Apr

Your Brand, Perfected: The Art of Advertising Post-Processing

Imagine your brand’s visuals stepping out of the status quo into a realm of pristine, attention-commanding glory. That’s what post-processing can do for you. In the world of business, first impressions are everything, and your visual content is often the first handshake with your potential customers. Let’s dive into the transformative power of post-processing and how harnessing it can turn your brand into a visual masterpiece.

Understanding the Magic of Post-Production

What is post-production, you ask? It’s the art of taking your raw, captured content and elevating it to its full potential. This digital alchemy includes digital imaging and retouching, image retouching, and digital image retouching techniques that can take a ‘good’ photo and render it ‘spectacular’.

Why Post Processing is Your Brand’s Best Friend

Boosts Image Quality: Even the best photographer retouching can’t match the finesse of digital post-processing. It takes your images from the realm of mere snapshots to professional-grade assets.
Consistency Across Campaigns: A photographer and retoucher working in postproduction ensure that your campaign visuals maintain a consistent style and tone, essential for brand recognition.
Attention to Detail: Post processing is meticulous work, sharpening the finest details that make your images pop and grab consumer attention.

Elevate Your Brand with Professional Photo Restoration

Your brand’s history is part of its charm. With services like ‘photo restoration near me’ or ‘restore old photos near me’, you can breathe new life into your historical brand imagery. Old photo restoration isn’t just for family albums; it’s a potent tool for businesses looking to showcase their heritage and evolution.

Revive Your Brand’s Legacy: Photo restorer services allow you to safeguard and display your company’s milestones and legacy.
Boost Consumer Trust: Restored historical images show a timeline of credibility and reliability, enhancing your brand’s trustworthiness.

Transforming Memories into Assets

Restoring photos isn’t just about fixing a tear or a smudge. It’s about preserving moments that define your brand. When you restore old photos, you’re not just repairing damage, you’re investing in assets that narrate your brand’s story in a visual form.

Maximizing Impact with Digital Image Retouching

In the digital age, how your brand is perceived online can make all the difference. Digital image retouching serves as your frontline in ensuring your visuals are flawless and engaging.

Captivate with Perfection: Digital retouching eradicates blemishes, corrects colors, and ensures that each element in the image aligns with your brand’s aesthetic.
Adapt and Overcome: Whether it’s adapting images for different platforms or ensuring they fit into your evolving marketing campaigns, digital retouching gives you flexibility.

Conclusion: Perfecting Your Visual Narrative

In the symphony of brand storytelling, post-processing is the conductor, ensuring every visual note hits with precision and harmony. From the meticulous work of photographer retouching to the transformative art of photo restoration, postproduction is not just a step in the creative process; it’s the polish that turns your brand’s story into a visual anthem. Embrace the power of post-processing and watch your brand’s image ascend to new heights of professionalism and allure.

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Apr

April Days In Devon

March last year I started shooting a contract for Travel Company mainly around Devon and the South West capturing Holiday Cottages and other accommodation.
After a short break due to further lockdowns and waiting for the weather to turn things finally continued in 2021 with a large bang.

Nov

Greece, Summed Up In An Image.

It’s no secret I love Greece especially the island of Rhodes.
Greece has been a thread throughout my life in many different ways and the catalyst to me picking up a camera.

Apr

Picture Retouching. Digital Chainsaw

Picture Retouching A Digital Chainsaw

How picture retouching enabled an uncluttered view.

I remember first being at this location photographing this tree high above Lyndos town in around 2004 when I was still capturing the world on film.
13 years later I found myself once again in the same spot admiring the same tree and the amazing views that this ancient citadel offered of the stunning coast below.
I couldn’t resist capturing the scene again but I soon remembered as I composed the image through the viewfinder the same problem I had experienced all those years ago it was very cluttered.
To capture the tree and wonderful view meant a messy composition consisting of branches from adjacent trees and there was no other angle or option despite my efforts.
I decided to capture the scene and reconfigure a few elements later in post-production to get the image I had visualised.

The picture retouching work was pretty straight forward consisting mainly of removing the obtrusive branches and replacing the sky which was the only element not from the original scene but captured a mile or so away on another day.

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Original Scene

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Scene Post Some Trimming.

Jan

Lifestyle Photoshoot, Walk Before Dinner

About a month ago I published a blog post titled A Perfect Moment – Capturing A Lifestyle Photoshoot called Greek Summer In Grey November Link Here
Walk Before Dinner is another image from that same shoot captured in chilly November.
I captured this background for use as a Lifestyle shot well over a year but for one reason or another I never have.
The background is of St Pauls Bay below Lyndos village Rhodes Greece.
It was created from approx 27 individual frames mostly to allow me a more flattering perspective and to keep the Chapel below and the Temple above from getting lost completely in the image.

The technical aspects of capturing Nathan & Emma was much simpler than in The Perfect Moment image.
For starters the lighting in this image was soft rather than directional which previously required matching with the direction and quality of the background.
Creating images without the models feet showing that otherwise need realistic shadows created is also much simpler hence why many people based composites are 3/4 not full lengths.

I rarely time these things but the final composite not including the background creation took approx 6 to 8 hours to complete.

Dec

End Of Season, Rhodes

It’s been a busy end to what has been a slightly unusual year with both new exciting opportunities as well as a few challenges too but life is never linear or dull as an image creative!

October saw me back in Rhodes for a third time in 3 years but this time I chose to spend my time filming rather than capturing stills which I seem to be doing more and more of these days.
I decided (for the most part) to keep the gear to an absolute minimum. Apart from the Video time lapse section which was shot with my Canon 5D Mk4 most of the remaining filming was captured on iPhone and my Sony RX100 pocket point and shoot albeit a high end one!
My biggest dilemma was wether to take my gimble but I decided it would be a great exercise in adaptability and creativity to do without it plus I simply couldn’t be arsed to carry it !

Nov

Beach Front Living, Greece

Yep I’ve been back there again on a photography trip to one of my favourite places to shoot in Rhodes Greece.
Unlike the previous two visits this time I wanted to concentrate more on doing some filming that I had pre-planned rather than shooting stills and I’ll be publishing that finished video very soon.

Having said all that I still managed to capture plenty of still images like this location close to the beach at Faliraki.
The scene I found in front of me reminded me of one of those amazing large-format Peter Lavery landscapes found in the Marlborough adverts from back in the mid 80’s (Google em kids) captured in the wild deserts of the U.S.A.

I came across this and several other small caravans dotted close to the beach area and although this was obviously made into someones home at some point I’m unsure it or the others were still actually being lived in. Either way instead of seeing them as some kind of eyesore so close to the beautiful beachfront they actually made me smile because of it.

Jun

October Sky, Costa Del Sol

Clouds gather at the end of the holiday season on location on the Costa Del Sol Spain

Jun

iphone Wanderings In Majorca

iPhone Wanderings In Majorca

I came across this beautiful photography location during a day riding a Vespa around the Majorcan countryside.

I confess to often being slightly disappointed when I discover such great locations in the middle of the day as in most cases the light would almost definitely be more interesting earlier or later.

Mar

Blind woman on the edge of the Volcano

I captured this image in the near deserted village of Stefanos Greece.
The village is located on the edge of the Stefanos volcano on the island of Nisyros in the South Aegean Greece.
Over the years the village had almost been vacated entirely due to the volcano but a few people still remain.
One such brave resident was this lady whom I unfortunately did not get the chance to speak too.
She was blind and lived alone in her home above the crater with her herd of Goats.
As we approached the location and the scene in front of us unfolded someone described it as being biblical which I think was a perfect description.

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