How To Edit (& Shoot) Photos in Direct Sunlight!

[@manumulanthuruthyphotography]

Hei Justin , is this presets available for your any cource pack like Welcome to the Portrait Mastery Course Pack , because am trying to buy that cource

[@justinlaurens]

Hi Manu, Yes, each are sold separately, however. Here is the link for the Portrait Mastery Course Pack: www.justinlaurens.com/portraitmastery Here is the link for the Preset Pack: www.justinlaurens.com/presetpack Does that help ? -JL

[@manumulanthuruthyphotography]

@@justinlaurens ok tnks but cannot afford the amount , am from india converted to indian money is huge amount.. can u possible $147 for both

[@justinlaurens]

Send me a message/DM on Instagram: www.Instagram.com/justinlaurens We can discuss there.

[@justinlaurens]

Or an email: [e-mail]

[@BeenyVD]

Insane job ! Underxpose team all the way haha 😁

[@justinlaurens]

Thanks so much man!! Yeah dude, gotta agree with you on that one. 🙏

[@kennyconfidence7567]

Nice tutorial, i have watched most of your videos . I'm just starting out newly , just got my first camera Nikon d5300 with kit lens .

[@justinlaurens]

Welcome aboard! Photography is the best, let me know if you have any questions at all!

[@DEEPAKYADAV-wn3dk]

Just Amazing!

[@W.i.l.l._Nguyen]

Suddenly realized that the shoot looks like my hometown of Montreal near the Old Port.

[@justinlaurens]

That’s exactly where it is 👌

[@himalkhati5291]

Amazing work brother! thank you so much for sharing your skills. looking forward to watch and learn more tutorial from you..

[@justinlaurens]

My pleasure Himal, thank you for watching my friend. Many more to come!

[@4kvideographervlog23]

Very happy Justin I will try this amazing editing 🙏🙏👍thank you

[@justinlaurens]

Tara thank you for the kind words feel free to share your work with me on Instagram: instagram.com/justinlaurens

[@philk7472]

Brilliant !

[@justinlaurens]

Hey Phil, thanks man!

[@Xploit61]

Such a great and informative video mate! Every video I always learn something new or a different way of editing - keep smashing this awesome content!

[@justinlaurens]

Thanks a ton! Really encouraging to hear that and I will be sure to continue to put out videos at this same level of quality. Thank you for watching!

[@wowfoodguru]

Very nice video very helpful ❤

[@justinlaurens]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sharmaom6665]

so nice color grading love it. thank you so much for this educational video.

[@justinlaurens]

You are very welcome my friend thanks for watching & the nice comment 🙏

[@PTSOPHOTO]

Great video!

[@justinlaurens]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@_silhouette_]

I love your photos, you're amazing 💓

[@justinlaurens]

Ah you're awesome my friend. Thanks for your support hope the video was helpful 🙏 💙

[@_silhouette_]

It was✨

[@RyoHazuki224]

Nice work. I would also add a caution to people who use warp tools to manipulate the bodies of one's subjects. Sure you can make them look more flattering and "ideal", but people can also go way too far with the warp tools making things look unrealistic, and it could be insulting to a model if you alter their bodies.

[@IliaUsmanov]

That's definitely something you have to discuss with the model prior to the shoot and prior to the edits.

[@RyoHazuki224]

@@IliaUsmanov absolutely. Communication is key with your models as to what they might want edited or not.

[@gabrielkevincarrascalbulat7384]

That level of magic, its like isekai anime

[@justinlaurens]

Haha thanks Gabriel, and thanks for being a subscriber!

[@elmariaci7637]

Justin, hi, thank you for your videos! Can you make a video about how you use a light stick for your outdoor portraits?

[@justinlaurens]

You’re welcome ☺️ sure I will add it to my content calendar 👌

[@YrsaClicks]

Love breaking rules ❤

[@Himanshuprakash]

You're amazing... 🤩🌈

[@justinlaurens]

Thank you man 🙏 hope the video was helpful

[@حسنفوتو]

You are amazing 👏 I love your work so much ❤️

[@justinlaurens]

Thank you so much 😀 That really means a lot. Thanks for watching and let me know if you need anything / have any questions.

