{"id":4876,"date":"2015-10-21T19:43:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T18:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=4876"},"modified":"2015-10-21T19:43:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T18:43:18","slug":"photoshop-vs-make-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=4876","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop vs Make-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re shooting any kind of portrait, the value of good quality make-up can\u2019t be underestimated. For example, editing time can be massively reduced in family photo shoots by applying a little powder to reduce shiny skin on men. More creative photo shoots often demand more elaborate make-up and whilst I always try and get things as good as possible in camera, I do enjoy a spot of Photoshop fun.<\/p>\n<p>So I decided it put make-up and Photoshop head to head in a battle to see which was better. You can see the results in the video below.<br \/>\n[youtube]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PUWY5jvCdG4[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong> Photoshop<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nFor a single photo, given enough time and skill it\u2019s perfectly possible to create the effect of bruises. In fact using tools such as liquify I could create some pretty convincing swelling that make-up alone couldn\u2019t do.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4878 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-2-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"MUA-vs-PS-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-2-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-2-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-2-625x352.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-2-180x101.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-2-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-2-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course the downside is I\u2019d need to do this to every photo and there are plenty of make-up styles that would be far harder (if not impossible) to recreate in post-production.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><br \/>\nMake-Up<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nGive the choice, this is the way to go. An experienced make-up artist will be able to create amazing looks and once applied the make-up is there shot after shot, after shot.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4879 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-3-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"MUA-vs-PS-3\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-3-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-3-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-3-625x352.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-3-180x101.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-3-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-3-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course there\u2019s no reason why Photoshop and make-up can\u2019t be combined and that has the potential to take your portrait photography to a whole new level.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4877 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-1-640x329.jpg\" alt=\"MUA-vs-PS-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-1-640x329.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-1-200x103.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-1-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-1-625x321.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-1-180x92.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-1-960x493.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-1-350x180.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MUA-vs-PS-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re shooting any kind of portrait, the value of good quality make-up can\u2019t be underestimated. For example, editing time can be massively reduced in family photo shoots by applying a little powder to reduce shiny skin on men. More creative photo shoots often demand more elaborate make-up and whilst I always try and get &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=4876\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Photoshop vs Make-Up<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[76,23,189,34,37,78,24,3],"class_list":["post-4876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos","tag-adorama","tag-featured","tag-olympus","tag-photoshop","tag-portrait","tag-speedlight","tag-spotlight","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4876"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4884,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4876\/revisions\/4884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}