Before and After Video

February 13, 2010 - 7:31 pm John - Biff, Thanks a lot for taking the time and putting in the effort to share this video with us. I enjoy watching other photographer's work and seeing their workflows. Since you asked for feedback, I thought I would share mine with you. I've only been working on Photoshop for about 8 months, and not full time either, so please keep that in mind as you read my comments. From a production standpoint, I thought it was very good! It looked good and sounded good. Easily to the level of other training videos I've seen, even the ones I pay for. Good job. Your explanations of why you were making adjustments & how you went about them were easy to follow and made sense to me. The one area I'd make for improvement, and here's where my inexperience with photoshop comes in, I had a hard time following what you were doing to make different actions and layer's appear. I know that the keyboard shortcut for levels is command L, but I wasn't sure if that was what you were pressing or if you had something else that you were doing. The same with some of the other items, the dodging & burning, the totally rad action you used… I guess a little more explanation about how you were interacting with Photoshop would be appreciated. Again, it was a very well done video with your thought process clearly stated and easy to follow. Thanks!

February 15, 2010 - 8:39 am Phil Holbrook - Biff, what a great video. I really enjoyed watching your process. It's always interesting to me to see how someone else works when they are really good at what they do. Thanks.

February 15, 2010 - 9:42 am Amy Locke - Awesome video Biff! Makes me realize I have a LOT to learn :p

February 15, 2010 - 11:06 am Mandi Yliniemi - Thanks Biff - So nice of you to share your amazing knowledge. Interesting to see how you do things. Great job on the video. I like how it is casual - like you are sitting here showing me in person.

February 15, 2010 - 12:16 pm Andrea Baumann - Very nice, very nice. I agree with Mandi. I like the casual tone of the video. It puts the listener at ease. I think that the overall technique is very attainable for most–even beginner–with a little studying up on tools, actions etc. Would you consider this proof stage, final art stage, or where exactly...? It must be beyond proof, as doing that with 1,000 images would be super time intensive. Thanks again for all you do!

February 15, 2010 - 4:58 pm John Hoel - Biff thank you so much for taking your time and doing this. So helpful and really illustrates what a class act you are that you are willing to share your expertise. On a funny note I think it might be a good idea to do a series of these videos for your couples so they understand the amount of time and attention to detail that goes in to just one image. Your artistry goes far beyond when the shutter closes.

February 17, 2010 - 4:10 pm Aimee - wow biff! i have been following your images for quite sometime. this workflow is wonderful to watch! i love seeing the similarities and differences compared to what i do. i think you did really great with your teaching and i really hope you do more of these!