[@حسنفوتو]

@@justinlaurens ❤️❤️❤️

[@oposp2003]

VERY NICE I LIKE TAKE A PHOTO TO 3D EFFECT VREY NICE

[@justinlaurens]

Thank you, in that case take a look at my preset pack - they create the 3D effect in one-click: www.justinlaurens.com/elevatepresets

[@rahilhasan9095]

plz make a video for night time photos shoots plz

[@justinlaurens]

OK I will 👍

[@rahilhasan9095]

@@justinlaurens thanks bruv

[@subodharangana3568]

nice one

[@justinlaurens]

Thanks for the visit

[@sinistersmile6638]

Hi Justin! I wonder which editing/capture software you use for your videos?

[@johnclay7644]

informative 11mins.

[@justinlaurens]

Haha appreciate that John. Thanks for watching 🙏 Stay tuned for more!

[@WellWellness1.02]

Info is best

[@justinlaurens]

Glad you think so!

[@EuroRSN]

Great vid but one thing to note, try to avoid talking about specific numerical values in camera raw sliders as beginners will take this too literal and try to replicate those exact settings and end up disappointed.

[@justinlaurens]

I like it, good idea thanks Eugene. 🙏 Thanks for watching man!

[@najaff_khan]

Very Nice 👌

[@justinlaurens]

Cheers Najaff! Thanks for watching bro! 🙌

[@yoelinmatos5044]

I just edited the photo, I was wondering if i can post it on my IG

[@justinlaurens]

That’s awesome Yoelin yes you may but please tag me and the model so I can see :) I will share you photo on my Story 👍

[@teychitar]

Very Thank

[@justinlaurens]

My pleasure, thanks for watching. Let me know if you have any questions. 👍

[@Tuna-CF]

Like me this is adobe photoshop cc 2022 OR Adobe Photoshop CS6?

[@AAvfx]

Every is fine with me, I'm well known with the tips, and thank you for perfecting them. Just if I may, and excuse me... I wanted to let you know that models shouldn't be thinner than they are. It drives girls insane, and sometimes can cause mental issues. Perfecting the shot and colors is one thing- Changing nature is a different topic. Thanks

[@justinlaurens]

Did you pay attention to that section? I do not make the model thinner than she is.

[@AAvfx]

@@justinlaurens Usually people edit the waists and other body parts fyi, but indeed I truly loved your tutorial. Very educational- Good job.

[@PeterPreager]

I think you missed a point as to how you removed the shadow on her sweater in the front. You go from one image to the next still talking about exposure and colour etc then magically the shadow on her sweater disappears. How did you do that?

[@justinlaurens]

Um I think I know what you're talking about... I probably removed it when I applied my Skin retouching to the face & body (sometimes I will retouch tonal inconsistencies in the clothes too, to create a cleaner look). I use the same methods for that. Does that help?

[@PeterPreager]

@@justinlaurens Not really but at least I see what you did. Which tool do you use for skin retouching? If I use the AI portrait retouching in LrC or the new masking features just released do you know if it will give me similar results as what you have done in your image? Thx.

[@justinlaurens]

I use a special form of frequency separation and local dodge & burn, which I teach in my course. Skin retouching is honestly the most important and nuanced aspect of portrait editing and it would be impossible to cover everything in a KZbin video. There’s a lot to consider. I’ve tried using other AI features but the results are never nearly as good as taking the time & care using professional methods.

[@banish_three]

Awesome video man, the saturation and vibrance section really helped a lot! Also kind of off topic, but how did you get the magnifying circle around your cursor? I'm not sure if that's basic knowledge but that would be super helpful in editing 😂

[@justinlaurens]

Thanks Josh! So that actually comes from the screen capture / video editing software actually.

[@greenteablogger5873]

nice

[@justinlaurens]

Thank you 🙏

[@osossgh]

When I print from Ps I get alot of noise in the image after printing.whats wrong with my Ps

[@cmimages3541]

Was this shot in Old Montreal?

[@justinlaurens]

Yes it was 👍

[@cmimages3541]

@@justinlaurens I thought that bridge and wheel looked familiar.

[@Himanshuprakash]

Do you edit photos in 16bit or 32 bit?

[@justinlaurens]

8 sometimes 16

[@arvinmangeri540]

What's name of the model?

[@justinlaurens]

Eden Von Weiss @edenvonweiss on Instagram 👍

[@darianrichardson3629]

Me the entire video: 😃 Me when i realized u were gonna use liquify: 😔

[@justinlaurens]

It is just to correct the awkward posture not to change the way the model looks. She was hunched over and it made her look wider than she is in real life it was an unflattering illusion that she would not have accepted in her current form simply because it’s not an accurate representation. It’s a simple correction I’m not suggesting people use Liquify to make their models slimmer than they are.

