{"id":2684,"date":"2014-07-28T09:45:18","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T14:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=2684"},"modified":"2014-07-28T09:45:18","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T14:45:18","slug":"retouching-with-deep-etch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=2684","title":{"rendered":"Retouching with Deep Etch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My books and my classes give me a reason to keep doing this blog. If you\u2019re in Indiana I hope you\u2019ll consider taking my Portfolio Workshop<\/a>. You can see a little more information about this workshop if you check out this blog post<\/a> . I\u2019ve listed my BetterPhoto classes at the end of this post. Thanks so much for your attention.<\/span><\/span>
\nMy relationship with post-production has evolved over the years. When I first started capturing images with a digital back (a leaf DCB II) I was suspicious of Photoshop. I\u2019d been working with transparency film for years, and with transparency film if you didn\u2019t get the image just right in camera then it was never going to be right. It took me a while to understand that making good images didn\u2019t stop when you pressed the button. I\u2019ve been buying updates of Photoshop since version 3 or 4, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever been an expert user. Photoshop requires practice and regular use to achieve mastery. I\u2019m quite good at the things I do regularly, practice will do that, but there are things I don\u2019t do very often or at all. In addition Photoshop requires some hand skills that I never seem to get good at. Finally all post-production work takes time. Sometimes I\u2019d rather do other things than spend hours retouching.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately there are companies that will do handle some of this for me. I\u2019ve been sending out some retouching to Deepetch.com<\/a>. There are many companies that do this work, but Deepetch came to me for some content for their site when they were starting out. I came to understand that post-production is like lab work was when I shot transparencies: yes I can do it, but others do it better and cheaper. I\u2019m attaching a couple of before and after shots that Deepetch worked on for me. These images were just placed on the updated web site. Right now I\u2019m usually sending Deepetch images for clipping paths and retouching, but they do provide other services. By the way Deepetch hasn\u2019t asked for this blog post, I just wanted it to post it. You can send me any thoughts you have about retouching. You can always send at e-mail to john@siskinphoto.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

240Z: Adjusted the color. Smoothed out the light on the side of the car. Darkened the ground in front of the car.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Atlanta Airport, New Terminal: Removed crane, porta-potties and exit sign.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Horse: Removed the fence and sharpening.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This site now has 695 subscribers, and more join everyday! Frankly I don\u2019t know why since nobody posts. If you have any thoughts about this blog please let me know. I appreciate your membership. <\/span><\/span>Of course there are other ways of improving your photograsphs, like taking a BetterPhoto course. Here are the three I teach, perhaps you\u2019d like to take another one or share them with a friend.
\nAn Introduction to Photographic Lighting
\n<\/a>Portrait Lighting on Location and in the Studio
\n<\/a>Getting Started in Commercial Photography
\n<\/a><\/span><\/span>One other note about BetterPhoto: I’ve been in the habit of sending out a private note to all my former students at BetterPhoto (Almost a thousand people!) each month. There’s some sort of hang up in the e-mail system for this so, for a while anyway, I won’t be sending that note. I hope no one is too disappointed.
\nThanks, John <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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