What Actions are these 2 photographers using?

[dawn_stoloff]

<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>I've been DYING to know what type of action this photographer is using on all her images:<br>

http://simplybloomphotography.com/<br>

This is the kind of quality I would like to reach. It seems it's the same action on pretty much ALL the photos,. That warm tone effect. It makes the photos look high end and timeless. It brings down the highlights and warms them up...simply GORGEOUS. Does anyone out there know the SECRET?</p>

<p>Here is an other photographer who I admire, who seems to be using the same effetc!</p>

<p>http://www.blogjerry.com</p>

<p>Thanks for your time everyone!</p>

<p>Dawn Stoloff<br>

[mark_t5]

<p>u going to have to be more specific... as in particular images.. there are too many images with different styles in the websites to know which one you are talking about... at least for me that is</p>

[mgk1966]

<p>Try asking them or check their blogs if they discuss their PP styles. I doubt any of these professionals use cookie-cutter templates.<br />SimplyBloom looks like they desaturate most of their images and have low contrast and low black levels, gravitating to a warmer balance.<br />Jerry Yoon looks like he mixes it up a bit, but isn't very heavy handed with the post processing. <br />Dawn looks like she bumps up brightness/exposure as well as the blacks, making for high-contrast images with intentionally blown out highlights. Sometimes slightly warm as well.</p>

[picturesque]

<p>I would say no actions--just 'regular' Lightroom or PS controls. Also, on the first photographer, flare, which is in camera. Why don't you write and ask them? The last time we had a thread speculating about actions and processing, there was a lot of speculation, most of which turned out to be wrong.</p>

[dawn_stoloff]

<p>Hey Mark,<br>

You're right here we go:<br>

<a rel="nofollow" href="http://simplybloomphotography.com/" target="_blank">http://simplybloomphotography.com/</a><br>

Here are 2 images where you can clearly see what I mean. Go to their BLOG. Scroll down a bit to the Boudoir shoot. Look at the photo of the playboy mags on the sheet, and the 2 images below. The sheet instead of being white, has a milky orange tone. it seems to me, they use that effect on most of the images.<br>

Let me know if you need more specific info, thanks for taking the time!</p>

[mark_t5]

<p>those 2 images are pretty much what matthew said.. desaturate a bit, warm the pic, and lower contrast a bit too.<br>

most likely they simply adjusted the parameters in lightroom/photoshop and created a custom preset/action out of it.</p>

 

[david_schilling___chicago_]

<p>Kubota has an action set with some "Lord of the Rings" effects that will give that milky orange tone to a white sheet or a white dress. Sample: <a href="http://www.photo.net/photo/7552171">http://www.photo.net/photo/7552171</a> You can also vary the amount of each effect from alot, to little, to none by adjusting the opacity of each layer. There are many other ways to do it of course but this is where I'd start.</p>

[missy_kay]

<p>lux soft</p>

[g.e._masana]

<p>They don't look like Actions to me. There wouldn't be a one-action-fits-all images magic pill. simplybloomphotography appears to be using tecture overlays and that in itself lends color cast to the underlying image. The other photographer seems to be tweaking their colors, probably in PS.<br /> <br /> But "timeless"? I don't think so.</p>

[katie_odell1]

<p>Well, I will go against the grain here...For Simply Bloom - yes, they may just be doing this stuff in LR, but they could also be using Totally Rad Actions. Specifically, like Grandma's Tap Shoes, Lux, Faded and Claire-ify from TRA2. If you mix those actions up and play around with the opacity of the layers, you can get the same thing.</p>

[markkalkwarf]

<p>Try the Lux soft from TRA as suggested above. Will give you a similar effect. You can then tweak as required.</p>

[rachel_peek]

<p>Haven't tried Totally Rad Actions, but Nik Color Efex has some similar toning under cross-processing. Most of the pics definitely have low-contrast and some sort of saturation adjustments. Also, the clarity was possibly taken down in LR. You have to have a crisp shot to start out with, otherwise dropping the contrast, black level and clarity may cause it to end up looking too soft.</p>

[karl_knographer]

<p>It looks like it's a combination of several plug-ins, one for pastel, one for slective focus/swing lens, another for texture. This isn't hard to get to, but it's pretty well done. I have NIK color efex pro that I use for its bleach bypass effect and it has a pastel effect that I don't use but will get you part way there. The pastel effect has sliders for contrast, diffusion, saturation, highlight and shadow. The pastel version I've posted is just one click, default settings.</p><div></div>

[bohemianoasis]

<p>try tweaking the Red, Green, Blue channels of levels and curve in photoshop. works magic. i rarely use actions since editing is limited.</p>

[herma]

<p>www.gettotallyrad.com</p>

[liz_roy1]

<p>I love Simply Bloom and I have been playing around in PS forever trying to create the same look they have. I stumbled upon this action set that was on deviantart a while back and if you play the first action in the set (1) it makes a very similar look! It won't look great on blown out images, but otherwise it's beautiful. Hope this helps! <br>

http://www.mediafire.com/?frfdl2vnemu</p>

[monica_lewis3]

<p>I know for a fact they use Oeil's Actions:</p>

<p><a href="http://oeilactions.blogspot.com/">http://oeilactions.blogspot.com/</a></p>

<p>also, Red Leaf actions.</p>

[cale_nikian]

<p>it nice summer action, like this on http://www.kccactions.com/tutorials/ i like to play with that</p>