Beth Partain Forester is owner and operator of Forester Photography, a studio in the small town of Madison, West Virginia.
She is a graduate of Centre College of Kentucky and is currently serving as a board member for the Professional Photographers of West Virginia. She is also a member of the Professional Photographers of America where she holds the degree of Master of Photography.
Beth's interest in photography began soon after her daughter, Katherine, was born. In 1995 she turned her hobby into a business and opened a studio in her hometown. BethŐs studio specializes in creating digitally enhanced portraits. She is always striving to create something unique and original for each of her clients. She states, "I love the control I have over the final look of the portrait. The ability to put that little something extra into each image is a very rewarding experience."
In 2007, she decided to create a series of products especially for the professional photographer, which would serve as a "kit" for creating digitally unique portraits and products. Thus, the photoDUDS project was born.
In this tutorial, photographer Beth Forester shows you how to load a CSH file and use the CUSTOM SHAPE TOOLS, change colors on VECTOR PATTERNS, use VECTOR SHAPES used as a frame.
In this tutorial, photographer Beth Forester shows you how to use a texture to enhance a photograph in Adobe Photoshop. Using blending modes and selective blurring you can add dimension and depth to your portraits. Product used in this video: Worn, 16x20 Digital Textures
iDesign Baby Collage: part 1
In this video, Beth shows the pieces included in the photoDUDS iDesign Baby Collage and how to use some of the parts to sell a baby collage in your photography studio.
iDesign Baby Collage: part 2
Beth show you how to use the photoDUDS iDesign Baby Collage file in Adobe Photoshop after her client has filled in the DESIGN WORKSHEET.
Working with image masks
Watch Beth take an image mask from the photoDUDS Photographers Toolkit "Journey" to enhance a senior portrait.
Using an Overlay
Beth takes an overlay from the photoDUDS Photographers Toolkit "Ambience" to create a new look for an old backdrop.
Changing color in a Template
In this video Beth changes the color of a photoDUDS image gallery template from pink to blue. Using layer masking she shows you how to get the look that's right for your image.
Creating a Senior Grad
This video will walk you through the simple steps of adding photos to our photoDUDS Whimsy Grad Card templates.
Creating a template
This tutorial will show you how to create a gallery template using the photoDUDs overlays and background papers. This is especially helpful in creating the look of a mat around your gallery images.
Using Brushes with Ease
This tutorial shows how easy it is to use the photoDUDS brushes to enhance your images.
Creating a New Background
This tutorial will show you how to create a new background paper using the photoDUDS overlays.
Working with Overlays
This tutorial will show you how to add an overlay to your photo in order to create a totally new background for your image.
Loading and Using Brushes
This tutorial will show you how to load brush sets into Photoshop and how to apply them to your image.
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Changing Colors You can easily change the color of a BACKGROUND, OVERLAY or EMBELLISHMENT, with a non-destructive Hue/Saturation adjustment layer.
Click on the "create new fill or adjustment layer" icon at the bottom of the layers panel and select "Hue/Saturation" from the list.
Adjust the sliders in the color picker pop up to desired color.
Click OK.
If you have visible layers below the image you wanted to change, you will notice that they have also changed color. To avoid this, simply mask the image by Command/Alt clicking on the layer icon before creating a new adjustment layer.
With your image open, select the desired layer, by clicking on the layer name in the layers panel.
Loading Brushes Insert CD/DVD.
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In Photoshop, with your brush tool selected, go to the Options Bar at the top, click on the Brush Preset Picker (1)
Click on the pop-up menu (2).
Select Load Brushes (3).
Browse to and load the saved ABR file.
The brushes should now be visible in your Brushes Palette.
You may need to scroll down to see the newly added brushes.
(screenshot from Photoshop CS4)
Clipping Mask You can have a photo take the shape of another layer by creating a CLIPPING MASK [like shown here].
Select the “mask” layer in the Layers Panel, and go to LAYER > CREATE CLIPPING MASK.
OR a faster way...
Make a Clipping Mask in the layers panel by holding down OPTION [ALT] and position the pointer over the line in the Layers Panel dividing the “mask” and “photo” layers. When the pointer changes to two overlapping circles, CLICK.
The name of the "mask" layer will now be underlined, and the thumbnail for the "photo" layer is indented and shows the clipping mask icon [a tiny arrow].
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