puppet warp

Sometimes you as a photographer get it all wrong. A beautifull model all of a sudden does not look that beautifull anymore. It's not the fault of the model, it's yours, you made her look fat. watch the poses and watch the light and you'll probably end up with a nice picture.

But when you get it all wrong, fix it. I used to go into photoshop and start using the liquify tool, although it is a great tool, it does sometimes to much. It does not only fix the problematic part it also mess's up body parts or props which are closeby.

During one of my evening scrolls over the internet I found this interesting tool which gives you much more control when modifying body parts. It is called puppet warp. Since I can't show you, I 'll describe it 'steno' style.

Use the pen tool to make a rough selection around the problematic part (It's ok to make a large selection)
After finishing the path, make it into a selection (CTRL - ENTER)
Make a copy in a new layer of the selection (CTRL - SHIFT - C and CTRL - V )
Convert the new layer into a smart object.
Make a puppet warp of the smart object(Edit -> puppet warp)
Add anker points - click on the grid (anker points are points which will not move when dragging the grid)
Start dragging the grid points and watch what happens.

It takes some playing around with the tool, before you get the hang of it. But once you do, you will never go back to liquify again. Have fun.

Places

One of the biggest challenges when photographing outdoors in Belgium is finding a nice location. The second biggest challenge is to remember those locations. Therefore I have decided to keep track of these locations in this little post.

In this way not only I will not forget about them, but you all can profit of the list, if only I had followers :)

Locations:

Brussels:
Botanische tuinen (if you go on a quiet moment, you will be left alone)
Terkameren abdij (nice garden , have not been there don't know if you can get in trouble taking model shots overthere)
Hallerbos (On the outskirts of Brussels, this forest is worthwhile visiting when the hyacints are flourishing, end of april)
Vilvoorde: nieuwe voetgangersbrug over de E19

Antwerp:
MAS (Museum aan de stroom, This modern building offers lots of possibilities, outside, inside and on top of it)
Hangar 26 (when you are shooting at MAS, just look for Hangar 26, the backside of the building offers some interesting shoot oportunities)

Limburg:
C mine genk (Interesting location, because of the glass roof and old mining machines)