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Going through some old photos this past weekend while trying to update our portfolio, Crystal and I stumbled on a shoot we did back in the fall of 2008 with model Lindsey and Makeup Artist & Hair Stylist Allison Stout.
We chose one of Lindsey’s shots to play around with and went for a high-contrast, exaggerated black and white finish to add on to the photo and that’s what we came up with above. Hope you guys enjoy it! Let us know what you think by commenting below!
With this photo of Sirrock Masters Bolton we wanted to achieve a sporty and dramatic shot to compliement his athletic build. To achieve this effect I added a blue color tint, added contrast, and used a technique to add more definition to his eyes.
Creative Retouching
Our latest creative venture was with model Robert Strazzullo. Robert came to us with an idea to do something creative and extreme with the use of paint. I personally enjoyed the photo shoot because I was given artistic freedom with my post-processing and was able to apply techniques that I normally would not use.
Thankfully, men are easier to retouch than women because I get to keep the grittyness/grungyness intact as well as not have to worry about any stray hairs. The only thing I really had to worry about with this photo is the streaks that the paint roller left behind and the areas that did not have enough paint. To clean the area up a bit I cloned areas to give the paint a more uniform look and a thicker consistancy.
The paint that we used was a water-based paint. We did not have black paint in the paint kit that was purchased so we mixed all of the paint colors together and ended up with a purple/gray concoction. I had to darken the paint through post-processing to match the dark theme we were aiming for and to give it a tar-like appearance.
Lastly, I added a blueish tint to add to the general mood of the photo.
What do you think of the before & after? Comment below!
I’ve decided to record my retouching process for beauty-like shots. Of course, a few of my secrets weren’t shown, but this video should give you a quick insight into my Photoshop skills. 
Check out the video and let us know what you think by commenting!
Please excuse the quality of the video and the desaturation.
Lately I’ve been wanting to try new things with my retouching and editing. Our style is usually on the safe side focusing on simplicity and cleanliness. With the recent rebranding of our website into the more grungy and dark feel I felt that my approach towards my editing should evolve as well. Not to say that I’ve abandoned the clean editing that I’ve been doing; I feel that I should showcase the other extreme of my editing as well.
I started off with a photo that Mark took of James using his wide angle Canon 10-22mm lens. After some quick RAW to JPEG conversion in Adobe Lightroom I brought the photo into Adobe Photoshop.
Take a look at my layer toolbar and you’ll see some of the many layers I’ve used to put everything together. Most of the layers are just copies of his photo which I like to keep just in case I want to go back to something. It’s always great to have a backup.. nothing’s worse than not having a backup to go back to and having to start over again.
I did a bit of masking, dodging, and burning to have him match the grungy backdrop as best as possible. I also added some soft light to his eyes to give it an extra POP. After some curve adjustments for contrast and I ended up with what you see in the final photo.
It’s amazing to watch photos transform from an ordinary picture into something completely different. Hopefully you enjoy the photo manipulation I did. Let me know what you think!
Mark Gamboa - Lead Photographer of Gamboa Photos
Crystal Mathias - Second Photographer & Editor of Gamboa Photos
Gamboa Photos: VOL 01, August 2009
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