Category Archives: Before and After

Before and After

It’s been a while since I’ve done a before and after post, so I thought now was about time.  First of all, it is my goal to get it right in camera as close as possible.  I hate it when I hear people say, “Oh I’ll fix that in Photoshop” or “After I edit that…

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06/01/2011 - 4:59 pm

crissie - I always love before and afters!

06/29/2011 - 4:17 am

Borajemeprime - Hello, definitely capable Picture. Hope, will catch a glimpse of more! Thanks
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Before and After #2

Hi there! So yes, I was a bit neglectful of the blog last week. But hey, it was Thanksgiving. And it was AMAZING! I don’t know if I’ve ever had a better Thanksgiving. Luisa and I even did some Black Friday shopping. We weren’t those crazy people that got up at 4am to get in…

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12/01/2010 - 9:05 am

Alex - Loving these before and afters, Nate!! Great job!

12/03/2010 - 5:28 pm

kristi.w. - I really like the edits you did here. I don't think they are overboard or dramatic at all. I think the editing is subtle enough for the old school photographers but modern and bright enough for what clients want right now. Nice job!

Before&After

For some reason, I always love seeing how other photographers edit their photos. What their image looks like straight out of the camera, and how they get to the final product. Today, I’d like to share a few of my own, and my editing process and very basic workflow. But first…a few notes: First. I…

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10/15/2010 - 11:45 am

Sachin Khona - subtle, subtle, subtle…

[ for weddings anyway :) ]

another great post nate.. running out right now but looking forward to having a proper dive in this weekend..

have a good one brother!

10/15/2010 - 12:56 pm

Carissa - Thanks for sharing!

10/15/2010 - 1:06 pm

Laura - The last part about overdoing the vignette when you first learned how made me laugh. I did the SAME thing and now, it drives me bonkers. The same when portrait studios [like the ones in Wal Mart] put a white vignette around the edges. Eeeee… Thanks for sharing your tips. I have to say, your SOOC shots are fantastic.

10/15/2010 - 1:15 pm

Nate Perkes - @Laura, Thanks so much! And SERIOUSLY! Those white vignettes kill me! The other one that I forgot to add to the list was the Skin Softening…when I first learned that trick…HMMM!!! All my clients looked like porcelain dolls! With ZERO texture to their face at all. Double Yuck…seriously, it irks me now when I see the over glossified skin. But I can't say I've never done it!

: )

10/15/2010 - 6:00 pm

Mary Riordan - Thank you for sharing! I love these types of posts =)

10/20/2010 - 8:34 pm

Gem - Thanks for the hot tip on luminance! I also use Aperture 3 for everything and I really love it. Your post confirmed some of the techniques I have been using with Levels. Thanks so much for that. The luminance trick is amazing!

11/20/2010 - 8:36 am

Lynchy - Great post Nate!
Subtle. That's my favourite kind of PP.

You have given me something to play with now though.

Cheers :)