ABSTRACT
In the days of film photography, Photoshop users would often use Polaroids as a way to test the lighting and show clients a preview of how the image would look. ‘Briefs’ run the gamut om a highly detailed and exact rendering of what will be executed by the photographer, to a rough guide as simple as telling users whether the image is vertical or horizontal – and even that can sometimes evolve. Shooting in the studio with controlled lighting can lead to wonderfully lit still-life images. But users are often faced with the realities of optics and physics, and the difficulties of getting light exactly where they want it. There are some caveats: Photoshop users really should have a very stable shooting platform and it’s ideal to keep the lighting rather simple. However, with the Photoshop CS4’s auto-align function this has become less mission critical.
