View this email in your browser  Photo Tip: Try Flipping Your Images To Get More Effective Compositions Have you ever found yourself in a position where you can only take a picture from a set angle, often in a confined space? That's what photographer Bev Cameron faced when she took this lovely portrait of a horse in his stall. The view was narrow and the lighting difficult, with a not-very-attractive shadow on the left. Bev entered her retouched image (on the upper left) for a critique judging at her local Professional Photographers' Guild ( PPGF of South Florida). The judges gave the portrait a fairly high score. But, these nationally accredited  judges... Dick Robertson & Marty Grivjack...suggested to Bev that by flipping the picture horizontally she could turn a very good composition into a better one. The judges even did a quick back-and-forth comparison in Photoshop that they projected for the Guild attendees to see. Which treatment do you like best? Photos by Bev Cameron - Cooper City, Florida Upper Left - The Original Image Upper Right - Image Flipped Horizontally In Photoshop Above - The Flipped Image With a Small Aesthetic Crop Judges' Comments: The main compositional problem in the original picture, where the horse was looking to the right, was the vertical shadow on the left. Since the eye looks at a photo from left to right, the shadow detracted from the portrait; stopping the eye before it got into the picture. By flipping the image the shadow moved to the right side of the composition, where it created a soft, natural stop. How To Flip Images Horizontally In Photoshop go to Image > Image Rotation > Flip Canvas Horizontal. Telltales You'll Need To Watch Out For:   Writing in your pictures will read backwards. Watches will be on the wrong wrist and read wrong. Buttons on shirts will be on the wrong side. What To Do With Telltales In many cases you can just clone out writing or other indicators that the image was flipped. Select and flip the offending item back, superimposing it back on the image in a separate Photoshop layer. You can also choose to ignore the problem if it's not very significant or obvious.                                                         Our Goal Is To Give You Creative Choices - Simple, one click Photoshop work like this should be fairly easy for pros & advanced amateurs. You can always reverse an action. So, feel free to experiment. That's what makes digital photography so much fun! When you want to make beautiful prints use our ROES program for pros, power users and advanced amateurs. If you're a beginner try our easy-to-use consumer site iPrints.  If You Need Any Help... Please call us. Do you live in South Florida? Feel free to visit our laboratory store. We'll work one-on-one with you. Our Suggestion... Save this newsletter so that you can refer to it if and when you're ready to make a memorable print! Please share it with your friends. 2960 Simms St., Hollywood, FL 33020 (800) 327-1776 • (954) 925-0105 Customer Service Hours: M - F 10AM - 5PM • Sat 10AM - 2PM info@dalelabs.com www.dalelabs.com This message was sent to info@dalelabs.com by info@dalelabs.com 2960 Simms Street, Hollywood, Florida, 33020-1579 Unsubscribe | Manage Subscription | Forward Email | Report Abuse

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