How to Create a Rim Light Effect Using Photoshop
Lighting is a huge integral part of a movie’s success. The same applies to photography. It’s all about the light or lack of it to create the drama in an image. Rim lighting, as the term suggests, is...
View Article3 Handy Lightroom Features I Discovered by Accident
When I first started to dabble in photography, I knew very little about post-processing. I used Picasa to edit my photos. It’s free and easy to use. I experimented with the different settings and...
View Article3 Ways to Make Selective Color Portraits Using Lightroom and Silver Efex Pro 2
Selective coloring is a post-processing technique where you convert an image to black and white, but leave part of it in color. It has a bad reputation because it can be used to create some truly...
View ArticleFour Advantages of Using Lightroom Collections
In this article, I will explain Lightroom Collections, a very powerful cataloging feature. We’ll focus on how using Lightroom Collections and Collection Sets can help you build a significant portfolio...
View ArticleHow to Create and Use a Metadata Preset in Lightroom
It’s 2017 and it’s probably time you updated (or created) a Metadata Preset to add your copyright information to all your photos. In this article, you’ll learn how to edit a Metadata Preset, and how to...
View Article5 Common Post-Processing Mistakes to Avoid
For today’s photographer, post-processing is a critical element of image making. Sure, when you first get started with digital photography, you might shoot in JPG mode and allow the camera to make...
View Article7 Little Known Lightroom Tools and Tips to Improve Your Editing Workflow
#1 – Visualize Spots Has this happened to you? You published online or printed a picture just to find out that you missed some dust or spots (be it from the camera sensor or on the photographed...
View ArticleHow to Turn Your Kids into Star Wars Characters Using Photoshop
Do your kids love Star Wars? Do you love photography? If so, here’s a great opportunity to join forces and turn your kids into Star Wars heroes or villains by giving them the ultimate Star Wars weapon,...
View ArticleHow to Turn Your Kids into Star Wars Characters Using Photoshop
Do your kids love Star Wars? Do you love photography? If so, here’s a great opportunity to join forces and turn your kids into Star Wars heroes or villains by giving them the ultimate Star Wars weapon,...
View ArticleHow to do Digital Blending in Photoshop to Create a Composite Photo
Normally when talking about digital blending, people will first think of exposure blending. That is correct, but it can do more than that. There is several situations where digital blending can be very...
View ArticleOverview and Impressions of the new Macphun Luminar Software
An image edited using Macphun Luminar image editing software. At some point, after you pick up your first digital camera, the question of image editing arises. For years, the leader has been Adobe with...
View ArticleHow to Understand the Lightroom Tone Curve
With all the editing options available in the Lightroom Develop module it can be tough to know where to start when you pull up a picture and start making changes. The Basic panel covers elementary...
View ArticleThe New Imagely NextGEN Lightroom Plugin Will Rock Your WordPress World
It’s a new year and Imagely has released a great new Lightroom gallery plugin to make our lives easier. If you run your own photography website on WordPress, like countless other photographers, then...
View ArticleBasic Portrait Post-Processing Workflow Tips to Help You Save Time and Stay...
This article will walk you through some tips for how to set up a basic portrait post-processing workflow that can help you save time and stay organized. The problem When you’re new to photography,...
View ArticleWhy Learning the Pen Tool in Photoshop is Worth the Effort
Recently, I had a conversation about the selection tools in Photoshop and which one would be best for isolating an image from the background. The main bone of contention my colleague had with the Pen...
View ArticleHow to Create a Solid Backup Strategy for Your Photos
Most people take reasonable precautions when engaging in activities that are potentially unsafe or harmful, like wearing seat belts in a car or even washing your hands before eating. The benefits of...
View ArticleHow to Create an Antique Photo Look Using a Lemon and Layer Masks in Photoshop
Layers were presented for the first time in Adobe Photoshop in version 3.0, which launched in 1994. We take them for granted nowadays, but they were a total game changer at the time as they allowed...
View ArticleAn Overview of Lightroom Web – What is it and who is it for?
Lightroom CC subscribers can access Lightroom in three places; on a computer using the desktop app, on a tablet or phone using Lightroom Mobile, or through an internet browser, using Lightroom Web (go...
View ArticleCreative Use of the Radial Filter in Lightroom
Back in 2013, which is about two thousand years as far as digital photography is concerned, the folks at Adobe introduced a brand new tool into the kit of Lightroom 5. That tool is the Radial Filter...
View ArticleComplete Step By Step Wedding Photography Workflow
You may have spent months planning a wedding with your client. After countless emails, meetings, and the actual wedding day itself; it’s time for the lengthiest part of your work to begin, the...
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