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Photoshop Fire & Flame Generator

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Make your own custom flames right in Photoshop!  The flame generator is a pretty cool tool that you can use to get creative with your images.  It’s easy to use and give you a ton of options.  In this video, I’ll show you how to use it!

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Adobe Photoshop CC - Custom Trees using Pattern Fill

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Adobe Photoshop CC has a way to create a wide variety of 3D trees and shrubs that can be inserted into your images!  This is an awesome new feature that is customizable and easy to use.  As a Landscape Architect, I frequently use Photoshop as a visualization tool to help clients see the potential of their outdoor space.  I have found that many clients cannot fully understand a design simply by looking at an overhead plan view of their site.  Great photographs of the existing site combined with Photoshop compositing really help to get the design idea and intent across to clients.

Accessing and using the custom 3D trees in Photoshop is simple.  First, open the image you will be working on.  Next, create a new blank layer above the background layer.  Make the new blank layer active.  To add a new 3D tree onto our blank layer we need to ‘Fill’ the layer by pressing Shift + Delete.  There are several options here on how we can Fill the layer.  In the Fill dialog box, under the Contents section, choose ‘Pattern’.  The Blending section can remain as is.  Toggle on (check mark) ‘Scripted Pattern’.  Then click the drop down menu next to the word ‘Scripts’, select Tree.

The ‘Tree Pattern’ dialog box will now appear and gives you various ways the tree can be can customized.  From changing the direction of the light so shadows match the image to reducing or removing the leaves on the tree, this dialog box is where you would make those changes.  When you have made the necessary changes, click ‘OK’.

The tree will then be rendered and placed on your blank layer.  From this point the tree can be scaled and moved around the image.  It’s important to make sure the tree is placed on it’s own layer so you have the option to change the size and positioning of it later on if you need to. 

While I think it’s still necessary to have a large library of plant material images for anything your composite might need, this feature in Adobe Photoshop CC is really great and will help speed up the time it takes to make composite landscape images.

Recent Projects - Photographing Joely Rae

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Recently I had the opportunity to photograph Joely Rae who is about to turn one in May.  Joely is a sweet little girl who did an excellent job during our photoshoot!  I always enjoy photographing children because you never know what is going to happen.  Children also keep you on your toes.  Sometimes you get amazingly funny faces and other times you get tears.  Regardless of what happens, I'm there to capture moments from our time together and I enjoy every minute of it.  

Here are a few tips I find useful to keep in mind when photographing children.  

  • Go with the flow!  With children being unpredictable at times, you never know what will happen.  Have a plan, but be ready to change directions at any moment.  
  • Use a fast shutter speed.  You want to be sure to freeze the moment.  Some children are quite fast, so make sure you use a faster shutter speed.  Bump up you ISO if you need to.
  • Focus on the eyes!  Yes, the eyes say it all.  When photographing people make sure the eyes are tack sharp
  • Talk and work with the parents.  Set expectations so the parents know what you are thinking and how you plan to capture the images.  Ask the parents if they had any particular props they want to use or if they have seen photos somewhere else that they like.
  • Have fun!

Images shot with Canon 60D using the Canon 17mm - 55mm F2.8 USM and the Canon 50mm F1.4 USM

Here is some technical information about this shoot for those who are interested:  

  • All of the images were taken with the Canon 60D using both the Canon 17mm - 55mm F2.8 USM and the Canon 50mm F1.4 USM.  
  • Images were taken around 3:00 pm using available light.  There was a pretty good cloud cover with the sun only shining through occasionally.
  • Images were brought into and developed in Adobe Lightroom.
  • The composite image above was created in Adobe Photoshop CC.