The Art of Photography

Apart from getting a expensive DSLR, photographers should spend some time to master the Art of Photography, that is the essence of being a Photographer, not just a Camera Man...


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Techniques of Dodging, Burning and Soft Focus applied. You can do all this in a Traditional Darkroom or Digital Darkroom (such as Photoshop).


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Dodging around cheeks area, Burning around 4 corners of photo plus lips and Soft Focus applied overall...


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Increased Contrast, Dodging around Cheeks, Teeth and Eyes, Soft Focus on Backgroud to bring back the attention to the Potrait.


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Soft Focus is the main key to this Photo, thus create the 'Romantic' atmosphere, Contrast is also increased to decrease the oily face...