Hi, my name is Oveck,
and I'm a visual artist from New York City.
And today, I'm gonna give you 5 tips
on how to edit some creative portraits.
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Tip number 1, uh, would be definitely to
Don't be afraid to experiment with colors.
You can always change things, uh,
not because an orange is orange.
You know, don't be afraid to change it up
and give a different hue and...
And change things up a little bit.
Like, you know, play around with the harmony of the colors.
Tip number 2 would be definitely
the midtones, the shadows and the highlights.
Play around with those 3.
Those 3 will definitely open doors
to definitely infinite images
and different feels to the image.
So, don't be afraid of changing those thing around
and playing with the colors and the harmony of that.
Tip number 3. Motion blur.
Definitely this is something that people always ask me.
People ask me on Instagram. People ask me when I meet them.
And stuff like that.
And, uh, I go about different ways about doing this.
But one way I can go to is
I shoot different images,
and let's just say I shoot one image at a higher shutter speed,
then at a lower shutter speed,
and then at a lower, lower shutter speed.
And get different motions from the subject.
And especially when it comes to portraits.
So, I do that, and then I combine them on Photoshop.
I do that in a different way, but...
I can explain that in the next tip.
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Tip number 4.
Don't be afraid of using Photoshop.
Photoshop is a tool
At the end of the day, as a visual artist,
I use Photoshop, I use my camera,
I use [inaudible]
Like, I use many different things to achieve my goal.
So, as I mentioned before,
I combine 3 image together.
So, one of the ways I do that
is by creating 3 layers.
And, my main layer will be my subject
at a normal shutter speed,
you know, so that I can add the lower shutter speed to that.
And, by doing that, I create masks.
And I overlay the 3--
The other shutter, the lower shutter speed to the main picture, the main subject and create a mask.
And, with a brush--you can create a mask--and with a brush,
you can erase the desired, you know, thing that you wanna erase from the image,
so that, in the end, you create that
dreamy, movement that people always ask me about.
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Tip number 5.
Know when to walk away from the image. Um...
This is something that I do all the time.
I start on an image, and it could take me hours,
it could take me 5 minutes.
It really depends on the mood. It depends on many different things,
but I know that walking away from it when it's giving me a hard time
is very, is really important for the outcome of the image.
So, please know when to walk away.
Don't be afraid of that.
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Alright! So, I hope these 5 tips helped you in some way.
And, you know, if you have any suggestions or any tips or anything to that you wanna add to this,
please, I am more than welcome.
Like, I would love to hear it.
So, please do drop those in the comment section.
And, again, find me or my work
at any of the platforms,
you know, from Instagram, to YouTube, to whatever.
I mean, even my website, Oveck.us.
And I hope this was in any way a help
to create a creative portrait.
And yeah. I'll see you next time!
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