Comments on: Photoshop Tutorial: Just say NO to blur!

By: Stock-Vectors

Stock-Vectors — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:14:09 +0000

Thank you. Great post

By: Frankenstine

Frankenstine — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:33:11 +0000

Thank you. Great post

By: Astrid

Astrid — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:52:00 +0000

Wow great tutorial. I am ashamed to admit I did not know how to use the burn and dodge tools before this. My idea of retouching my pics was editing the brightness and contrast.

By: mary

mary — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:37:08 +0000

Blogroll links aint that great but i am not the admin

By: Kristie McKonly

Kristie McKonly — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:28:57 +0000

Oh! by the way, just reading other comments now. and obviously you know the collar bone is called the clavicle; but what i saw you “burning” when you were questioning the parts of body was more in the neck region. and, ha, i wouldn’t blame you for not knowing the name of those muscles (the ones that protrude a little when you turn your neck and form like a triangular shape with the chin) …ha, those are the Sternocleidomastoid muscles — yeah, don’t expect ANYONE to know that. and the “divot” or sunken in area of the neck like in the middle of the clavicle (collarbone), is often either called the “jugular notch” or the “sterno notch” since it’s its shadows are formed by where the Sternocleidomastoid muscles end/meet. sorry, i know that has NOTHING to do with the photography. i was just thinking that as you were burning that area of the body and neck xD haha

By: Kristie McKonly

Kristie McKonly — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:18:05 +0000

Jake! ah, I cannot believe I haven’t come to your blog so long ago!
but, watching this video was so so wonderful, because it was wild to watch my most respected, personal favourite photographer (no, that was NOT “sucking up” as I realize it just sounded, I just literally meant that — everyone has a personal favourite, right?) And, it was SO wonderful to see that there’s another photographer who ‘attacks’ portraits in photoshop the same way I do. I’ve never really gone to tutorials, just used the basic tools because I felt that was all that was really necessary to MAKE a great portrait really pop. no gigantic fancy tricks and near manipulation just for a great portrait. now, of course my gallerie wouldn’t hold a candle to yours. (ahem, perhaps a mildly decent camera, some lighting, models and an extra hand could help me out with a better final product, lol) but, i know you don’t need those things either to be great. (they just help a bit) but i lovelovelove seeing that someone else, my favourite photog, doesn’t go crazyyy with photoshop just to make amazing img’s. just sticks to the same tools and ‘tricks’ i, the very very amateur photog myself, use. thank you for doing this. it made me all the more impressed, respectful and admiring of you as a photographer and that translates to great person quite often as well thank you for great things like this!!

By: scott d

scott d — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:16:11 +0000

WOW thats Cool

By: Alice

Alice — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:18:15 +0000

Thanks for publishing this– very well done!!
I’ll be playing around with this tonight : )
BTW, the clavicles are the “collarbones”, the horizontal bones that extend from her sternum to bilateral shoulders. The spot you were burning above her sternum is called the anterior neck region, between the 2 sternocleidomastoid muscles that form the “V”.

By: photoshop restoration and retouching

photoshop restoration and retouching — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:39:52 +0000

I love the amount of details you gave in your instructions through this tutorial. Great example. Looking forward to more from you.

Regards,
restoration

By: BornFromSilence

BornFromSilence — Sat, 09 May 2009 09:41:12 +0000

I really really like your work, I follow it closely as of some time. This tutorial is really helpful, however i think she looks a tad….plastic in the end with all those skin highlights and the hair. Which works great if that’s what you’re aiming at. Keep up the great work!