Stages Staying Empty

Luke Patrick Dixon Photography

By now I was hopeful that I’d be taking a few bookings for the Autumn and Winter, and be feeling confident that Covid-19 was sliding into the distance behind us. Unfortunately it now seems as though I’m going to be separated from my work and my clients for a while yet, perhaps until next spring, which is a rather dispiriting situation, but there’s really nothing that I can do about it now. Looks like I’ll have to keep blogging and working at home until we are all able to meet up and work again, whenever that turns out to be. In the meantime, stay safe, and stay well.

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Before and After 5

Luke Patrick Dixon Photography

Here is the final, for the time being, before and after post. Gigs are one for my favourite photographic subjects. Timing is everything in getting a good shot, and often you need some careful processing to bring out the best in your shot. In this case all the lasers in the shot have made the overall image a little bit washed out. But with the right processing, everything ends up looking great.

Before and After Part 2

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, there can be quite a difference between the image captured on camera, and the final finished product.  In this example I needed to improve the detail in my fire-eater, including some separate processing on the fire to make it stand out, as well as separating him from his background, which additionally had a prominent tent post that I had to carefully excise from the final image.  Quite a lot of trouble, but the final image was worth it.

Before and after

Luke Patrick Dixon Photography

It’s easy to forget when you take delivery of completed images that there can be quite a difference between the image captured on camera, and the final finished product. Over the next few days I’ll be sharing a few examples of images in the their unaltered and processed states, to illustrate how plenty of creative decisions, and important changes, happen between when the image leaves my camera, and when it is ready for sharing.

For this image to work properly, different areas of the image had to be processed separately to ensure that each element worked to enhance the overall image. In this case, the snake, leaves background and log were all processed differently to make the final image as striking as possible.