. Kate Moss is probably one of my favorite models. I love her looks. Period. I don’t care about her personal life or who’s she is dating. She is a fashion Icon and I never tire of seeing her in print. Recently she was hired to be in the Longchamp’s new Fall 2008 ad campaign along with French actor Gaspard Ulliel. I have been enamored with Gaspard since I saw him in “A Very Long Engagement” opposite Audrey Tatou. Gaspard has a sensual quality in his face. He is one fine man I would love to have the opportunity to shoot!!

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