by Leslie Nicole | Oct 30, 2015 | Design, Photography
The teaser for a series of posts on photographing flowers and plants and post-processing in Photoshop and Illustrator as design elements and illustrations. Photography to Post-Processing Teaser These days I’ve been obsessed with photographing (mostly) my dahlias...
by Leslie Nicole | Sep 11, 2014 | Photoshop, Photoshop Tools
This is part 3 of the 4 part tutorial on creating a photo illustration effect (see finished illustration at the end of the post.) In this part I’ll cover creating a Line Art Illustration effect from a photograph. Creating A Line Art Illustration Effect in...
by Leslie Nicole | Oct 30, 2012 | Before & After, Using Textures
Perusing my image database today, I found this photograph of an ornamental cabbage that I took a few years ago. I didn’t like the glass vase showing and this simple capture really needed some post-processing love to portray the vibrancy of the original. Base...
by Leslie Nicole | Sep 15, 2012 | Photoshop
I’m often asked how I to get crisp details and bright tones in florals. Of course, getting a good capture to begin with is the most important step, but we’ll cover that another time! Using Photoshop filters is a great way to enhance details, open shadows,...
by Leslie Nicole | Jun 2, 2012 | Before & After
Peony Gesture After the rather complicated Before & After from Yesterday, I thought I’d show a much simpler example. Details Refer to the Layer Panel below for an edit overview. Base Edits This was photographed in natural light, so the background is not...