by Dennis | Mar 18, 2015 | Case Studies
How do you photograph a line of custom shoes before any have been made? Last Fall Nike partnered with Pendleton Woolen Mills to create a line of custom shoes to be featured on their NikeID website. The only trouble was since these were custom shoes, none of the them...
by Dennis | Nov 13, 2014 | Case Studies
I love working on movie posters! There is something cool about working on a campaign for a big block buster movie like the latest chapter in the X-Men series. Last Spring I had the pleasure of working on this character poster featuring the young and old Magneto for...
by Dennis | Aug 1, 2014 | Case Studies
Relaxed glamour should look effortless. But we all know true glamour takes work.So when Dallas based photographer Stewart Cohen, who creates some wonderfully glamorous shots, needed someone to add a touch of Photoshop Magic to make this image look effortless he called...
by Dennis | Apr 25, 2014 | Case Studies
Ask any retoucher what their number one arch nemesis is and they’ll probably say “Banding”! You know them, those curving lines separating each band of color as the tones go from light to dark. These bands are caused when each step in color stands...
by Dennis | Apr 16, 2014 | Case Studies
Bringing out the best in a Beauty shot like this calls for keeping the retouching work subtle. The trick is to strike the right balance between perfect and human. And this demands paying careful attention to make sure the skin keeps that natural texture while...
by Dennis | Feb 26, 2014 | Case Studies
When David Zaitz got the assignment from Dailey Advertising to create some photos for an upcoming campaign featuring Alive Multi-Vitamins he knew he’d need a little extra magic to get just the image he envisioned. And that was when he called me. The idea behind...
by Dennis | Nov 8, 2013 | Case Studies
When it’s a shot of someone like Gary Oldman it’s gotta look great! So when photographer Michael Murphree got the assignment to shoot Gary he called on me to help make sure everything looked just right. With shots like this much of the work involves making...
by Dennis | Oct 30, 2013 | Case Studies
The Digital Transformer, Dennis Dunbar: Compositing Secrets of the ProsJoin us on Saturday, November 9th for a workshop with Digital Transformer Dennis Dunbar!In this workshop Dennis shares many of the techniques he uses to make complex composite images from...
by Dennis | Sep 25, 2013 | Case Studies
Anyone who’s a fan of the movies knows that Color sets the tone and the mood of the movie. The same is true with photographs. The right color treatment can turn a good shot into a “Wow!” shot, adding just the right sense of drama that brings it to...
by Dennis | Sep 12, 2013 | Case Studies
When most people think of CGI images they think magical renders of perfect products where every detail pops out in just the right way. And while they’re right, a great image can be magical, getting that magical image can be just as much work with a CGI image as...
