Yanik’s Photo Blog

As promised, here is my video tutorial on my Photoshop™ post processing steps of my windmill shoot at Île Perrot. If you haven’t seen my windmill lighting tutorial using SB-800s, just click here for a step by step walkthrough of my lighting setup.

You’ll notice that I dodge and burn the “traditional way” for the purpose of this tutorial but you can also do it the non destructive way as Continue Reading »

Welcome to the last part of my 3-part series on Portrait Makeover. In part 3, I’ll show you how to add digital makeup in Photoshop™. I’ll focus on eye shadow, blush and lips.

This is a photo of my assistant Emanuelle and she’s also a great model.

If you missed part 1 & 2 of my Portrait Makeover series you can view part 1 here and part 2 here.

You’ll also notice that I didn’t use the non Continue Reading »

Hi guys! And welcome to part 2 of my portrait makeover. In this Photoshop™ video tutorial, we’ll look at removing pimples and skin imperfections as well as reducing wrinkles. I’ll be using the healing brush for this technique.

I’m working on a photo of Steeve Michaud, international opera singer. To know more about Steeve and to see more of my images, you can check out his Website.

If you missed part one of the portrait makeover, you can check it out HERE.

You can also browse through my other video tutorials HERE.

In part 3, I’ll show you how to Continue Reading »

I’ve decided to do a multi part video tutorial series on portrait touch-ups in Adobe Photoshop CS3. This way you can get a nice feel of my workflow when I retouch people’s faces instead of having random tutorials here and there not always being able to connect the dots. I hope you find them useful. Feel free to leave your tips and tricks by adding your comments. Spread the love!

In part 2, I’ll focus on removing skin imperfections and wrinkles. In part 3, I,ll go through… well… I’m not sure yet. It’ll be a surprise!

You can also see my other Continue Reading »

Ok, this software is a revolutionfor photographers and photo enthusiasts! But I’m getting ahead of myself… excitement and all. Let me introduce you to TinEye.com. The first true image search engine to hit the Net. Here’s my interview…

Welcome to Yanik’s Photo Blog TinEye, how are you today?

Thank you for having me, Yanik. I’m great! Thanks for asking.

For the folks that haven’t heard from you yet, please tell us what you are and what you do.

Well, Yanik, I’m the codename for Idée’s image identification-based web search engine, currently in private beta. I do for images what Google does for text. Just as you are familiar with entering text in Google to find web pages that contain that text, using me, you enter an Continue Reading »

Here’s my latest Photoshop (TM) video tutorial on how to quickly create a rich dark blue sky. It’s a video “quicky”.

If you’ve missed my other video tutorials, you can view them here.

I would also like to share a few images of my wonderful experience at Bleue Lavande. If you’re in the Continue Reading »

Hello once again!

Here’s a Photoshop ™ tutorial on Dodging and Burning with a twist. Doing it a a separate layer so as to not alter or “degrade” the quality of your original image. This technique is especially useful for stock photographers that go through severe quality control at certain stock agencies. Enjoy and Continue Reading »

Hello everyone. It’s time for part 2 of my video walkthrough of Photoshop Express! If you haven’t seen part 1, you can view it here. You can also see my review of this free online photo editing software here.

Now, sit back, grab a cup of green tea and Continue Reading »

Welcome to my blog’s first photography video tutorial! Woohoo! Well… it’s more of a walkthrough than a photography tutorial but hey, I’m sure you’ll learn something! I hope you’ll enjoy part 1 of the Adobe Photoshop Express Tutorial / Walkthrough. Stay tuned in the next few days for Continue Reading »