[@darianrichardson3629]

@@justinlaurens i understand your point and why you did it, yet i feel it is somewhat "misleading" to other people that would take a picture in that pose and think "how does she look that thin whilst posing like that?" (I actually don't really care that much lol, i just think about those situations)

[@justinlaurens]

Well I mean hopefully they watch that part of the video and listen to exactly why and how that is the case

[@mobilephotography7320]

Please free preset

[@anambraprince]

I can not see the free preset to download

[@justinlaurens]

It’s right there in the video description. Let me know if you can’t find it I’ll link it here for you

[@anambraprince]

@@justinlaurens I can't find it still. Please link me. Thanks

[@TheGamingNorwegian]

Color grading was great, but the skin retouching and using the liquify tool went a bit too far into the "unhealthy amount of photoshop" direction...

[@justinlaurens]

Yeah Skin Retouching I find to be the most important part of any photo edit ✍️ I have a course which teaches you how to do it in the most effective yet natural way if you want to check that out. There’s too much to discuss in a KZbin video… let me know

[@JarraxQ]

I really appreciate all the tips about shooting in direct sunlight, but the editing side of this feels a bit too much. That might just be my personal taste but I think if you took everything you did (especially the liquify) and dialled it back about 50-70% it would be a more flattering, but still realistic end result.

[@christkidmime9155]

Can't access the link

[@justinlaurens]

I checked the links they should work. Which are you trying to access specifically?

[@christkidmime9155]

@@justinlaurens the one with the presets

[@onlysublime]

hilarious how you black out the Canon letters on the camera and keep the Sony prominent. things we have to do as Sony ambassadors... lol

[@justinlaurens]

Wait what? lol

[@mobilephotography7320]

Please all preset give me Please boss

[@justinlaurens]

Hey my friend, you can get them here: www.justinlaurens.com/presetpack

[@JinqsYT]

"we're going to increase the greens because i like that it does to the picture" also me: not seeing any difference :(

[@justinlaurens]

Haha oops I should've used an arrow to show - it was mainly a change to the railing, wood and trees in the background. It was subtle though but easier to see on my laptop. 😄

[@JinqsYT]

@@justinlaurens oh yeah now i can notice, took me a couple times of replaying. also the fact that i have a type red-green colorblindness doesn't help ^^

[@henryweinstein3148]

just use a difuser

[@justinlaurens]

Then you lose the dramatic sharp-edged shadows though

[@ziyaya_snr]

One picture 81MB??? WHAT is the trick boss

[@justinlaurens]

Hey bro! What do you mean? The RAW photo is 81MB or what?

[@ziyaya_snr]

@@justinlaurens Yes. What is the trick to get such a heavy picture

[@justinlaurens]

So I just shoot in RAW, Uncompressed. Let me know if that works. It could also be my camera, the picture sizes are typically quite large. 🙏

[@jferg89]

Presets are no longer free

[@justinlaurens]

They should be there free to download my friend

[@GetSlappedPlease]

I can’t download it for free

[@justinlaurens]

Yes you can the preset is in the Google Drive linked in the description

[@mobilephotography7320]

Please

[@SpotBentley]

I don't think the model would accept the orange forehead either.

[@justinlaurens]

Ah thanks for watching all the way up to that part 🙏

[@Nathinos]

Imo using and promoting liquify as shown in this video is neither a good nor healthy choice at all, alongside with the overdone skin retouching. Especially as the changes aren't subtle at all. Been there, done that - for years.

[@TheGamingNorwegian]

Yea, its to much fakery going on here... The color grading was great, but the rest was pure fakery.

[@loamchasers]

Talk about over editing. You keep increasing saturation overall and then taking it back down in hsl rather than just adjust individual colors from the start

[@justinlaurens]

Yeah that’s not a good idea lol you want to bring up global saturation so that it’s even and then fine tune. If you thought it was over editing you wouldn’t have clicked the video 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@michelleehartley]

Great video but the fact that this models perfect body had to be "corrected" by the smallest amount with liquify because the stomach wasn't "flattering" is why so women have body image issues. Wildly disappointing.

[@justinlaurens]

🤦🏼‍♂️ I didn’t enhance her stomach or make it slimmer than she normally looks. I corrected an illusion created by her posture. Lens Correction inside LR also makes people look slightly slimmer. Next you’ll say that’s “wildly disappointing”.

[@rahilhasan9095]

nice

[@justinlaurens]

Thanks