yanuardi hidayat PHOTOWORKS

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Kiss me please...

Camera	Ricoh Caplio G4
Lens	Ricoh built in standard
Filter	None
Location	Kaliurang, Jogjakarta
Date and time	May 18, 2007 at 09:38 AM

Making this photo

Very simple, all you need is black wide paper, stick, and the snake. But don't use venomous snake for your savety, Ha..ha..

First, put the snake on the stick and let the snake feels comfortable and calm, for easier shoting.

Second, put the black wide paper as the Background. Keep it closer to the object if the paper is not wide enough. But no problem if you have the wide one.

Third, shot!

Next Step

The next step is retouching using Photoshop. But unfortunately, I'm just beginner in retouching. So I'm sorry I just can tell you the simple way, but that's the only thing that i know... and I don't know whether it's correct or not. Ha..ha..

First, use the 'Burn Tool' to make the background darker. Why 'Burn Tool' instead of 'Brush Tool'? Because you don't need extra attention when you paint some difficult area (near the object). 'Burn Tool' will not affect too much to the object even if we 'touch' the object. But once again, I don't know whether it's correct or not, it's just my experience..

Set the ‘Range’ option to ‘Shadows’.

Then, move the brush and start to paint.

Second, after darkening the background, add the wide area in the left side for a better composition.

Third, adjust the level until you get nice lighting, not over or even under exposure.

Fourth, add the watermark.

Finished! Don't forget to save the file! Ha.ha..

That's all, thank you!

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Mr. Crab

Camera	Olympus µ Digital 800
Lens	Olympus built in standard
Filter	None
Location	Kukup Beach, Jogjakarta
Date and time	July 5, 2009 at 11:57 AM

Making this photo

First, of course, find the crab. It's easy, you can find them along the coast. The difficulty is, they don't want to be captured! Ha..ha.. So you have to find the dead crab.

Second, shoot!

Next Step

The next step is retouching. No need special action in this photo, I just crop it to fix the composition and adjust the brightness and contrast, that's all. And one more thing, add the watermark.

First, crop the photo to get a better composition.

Second, adjust the Brightness/Contrast.
As you can see on the original photo, it looks so bright even though not yet over exposure. But it will affect to the photo details. So you can reduce the brightness and increase the contrast.