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Emily Portrait Large

Dealing with Underexposed Images

Emily at just 15, has a great modelling career ahead of her. On this photograph, the studio lights did not fire, and the image was seriously underexposed. Using Photoshop, I managed to pull back the features, lighten it up and when converted to B and W, looked fantastic.

Sometimes, with a little help and guidance, and the right software, you can turn what you thought was a disaster into not only a keeper, but what turned out to be a favourite of both myself AND Emily's parents! You can read more on these Photoshop tips on the Photoshop hints and tips page. This is now a massive A1 canvas print on Emilys parents' wall!

Now this is something I wouldn't normally do, and would CERTAINLY never show to the client.

This is the original photograph of Emily.

As you can see it is well under-exposed, but of this particular sequence of shots, this was one of the nicest with regard to expression and composition.

Camera: Canon EOS 20D

Lens: Canon EF 70-200L IS USM F2.8 @200mm

ISO: 100

Exposure: 50th/sec

Aperture: F2.8

Light Source: Available Natural Light

Camera Setting: Manual

Software Used: Adobe Photoshop CS

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Emily Portrait Large

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