In this new Photoshop tutorial I will show you how to darken a photo and to obtain a more obscure photo effect, with less saturated colors. As you can see in the preview image the idea is to make de background dark and to lighten some areas/models. By adding this shady effect, you can clearly see that the mood of the image changes dramaticaly. This photo effect works great especially for people photography, action photography, portraits and so on. Actually I have tried to recreate the effect achieved by Brooke Shaden in one of her photos, from the serie "Frozen in Water" that you can see below. This photography shoot is all about beauty in darkness. It is a mixture between light and dark to create this misterious look.