May 29, 2020
Photographer Spotlight
Our challenge for week 4 was PORTRAITS and my goodness, you all delivered! The submissions to this challenge were incredible and varied!
For this blog post we are showcasing the pictures that you loved the most in the community group!
May 21, 2020
Photographer Spotlight
Today I want to introduce my friend Yinsey whom I’ve had the pleasure of shooting and working with in the past. A creative soul, Yinsey spends her days working as a lawyer and any time out side of work she’s cooking up and executing creative ideas!
May 19, 2020
Photographer Spotlight
Last week’s creative challenge theme was COMPOSITION.
With this challenge we wanted to see how you used Photoshop to bring your visions to life! That includes everything from expanding shots, adding elements into a shot, changing backgrounds, and so on!
May 11, 2020
Photographer Spotlight
Last week’s theme was MADE AT HOME.
With this challenge we wanted you to share your artistic endeavours in order to inspire, motivate, and just get us reaching for the glue gun!
Well, you did it! Here are some of our favourite submissions from the group!
April 30, 2020
Photoshop
You are invited to edit along with Bella Kotak in real time as she creates her striking color palettes step by step. We will be using Photoshop for the entire process!
April 27, 2020
Photographer Spotlight
In April, while many of us are on lockdown at home, we decided to start weekly challenges in our Facebook groups! Fairytales and Fantasy; The Color Lab Collective.
Last Monday we invited our community to submit their spring/ floral images, both new and old. The goal is to inspire, motivate, and connect with each other!
April 27, 2020
Color grading
Hello everyone, Bella Kotak here! I’m so excited to introduce you to our brand new website! It’s our goal to expand our focus to include …
September 8, 2019
Color grading
Capturing a cinematic portrait is often about more than just the hours of planning and hard work that comes before you press the shutter button. …
February 19, 2019
Color grading
A few weeks ago we invited our community over on our Facebook group to submit your before images for some free color grading and chance …
July 29, 2018
Photographer Spotlight
Action used: Desert Sand & Regal Our latest spotlight is photographer Alana Lee! We first came across Alana’s work in our Color Lab Facebook group. We …
March 11, 2018
Photographer Spotlight
Regina Wamba is a photographer who is a person I think everyone should know. From her fantasy work to her book covers, she has a beautiful balance to what she produces. Regina is a member of our community and a personal friend of ours as well. We were curious to see what her views on color were, finding her “voice” with color, inspiration, and how she uses some of our actions! We’re always curious on how other artists see the world.
March 9, 2018
Color grading
I never used to think much of actions, because of my experience with others. After learning just how invaluable these were from the community as a learning asset and creative tool, I had to share the 7 reasons I learned.
February 25, 2018
Uncategorized
I’m so honored to be able to interview Stef King today! She’s a photographer based out of Australia and she’s amazing at everything she shoots. From beauty, fashion, portraits, on-location work, and more, she does it very well. Her sense of color style is gorgeous and when I saw how wonderfully she used our actions, we wanted to hear more about her work and about how she uses the actions in her workflow!
February 20, 2018
Photographer Spotlight
Jonny’s is someone who you will never forget once you know about him. Not only is his work awesome, but you can tell his passion from seeing his work! He always showcases some of our actions in a great way and we wanted to see what color means to him by asking him about it and how he uses some of our actions in his work.
January 22, 2018
Photographer Spotlight
Today we sit down with my friend Siegart von Schlichting! Her fantasy work is beautiful and the way she crafts colors inspires us. With what she posts in our Facebook group regularly, we were intrigued to find out what color means to her and how she uses actions in the process.
November 19, 2017
ActionsPhotoshop
One of the reasons I like color toning actions is because it gives me a starting point in what direction to go. Since I don’t have a precise idea of what I like, it’s a fast and great way to get suggestions on what options are possible! I find my own personal strength to be skin retouching, but the idea of color eludes me unless I have outside references. Here is how I utilize actions as references.
August 8, 2017
ActionsPhotoshop
An over the shoulder look as Bella Kotak demonstrates using the Vermilion Photoshop Action to colour tone an image.