Friday Formulas

Sands was a little bit yellow for this pic so I added a subtle bit of Plum underneath to bring the warmth in the skintones back! 

I love this effect!

 Sands and Plum are both available for £5 each here.

Categories: Combining Actions, Creamy Action, Devlin's Actions Set 4, Devlin's Actions Set III, Friday Formulas, Layering Actions, Plum Action, Sands Actions

Friday Formulas

Well this week I've decided it's time to acknowledge that Summer is over!! BUT you can still add some sunshine to your pics, our Sunshine action brightens perfectly and blends beautifully with other actions...

Plum is available for £5 here or as part of Set 3 here. Sunshine is available as part of Set 1 + 2 here.

Categories: Brightening Actions, Combining Actions, Devlin's Actions Set I and II, Devlin's Actions Set III, Friday Formula, Photoshop Actions, Plum Action, Sunshine Action

Action Of The Week: Cinnamon Toast

Mmmmmm... Cinnamon Toast! This little action adds warmth and creaminess to photos. 

We love it on this portrait at Buxted Park...

Categories: £5 Actions, Action Of The Week, Cheap Actions, Cinnamon Toast Action, Devlin's Actions Set III

Friday Formulas

This week's Friday Formula is super tasty - Toffee Apple mixed with action of the week Chocolate Milkshake...

Categories: Chocolate Milkshake Action, Devlin's Actions Set III, Friday Formulas, Toffee Apple Action

Action Of The Week: Chocolate Milkshake

Are you a fan of Vanilla Milkshake? Well here's it's richer, creamier cousin as Action Of The Week! Chocolate Milkshake! Try it at various opacities to find the right look for you...

Categories: £5 Actions, Action Of The Week, Cheap Actions, Chocolate Milkshake Action, Creamy Action, Devlin's Actions Set III, Photoshop Actions

Friday Formulas

Today we've combined 2 über-favourites of ours, Mint Julep and Jaffa Cake. 2 gorgeous actions individually and even prettier when combined...

Buy Jaffa Cake and Mint Julep for £5 each here.

Categories: Cheap Actions, Combining Actions, Creamy Action, Devlin's Actions Set 5, Devlin's Actions Set III, Friday Formulas, Jaffa Cake Action, Mint Julep Action

Action Of The Week: Earl Grey

We have a gorgeous black and white action for you today... the lovely Earl Grey from Set III.

A twist on a classic that's great for adding a richness to your black and white images.

Categories: Action Of The Week, Black and White Actions, Classic Actions, Devlin's Actions Set III, Earl Grey Action

Friday Formulas

We always seem to get starstruck by Silverback from Set III and thus completely forget about Earl Grey! I thought it was time to show it off again for today's Friday Formula...

Buy Earl Grey as part of Set III here.

And get Basic Haze for FREE here.

Categories: Basic Haze Action, Black and White Actions, Devlin's Actions Set III, Earl Grey Action, Free Action, Friday Formulas

In Action: Jayne Sacco

Today we're sharing with you some very lovely photographs taken of one half of Sacco & Sacco Photography by the other half of Sacco and Sacco Photography! Basically, Joe photographed by Jayne ;)

Jayne has used house faves Petal and Vanilla Milkshake to process these beautiful pics...

Click HERE to visit Sacco & Sacco Photography's Facebook page!

Categories: Creamy Action, Devlin's Actions Set III, In Action, Jayne Sacco, Petal Action, Photoshop Actions, Sacco and Sacco Photography, Vanilla Milkshake Action

Action Of The Week: Plum

Today we're adding Plum from Set III to our actions available for just £5 each. It really makes warm tones pop and gives a lovely overall hazy softness!

Categories: Action Of The Week, Cheap Actions, Colour Enhance Action, Devlin's Actions Set III, Hazy Actions, Photoshop Actions

Featured Actions: Vanilla Milkshake & Dusty Black and White

Lately I've been mixing up my processing and revisiting actions from Set I & II and Set III. I'd forgotten how much I LOVE Dusty Black and White from Set I & II and I think you all know how much I love Vanilla Milkshake from Set III! These are the 2 actions I used on the lovely Fran and Jeff's wedding, the day wasn't heavily themed so I decided to knock my processing back a bit and use Vanilla Milkshake at 50% (I like to call it half fat!).

Here's a couple of pics from their day...

 (Vanilla Milkshake @ 50%)

(Dusty Black and White)
Click on the pics to view more from Fran and Jeff's English Village wedding.

Categories: Black and White Action, Classic Actions, Creamy Action, Devlin Photos, Devlin Photos Set I and II, Devlin's Actions Set III, Photoshop Actions, Vanilla Milkshake Action

Thursday Tip: Best Actions for Dark Pics

Last week I was talking about which actions I think are best for very bright photos, so today I thought I'd talk about which ones are best for dark pics. Now when I say dark obviously I don't mean under-exposed photographs but rather pics like this one below where there's no white dress and no sky and quite dark tones in the background.

Now the great thing about pics like this is that they can actually take the strong actions on better than bright photos and you're less likely to lose any content. I found that most of our actions worked on this particular photo but settled on these 8 as the best of the bunch!

Actions used:

From Set I & II - Basic Pop, Vintage Rose and Pistachio Haze

From Set III - Vanilla Milkshake and Petal

From Set IIII - Silver Plate, Super 8 and Malibu

Categories: Actions Advice, Actions for Dark Photos, Devlin Photos Set I and II, Devlin's Actions Set III, Devlins Actions Set 4

Thursday Tip: Best Actions for Bright Pics

I'm sure like us here at Devlin Photos Photoshop Actions you all have your favourites to use on specific types of photos, some are better at brightening a pic, others work best at knocking back warm tones, some are particularly flattering on skin tone etc etc. 

This week I've been experimenting with which of our actions are top for using on photographs that are already very bright (have lots of highlights or are shot into the light) and below is what I found! I think all these actions work really well on this photograph that Lisa shot of Claire into the low evening sun, 

Let me know what you think,

Actions used:

From Set I & II - Dusty Black & White and Chocolate Wash

From Set III - Mint Julep and Toffee Apple

From Set IIII - Stardust, Venice Beach and California

Categories: Actions for Bright Photos, Devlin Photos Set I and II, Devlin's Actions Set III, Devlins Actions Set 4, Shooting into the light

Featured Action: Silverback (Set III)

This has to be one of my favourite black and white actions of all time. I like to use something a little bit different to traditional black and white but also like to keep it classic. I think Silverback really fits the bill for this. It softens an image but also adds atmosphere. Below is an example from a wedding I used it on recently...

(click on the image to see all the pics from this wedding)

Silverback is available as part of Set III and we have also created a variation of it with added grain (Casablanca) for our new Set IIII. 

Categories: Black and White Actions, Devlin Photos Set 4, Devlin's Actions Set III, Silverback Action