Philip Nealey Omaha Photographer -unsharpmasked

Adobe Lightroom 4 Creative Possibilities

pnealey — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:48:04 +0000

Here is a sample of what can be done with Adobe’s new version of Lightroom (Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4).

For more go to http://www.nealeyphoto.com/brenda-lightroom4/

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Portrait: Rachel’s Eyes

pnealey — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:11:08 +0000

Portrait of Rachel shot on location in Chicago.

Philip Nealey is an Omaha Nebraska based commercial portrait and lifestyle Photographer and Photoshop expert .

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Airport Portrait Panorama

pnealey — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:15:41 +0000

Over the summer I spent several weeks documenting a family in Chicago. We had only a few hours one day to get this shot of seven planes and the eight family pilots and their spouses. We came up with the idea on the day of the shoot so no pre-production. Three of the planes had to be flown in from other airports around chicago to our shoot location at the Dupage Airport. Once the airplanes where arranged and a private jet was moved out of the background we were ready to go, but we only had a few minutes to get the shot. It was a beautiful day, but as you can see by the shadows, not ideal lighting conditions. I tried to wait for a cloud — but none would not cooperate. The panorama was shot in four pieces. My solution was to set up one flash head directly over the camera and rotate it (my assistant) on the axis of the camera lens. This gave me just enough light to open up the shadows. We were all extremely happy with the results, especially considering in was an impromptu shoot. The final image was put together from five exposures in Photoshop. It’s hard to show how much detail is in this photo. I broke it up into three pieces below.

See the full gallery on posterous

For the tech geeks out there. The flash was a Speedotron 206VF head w/11″ reflector connected to a Speedo 4803CX powerpack at full power (4800WS). For everyone else– about equivalent to 10 or more on camera flash units firing at once. *

*For you tech geeks flash guide number of 1000 with this reflector.

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Portrait of Donna

pnealey — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:29:23 +0000

This image is part of a series featuring a new technique I’ve been experimenting with. Portrait of Sarah was done with the same technique.

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Philip Nealey is an Omaha Nebraska based portrait, lifestye and food Photographer / Photoshop expert .

To see more phtotography and digttal imageing visit nealeyphoto.com or direct Portraits, Children, Retouching – before&after

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Portrait of Sarah

pnealey — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:06:40 +0000

Philip Nealey is an Omaha Nebraska based commercial Photographer and Photoshop expert .

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Photo: Boy and his hamster

pnealey — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:33:39 +0000

This shot was part of a stock photo shoot for Getty Images. It just happens to be an image I really like– something about his expression and the fact the hamster was looking at the camera too.

Some have asked if this and some of my other photos are “HDR” And the answer is no, and it is not a filter or plug-in. Usually it just requires a lot of work to get the image where I like it and each image is unique. I will say I do make use of the High Pass filter for sharpening most of my photos as it’s a really versatile tool. I will say some images lend themselves more this particular “look”. This image felt very slightly strange Norman Rockwell to me and I wanted to exaggerate that feel.

For you Strobist fans: This was shot with a Vivitar 283 (with the variable power control) using a shoot through umbrella to the left. Triggered with a Pocket Wizard. Lots of white walls provided fill.

Philip Nealey is an Omaha Nebraska based commercial Photographer and Photoshop expert. See more work at nealeyphoto.com or his blog at unsharpmasked.com

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Food Photography: Burger

pnealey — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:21:35 +0000

If you want to be a food photographer in Omaha you should probably have some meat in your portfolio :) This was shot as a stock photo. I have retouched hundreds of burgers for McDonald’s and some for Burger king. Both have very specific ways in which they want to present their product — tomato w/water droplets or without, color of the meat, lettuce, cheese. No cracks in the bun– nobody likes that. I will attest to the fact that all the photos you see are made with the actual products you would get in one of their restaurants, however they made to look nice for the camera by the work of skilled food stylists. With the burger shot below I was approaching it more for style than making a perfect burger. I still look at it and notice things the client would want retouched — force of habit. (If you have any questions about the shot ask me in the comments section)

Omaha Nebraska commercial Photographer and Photoshop expert Philip Nealey specializes in People, Lifestyle and food photography. See more work at nealeyphoto.com or his blog at unsharpmasked.com

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Portraits and Photoshop: Matt

pnealey — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:22:15 +0000

Here is another corporate portrait done in a similar style (and an alternative) to the last two I posted. For several reasons, we opted to shoot the portraits on a neutral color and composite them in Photoshop with the backgrounds in post production. While its not always the best way to handle it, there are several advantages. For example a certain location may not be available because of weather or scheduling conflicts. And as you can see from the photos below you have way more flexibility and control over the final image.

Philip Nealey is an Omaha Nebraska based commercial Photographer and Photoshop expert, who would be happy to provide you with a new corporate portrait or headshot for any use including your social media profiles. See more work at nealeyphoto.com or his blog at unsharpmasked.com

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Photo: Geri’s portrait

pnealey — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:44:56 +0000

As a continuation of the Corporate portrait case study I recently posted here is another image in this series.

Recently I’ve been thinking more and more about the typical corporate head-shot. Granted there are a lot of good corporate photographers out there, but many of the portraits remind me of my old school yearbook pictures. Now I say “old” because now days there some pretty sophisticated school pictures — particularly senior portraits. In fact I would guess most business folks invest way more (or will) for their kids senior pictures than they would ever invest in a good corporate portrait. With the plethora of social networking — Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, etc. your photo may create the first impression someone forms of you. So what image do you want to project? Well… it’s something to think about at least.

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Stock Photo: Think Summer – Margarita

pnealey — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:18:24 +0000

As I look out my window here in Omaha Nebraska there is very beautiful softly falling snow. The trouble is, although I like snow, I think I’ve had enough this year. So this stock photo is for everyone (like me) who needs a few minutes to think thoughts of summer.

Notes on the Photography: This was a pretty simple set-up. Soft box and fill card. It did require some post processing to get the saturated colors I wanted. I used little egg-white to get the salt to stick to the rim nicely. One of the enjoyable aspects of stock photography is the ability to experiment with the shots. On this shot I liked the limited depth of field– I intentionally let the salt on the front of the glass go soft and kept the focus on the rear rim and the stem. If this were shot for a client, I might have had to hold the focus from front to back, and it would have changed the dynamics of the entire shot for me. When I am working with a client on an advertising assignment I take an entirely different approach. Rather than experimentation, the shot is driven by the clients objectives. My job is to produce a final image that combines the aesthetic the art director wants with the technical requirements of the client. To get to the desired result, it may take a combination of multiple shots and post-production work in photoshop. In the end my job is not only to make my client happy, but to make their job easier too.

This shot along with a similar take was used for a piece on many NBC affiliates web sties : NBC Summer drinks It can be licensed from Corbis here: Margarita on Corbis

Omaha Nebraska commercial Photographer and Photoshop expert Philip Nealey specializes in People, Lifestyle and food photography. See more work at nealeyphoto.com or his blog at unsharpmasked.com

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