When I was in college I took a photography class, and one of my favorite sections was proving your photos. In this section you would create a photo of something you owned, and show it to a class of people who hadn’t touched the item in months, and you would have to use the same photo of the same thing in all of these different situations.
Proof photography is much like the photo-realism movement before it. You can see how a photo looks in a certain light when you look at it, and how it looks at a different angle, and you can even compare it to how it would look in the real world. However, most of the people I met in class were totally clueless as to what was going on.
If I was going to do proof photography, I would first have to shoot a couple of pictures of the same thing in the same light, then send those to a couple of different places, and then send a few more to a couple of different labs. I would then have to take a closeup, and use the same lenses, and the same editing software, and then post them all up on my website with a banner.
I had a long talk with my dad who had a great deal of experience in this field.
So first off, you really have to have the right equipment to do good quality proofs. You also have to have an understanding of how to work with the different types of proofing software, especially the ones that use different things. There are so many different kinds of proofing software, and the differences between the things can really change the way you’ll get the right look. But for proof photography, I would recommend using Lightroom, because it lets you choose from a number of different presets.
Photoshop is the main tool used for proofing, but Lightroom is also a great option. I like using Photoshop because it has the ability to add effects to specific elements, like text boxes, that you can’t do in Lightroom. For example, I can add a shadow to any part of a photo that I want to, which Lightroom can’t do. That’s where Photoshop comes in, letting you do that.
The other thing I love about Photoshop is its tools for creating text. It has a very powerful text tool that lets you insert text into images. This lets you create very detailed text that your viewer won’t see on their screen, but that you can still easily edit. It’s an awesome tool that can be applied to a lot of different projects in Photoshop.
Also, once you have text in an image, you can easily apply borders, lines, and even gradients. This is something that Lightroom, Aperture, and even Photoshop do not have.
I use Photoshop a lot, because it lets me apply really nice text to any image. But, it’s also great for creating very detailed photos. But, if you want to take your photos to a different level, Photoshop also comes with a lot of other tools. I’m not going to go into much detail here, but you can see my full Photoshop tutorial here.
Photoshop is great for making pretty images, but it’s also a great tool for making really detailed images. And that’s exactly what Lightroom is doing with its “proof” feature. It’s the ability to simply apply a border, a line, or a gradient to an image, and then have it magically appear in the image.