New Weston Digital Imaging website coming soon!

With the photography market ever changing Weston Digital Imaging will soon be launching its new website.  More customer focused for client’s individual needs and including our new 360 rotating object service as well as the latest in high definition virtual tours.   We need an internet shop window to better show case the commercial photographic services we offer in the North West and at the same time linking our photography courses and classes into an all inclusive web site using the latest technology.
If all goes to plan Weston Digital Imaging's website will be launched on March 19th.

Still on the theme of Polaroid effects...

Try downloading this great little program for that all authentic Polaroid experience.

Polardroid

Create a Polaroid effect in Photoshop

Here is a step by step guide to creating a Polaroid effect action in Photoshop, no more waiting two minutes with the picture under your arm to keep it warm, but with the press of a button it is done for you instatnly.  But first we have to set it up. Click on the picture to enlarge the step by step guide.

Step1

Open an image into Photoshop.  With your Action Pallette open click the 'New Action' button and name the action 'Polaroid'.

Step 2

Now duplicate the image. Go to  Layers>duplicate layer and press 'ok' when the text box appears.

In the layers pallette set the blending to 'soft light'

Step 3

Go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color and select a 'dark blue'.

The image will now appear dark blue as above. We now need to set the blending to 'Exclusion'

It should now look like this.

Step 4
Now go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels and slide the black slider to the right a little, just enough to increase the intensity but not too much that you start losing detail.

Step 5.

Now add another Color Fill layer. Go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color and choose a light orange.

Set the blending to 'soft light' and the 'opacity' slider at the right side of the blending menu to about 75%.

Step 6.

Repeat the above and choose a light pink, remembering to set the blending to 'soft light' agai.  The opacity however is set to 50% this time.

Step 7.

Now do another Color Fill Layer. Go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color and select a dark blue, leave the opacity as it is but set the blending to 'exclusion'.

Step 8

In the layers pallette scrolled down to the bottom and click on the original image so it is highlighted in 'blue'  Next make a duplicate layer of the original.

Grab hold of this layer and drag it all the way up to the top so it becomes the first layer.

Now set the blending to 'soft light'

Step 9

Lastly press the 'stop' button in the 'Actions' pallette.  This will prevent any more information been recorded.

Then flatten your image. Layers>flatten image and save the image as a separate file.

You now have an action you can use time and time again.  just simply load an image into photoshop, highlight the 'Polaroid' in Actions and simply press the 'play' button.  Hey presto an instant Polaroid effect.

 To add to the effect you may wish to crop your image to a square format and extend your canvas to create the white surround. Have fun!

Alan Kennedy Liverpool legend

We don't always get to do the glamorous jobs, but Weston Digital Imaging continues to offer the professional photographer a superb quality, post production service, by bringing out the best from their images.  Most of the time photographers just simply don’t have the time or the expertise to tackle tricky shots that perhaps don't come out quite as they wished.  With a fast turnaround Weston Digital Imaging can bring your images back to life, which is not only good for you, but great for your client!

Alan Kennedy by Tony Woolliscroft for the forthcoming book 'Liverpool Ledgends'

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 After

 Post production by Weston Digital Imaging

Page 3 Girl!

For all those of you in the Wilmslow area, look out for this week's Wilmslow Express, where page 3 is devoted to the recent adventures of Lindow Photographic Group's very own Brenda Acton.

A serious fall, resulting in a badly broken leg while out walking, didn't deter Brenda from her original plan to get some great shots of the moorland around Todmorden - although it did mean putting not only her rescue but also her camera into the hands of the mountain rescue teams and the air ambulance.

Thankfully Brenda's on her way to a complete recovery and is injecting the Lindow Photographic Group, particularly the Lindow 10,  with more enery and enthusiasm than ever, and we're delighted to see her back on her feet!

Linked-in profile pictures

The subject of Linked-in profile pictures came up at this morning's Colony meeting, with quite a few members admiiting to having no picture at all. With a number of photographers at the group, help is at hand! And just to prove what 20 years of photography experience, coupled with some sympathetic lighting can make - here's my Linked-in profile picture, which as all of you in Lymm this morning will agree, is a huge improvement on the real thing!