Hello all of my fellow photographers. Some of you may notice that I just added a sixth category on the blog entitled Tips for Photographers. Every so often, I get emails from fans and photographers just getting started about how I do this, or how I do that, and I figured it would be a good idea to start posting periodic tips and advice so that everyone can share in the knowledge. So I'll try to post a new tip once per week. If you have any questions or need advice, shoot me an email and I will post up the answers here on the blog for all to see, don't worry, I will not copy and paste your name, so don't feel silly, no question is too dumb.
I thought today, I would teach a little bit about playing with curves to add depth to your pictures. When I first started shooting I always wondered why my pictures looked so blah and so flat until my good friend taught me how to play with the curves. To access the curves box, In photoshop - pc users hit control+M, mac users hit command+M. Then follow my instructions below. As you can see, the original shot looks good, but adding that small little S curve just makes it just a little bit better and the curve adds a little pop and depth.
So that's all I got for now, shoot me an email with your questions and check back often to see if your question gets posted :) Until next time....
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Original shot straight from the camera.
Adding an S curve by clicking the in the very middle of the line to set the midpoint, then going to the right and clicking slightly above the line and going to the left of the middle and clicking slightly below the line.
The same image after the S curve was applied.
