Today I am going to show you one simple way to add drama to a portrait in Photoshop and PSE by adding light. This is such a simple method, no action is necessary!
I want to thank Vanilla Tree Photography for allowing me to use her beautiful image in this tutorial. This image is stunning, but I want to add some simple, dramatic lighting.
I added a black Color Fill adjustment layer and put it in soft light. As you can see, the image is very dark and contrasty, but we will fix it!
I clicked to select the white layer mask by the Color Fill 1 layer and grabbed a soft black brush at 100% opacity. I then clicked to paint over her face. I think this really made the image "pop", and it was such a simple edit. I use this method rather than a simple vignette since I have complete control of where I add the light.
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OH. MY. GOODNESS! I have wanted to have my images look like this for FOREVER! SOOO simple, OMGOODNESS! I am THRILLED to have seen this tutorial, thank you soooooo much!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a great tip... much better than a vignette since you have so much more control over the placement. Thanks for sharing!
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