Originally posted by bkpix I'd love to see one of you gear/technique/PP geniuses out there deconstruct one of her photos and describe exactly how it was done. That could be a fun education for the rest of us.
I'm no genius, but I do have a post-processing technique that is similar to hers'...
Here's a photo of mine back in 2010, and that I think we have a similar process:
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So, how did I do this? The process in Photoshop is simple and is also called Layering:
1) You must have a subject with good lighting, lighting such as side lighting, back lighting.
2) Capture your subject in a spacious location.
3) In Photoshop, with Layering technique, I blur out all the background and foreground (using controlled Gaussian Blur) and leaving the subject clear. You must also leave a thin un-blured area where your subject is standing so it is to create a fake shallow depth of field (notice the sharp area in the ground).
4) I merge all the layers and duplicated another one then applied a fair amount of Gaussian Blur then reduce its Opacity down to 10-30% to give that soft look.
5) Merged all the layers again, then applied some coloring like exaggerating the yellows in the highlights and shadows and also adding some reds and greens..
You could attain better result if you shoot with a full frame camera and with a larger aperture to get a better and shallower DoF.