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Hi! My name is Sergey Brezhnev, I am retoucher.
I have many interests blog post in my Russian blog page. Almost all posts about retouching and photography. It’s tutorials, educational info, photoshop tricks and techniques… And now I translate these articles into English. Every week I will add 1-2 new posts. So if you interested with that — welcome to my blog 🙂
If you are still don’t know, Google provides a free collection of plug-ins from the Nik Collection. It includes Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro, Viveza, HDR Efex Pro, Sharpener Pro and Dfine.
It’s time to download until they change their mind.
https://www.google.com/nikcollection/
By the way, if you want to know how to level up your retouching (doesn’t matter with photoshop plugins or without), just check out my blog post about it.
This is one of my old work. I retouch this image only with dodge&burning technique. No frequency separation or something else. It’s longer, but a completely controlled process and result.
Also you can see process with basically changes and d&b layer.
Let’s talk about some useful techniques to level up your photo retouching skills. Everything written below is strictly my own personal experiences.
I show you how I do this image. This is not Photoshop tutorial, but rather a demonstration of the process of landscape retouching.
I show all of my process of retouch. From raw-conversion to fine tuning in photoshop. What really important is work with volume, I mean dodge&burning and basically work with bright and contrast on photo. In this image I use only build-in tools and instruments in Photoshop. But usually it’s doesn’t matter. You can use any plugins for retouching.
Today I show you photoshop tutorial film flare effect without plugins. It’s really simple effect.
Retouch for Shooterfoto magazine (April 2011 issue).
Photograper: Mathew Wilson
Style: Troy Lyte
Hair and Mackup: Whitney Kril
Retouching: Sergey Brezhnev
Models: SarahMcLean and Brooke Z.
It was first my retouch for magazine. In april 2011. At that time for skin retouch I don’t use any «fast» method, I use only dodge and burning. Currently I use many techniques — dodge&burn, frequency separation, portraiture… But any of these methods can do beauty result. All if needed careful use of these techniques.
Also you can read this post on Russian in my blog on Russian language: http://sergbrezhnev.livejournal.com/880.html
