"How do you make your photos look so vibrant?"

That's one of many questions I get in my page's inbox regarding my figure photography. I guess that's already my distinctive style, I really like vibrant colors. It adds depth to my figure photos, as it makes them look cheery, bright and alive at the same time.

I'm currently editing a batch of photos from my recent photoshoot with Kotobukiya's Leafa, and you may notice this when I'm done posting the entire set haha. So today I'll be sharing my editing technique in boosting the photos' vibrance; I call it Pinkcheeks Color Pop! (nyahahaha I just made that up, heck, I do this everytime I edit photos XD). I always use this as a finishing touch after doing all the master editing on my photo. Most landscape photographers do this technique too to make the details and colors pop out. Since I used to take landscape photography before, I might as well use the same technique in figure photography. :)

So here's how you do the Pinkcheeks Color Pop in just five easy steps. You may do this before and after do you edit your photos, it's up to you if you're gonna follow my style. ;) Let's get started!

1. Open your photo in photoshop and on the Layer tab, click Duplicate Layer.