{"id":236,"date":"2013-11-19T12:57:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T12:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/?p=236"},"modified":"2020-03-19T13:28:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T13:28:39","slug":"impressionist-photography-and-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/impressionist-photography-and-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Impressionist Photography and Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a previous post, \u201cImpressionist Photography\u201d, I talked about a couple of camera techniques one can use to create photographs with an impressionist look. The effect is achieved at the moment of capture and I find it most fulfilling as a photographer when I can create the image in camera rather than later in Photoshop.<\/p>\n

However, there are certain effects that are simply not achievable in camera and must be done on the computer. The two camera techniques I discussed in my previous post, multiple exposures and panning, create an impressionist look by eliminating the fine details in the image.<\/p>\n

And once the details are gone, it is impossible to bring them back later on the computer. A creative technique I learned while taking an online Fine Art Nature Photography class with Kathleen Clemons<\/a> consists in keeping the details in your subject but not elsewhere in the photograph by applying a Photoshop filter to simulate panning and create an impressionist background. The image looks very different than one with a sharp subject in front of an out of focus background, and definitely has a surreal feeling to it.<\/p>\n

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The background is blurred with a photoshop filter while the subject, a tree with fall leaves in Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, is kept sharp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Another example of a Blackford Hill, Edinburgh forest scene treated with the same technique.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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