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		<title>Christmas Card</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several people have asked me how we created this year&#8217;s Christmas card. All it requires is a little bit of creativity and some skill with Photoshop. Here are the steps I took to create the image. First you need a willing model, in this case Harriet, a Christmas tree, a cool skirt, a pair of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Several people have asked me how we created this year&#8217;s Christmas card. All it requires is a little bit of creativity and some skill with Photoshop. Here are the steps I took to create the image.</p>
<p>First you need a willing model, in this case Harriet, a Christmas tree, a cool skirt, a pair of angel wings and a digital camera.</p>
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Here is the original photo.<br />
<img src="http://www.randallphotography.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/xmas_card_1.jpg" alt="xmas_card_1" title="xmas_card_1" /></p>
<p>Next step is to tweak the development settings slightly in Lightroom and export the image to Photoshop. Once in Photoshop I ran a couple of RAD actions on the image. First Sparta at 50% and then Bullet Tooth, also at 50%.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.randallphotography.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/xmas_card_2.jpg" alt="Copyright Randall Photography"/><img src="http://www.randallphotography.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/xmas_card_3.jpg" alt="Copyright Randall Photography"  /></p>
<p>Add a little Ying/Yang to pull out the detail in the wings and to darken the background. A slight adjustment in levels followed by some cloning to fill in the fire and to add some more lights on the tree :-)</p>
<p><img src="http://www.randallphotography.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/xmas_card_3b.jpg" alt="Copyright Randall Photography" /><img src="http://www.randallphotography.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/xmas_card_5.jpg"  alt="Copyright Randall Photography" /></p>
<p>Add 3 layers of textures at various opacities to achieve desired looked. Final image adjustment with a curves layer to reduce the red dominance and to add contrast.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.randallphotography.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/xmas_card_7_textures.jpg" alt="Copyright Randall Photography" /><img src="http://www.randallphotography.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/xmas_card_8_curves.jpg"  alt="Copyright Randall Photography" /></p>
<p>Finally add the &#8220;Angel&#8221; text at 25% opacity. Here is the finished image next to the original.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.randallphotography.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/xmas_card_9_finish.jpg" alt="Copyright Randall Photography Ltd" /><img src="http://www.randallphotography.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/xmas_card_1.jpg" alt="xmas_card_1" title="xmas_card_1" /></p>
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