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DPC posted in the group Portrait Photography
Cinematic Portraits showcasing Colour Grading in Lightroom Classic and AI Skin Retouching using Evoto
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On Tuesday, Danie covered cinematic edits of Angel Moyo, using both Lightroom and Evoto. Despite facing endless problems with Lightroom crashes (since the last update) and antivirus software interfering with Evoto updates, we eventually got…Read More -
Danie Bester posted in the group Street Photography
Danie Bester. Aerial View, Newtown Street Scene, Johannesburg, 2012
ISO-100, 1/20 at f/29. Canon 7D, Tripod
Lightroom edit: Applied my own Silent Concrete Preset and enhanced selected elements using Radial Gradient Masks.I photographed this scene while leading a Fine Art Photography Excursion for students. Initially planned as an architectural…Read More
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DPC posted in the group Portrait Photography
Check out Danie’s bonus tutorial on creating a striking black & white edit in Lightroom!
#DanieBester #LigthroomClassic #EditingTutorial #BlackandWhitePhotography
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Danie Bester posted in the group Portrait Photography
This portrait of Minnette was published full-page in the “Hotshots” section of Digital Camera World Magazine in 2008. I photographed it less than two years after starting photography as a hobby. I used a 1000-watt continuous light through a huge softbox. That light was so hot, it warmed up the whole house! But it taught me a lot about lighting,…Read More
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Danie Bester posted in the group Street Photography
Range Rover Under a Bridge, Springs, 2019
ISO 100, 1/30 sec at f/4, Canon 6D with a 45mm Tilt-Shift Lens (Manual Focus)
In Springs, Pieter Uys and I embarked on a project focused on urban architecture and street photography. While exploring the suburbs one day, I experimented with slow shutter speeds and intentional camera movement to capture…Read More
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Danie Bester posted in the group Street Photography
Red Shoes, Maboneng, 2019
ISO 50, 1 sec at f/18, Canon EOS R with a 45mm Tilt-Shift Lens (Manual Focus)
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In the bright daylight shade, to achieve a shutter speed of 1 second, I lowered my ISO to 50 and set the aperture to f/18. This slow shutter speed, combined with deliberate camera movement, created an abstract impression of my subject,…Read More2 Comments -
DPC posted in the group Artificial Lighting in Crafters View, Grant Avenue, Norwood, Johannesburg, South Africa
Balancing Ambient Light and Bounce Flash #MiniTutorial
This tutorial shows how to balance ambient light with flash in photography, using a photo taken by @DanieBester of his wife, Amanda, at a rooftop bar in Norwood against a sunset backdrop.
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Step 1: Understanding Ambient Light
Scenario: Capturing a subject against a sunset.
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Danie Bester posted in the group Portrait Photography
Amanda in Autumn, 2022
ISO 400, 1/4000 sec at f/1.8 on a Canon EOS-R with a 50mm lens.Photographed my beautiful wife during an early autumn photography class. We dodged the rain, and the late afternoon sun briefly lit the scene. I edited the shot in Lightroom, using a Kodachrome preset for a vintage look and cloned in extra leaves and…Read More
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Danie Bester posted in the group Travel and Landscape Photography
Margate Beach 01, KZN, 2022
ISO 100, 0.3 sec at f/11. Canon EOS-R with a 19mm lens. Tripod, NiSi ND filter
Captured this underexposed image during sunset on a bleak day at Margate Beach after my wife lead me to this spot. Lightroom edits involved substantial dodging and burning with radial masks to accentuate the atmosphere. Even though I…Read More -
Danie Bester posted in the group Fine Art Photography
Danie Bester. Solitary Cow in the Fog 2, Eswatini, 2018
ISO 400, 1/125 sec at f/8. Canon 6D, 45mm Tilt-Shift Lens, Handheld
Upon our arrival in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), we encountered soft drizzle and dense fog, limiting visibility to around 20 metres. Cattle seemed to appear from the fog as if by magic. I left the car to capture a…Read More
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Danie Bester posted in the group Street Photography
Danie Bester. Erratic, Johannesburg, 2016
ISO-400, 1/400 sec at f/3.5. Canon 6D, 45mm Tilt-Shift lens
One winter afternoon, @shawn and I left early to do some street photography before I had to present an evening photography class. We stopped at Arts on Main, near the Maboneng precinct. A couple of blocks from Arts on Main, we encountered a man…Read More
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Danie Bester posted in the group Street Photography
Danie Bester. A Fleeting Moment, Johannesburg, 2013
ISO-50, 1/6 sec at f/16. Canon 6D, 55mm, Tripod.
I took this photo during a photography class excursion. It was a rainy day and I have set up my camera on a tripod and intended for an architectural study when this man with a yellow plastic bag walked into the scene.
Lightroom edit: Basic…Read More
Am assuming that you also generated some camera movement based on the blurring of the background and pavement grid.