New York City
“I am a Photoshop wizard (omg).”
I took this photo when the sun was still pretty bright overheard. You can see the before (top photo) and after (bottom photo) of recovering a photo that suffers from a bit of overexposure. The reason for this is to properly expose for the couple..but the trade-off is slight overexposure for most of the scene.
Simple burning and dodging, and “spot healing” tool magic to remove distractions can greatly improve a photo that might otherwise seem unrecoverable.
Central Park, NY
I recently had the Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8 tilt-shift lens on loan for a week from Canon Professional Services. It was one of the lenses I made sure to bring with me when I went to the Top of the Rock Observation Deck. A neat feature of tilt-shift lenses is the ability to manipulate depth of field by tilting the lens left/right or shifting up/down.
For this photo, I aimed my camera towards Brooklyn, NY and then tilted the lens to the right at the Empire State Building. This is to achieve “selective” focus which renders surrounding buildings out-of-focus. Had a lot of fun playing around with this lens, definitely useful in many situations.
New York, NY
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