A Guide to Black and White Conversion in Photoshop
Black and white photography is as popular as ever. If you’re one of the many photographers who adore it, you know why that is the case. On one hand, black and white conversion removes the distraction...
View ArticleHow to Quickly Remove Dirt Spots Using Median in Photoshop
You’ve rolled out your white background for your shoot; whether it’s vinyl or paper. It’s a bit dirty from shoes, but you’re under pressure to get the shoot done, so you carry on regardless. When the...
View ArticleHow to Create an Infrared Effect in Photoshop
Note: For this tutorial I am using Photoshop CS6, however every version from CS2 up will work for this technique. What is Infrared Photography? Infrared (IR) light lies just beyond the visible...
View Article3 Ways to Make a Sky Selection Using Photoshop
There are many reasons why you would like to select the sky in your image using Photoshop. Maybe you would like to replace it, to add details, change the contrast, etc. Selections give you a precise...
View ArticleHow to Process a Black and White Landscape Photo Using Lightroom
The process of converting a color landscape photo into a black and white image using Lightroom goes beyond changing the treatment to black and white. That’s just the start. From there you have to tweak...
View ArticleTop 5 Nik Collection Filters to Improve Your Landscape Photos
One of the best image editing programs available right now happens to be free. The Nik Collection by Google is a desktop photo editing software that was recently declared free of charge earlier this...
View ArticleTips for Understanding the Lightroom Adjustments Panel
Lightroom can be an intimidating program. Even longtime users sometimes find themselves confused at all the options or unsure of exactly what to do to achieve a specific type of look for their...
View ArticleHow to Save and Use Stackable Lightroom Presets
Lightroom presets are basically post-processing shortcuts that can save you tons of time and really speed up your editing workflow. They allow you to save a particular set of edits and apply them later...
View Article2 Simple Methods for Adding Color to Your Images Using Photoshop
Most of us have experienced photographing an incredible sunrise or sunset only to get home and realize that the colors in your images are not nearly as good as the colors you witnessed with your own...
View ArticleTips for Using the Blur Filters in Photoshop
For most photographers before they even press that shutter button, they have already pictured the type of shot in their heads. What exactly do I mean by that? Well for example, a sports photographer...
View Article4 of the Most Important Elements of the Lightroom Library Module
When I read through photography forums or talk to other photographers the topic of image editors often comes up. People give various opinions and thoughts about which one they prefer. Photoshop,...
View ArticleHow to Take Your Portrait Photos From Good to Great with a Single Click
Do you enjoy portrait photography? Are you a Lightroom user? You’re going to love what we’ve just released today! It’s our all new Adobe Lightroom® presets bundle: 101 Lightroom Portrait Presets. With...
View ArticleLightroom’s Secret Weapon: The Radial Filter and How to Use it
Back when Lightroom 5 was released, Adobe included an extremely useful tool called the Radial Filter. However, the name wasn’t particularly clear about what it could do, so many people still have yet...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Photoshop Layers Possibilities and Properties
When Photoshop was first introduced to the world in 1990 it could only do the most basic of image editing tasks such as clone a selection, crop a picture, and work with some filters such as Blur, High...
View ArticleHow to Correct Skin Tones Using Lightroom’s Color Curves
Lightroom gives you a million and one ways to complete most photo edits. Having options is important. No two photos are alike, so no two edits are alike either. In this article, I’ll show you how to...
View ArticleHow to do Non-Destructive Editing in Photoshop
Picture this, you are about halfway through editing a beautiful urban landscape in Photoshop. You’ve already put hours into the image when suddenly you notice that a particular area of the image...
View ArticleHow to Make a Sketch Inside a Photograph
This is one of those tutorials that’s great to play around with, maybe do it once or twice. But in the end, the thing they are great for is that they always teach you something. It may not be much, but...
View ArticleHow to Add a Sun Flare to Your Images Using Photoshop
If you read my previous article where I give you some tips for doing more spectacular sunset photography, you’ll understand that I love taking photos during the magic hour. For my portraits, I also...
View ArticleHow to Sharpen Your Photos using Lightroom and Nik Efex
Do you want to take razor sharp photos? One of the best methods for creating tack sharp images is what I call The 20/20 Technique. It’s a process that combines the editing power of Adobe Lightroom and...
View ArticleReview: Neat Image 8 Noise Reduction Software
In the early days of digital cameras, noise was a much bigger problem than it is these days. DSLRs routinely top out at high ISO ratings that film shooters and early DSLR users could only dream of. In...
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