Colour and bodge/burn technique

[mrjohn88]

I just wonder how this this 2 wedding photographers do retouch his work?

http://www.cmleung.com

I try with dodge and burn but i dont get kind of effect and colour like that , guy...mind u share me ?

Apperciate for your kind reply.

Thanks

[mrjohn88]

bump...anyone update for this?

[oneredpanther]

Could you be more specific about which aspect of their work you are trying to replicate?
There are many many photos, all totally different. There is colour toning, split toning, HDR, compositing, tonal contrast, dodge and burn, many other things.

There is no single 'effect' that will unlock a solution to emulate an entire collection of work.

[mrjohn88]

Hi , thanks for your reply .

u would feel those photos do have his own unique style .

the sky look pop ,he even can turn a cloudy day into just before the storm comming.

the colour look vintage someore, the toning also ...... sepia but dont really look sepia? it's really give me kind of fineart feel.

the enchancing look special , i believe it's would be just adding contrast , simple colour balance or hue/sat will do .

i try to dodge and burn and many more but i cant get kind of effect like that .

do u know any forum or any talking about those technique stuff for wedding photograph ?

[oneredpanther]

Although I wouldn't normally advocate shortcuts, given the wide range of toning adjustments you might do well to check out the Color Efex Pro 3.0 package by Niksoft. They have a 15-day trial that probably contains 90% of what you're trying to achieve.

Incidentally, you originally posted two links but I can see have now removed the first one. I didn't have the patience to view more than one photo on the terrible and excruciatingly slow CM Leung website so can't really comment on that.

[mrjohn88]

Yep i got the software .