See how I created this image of a conductor using Lightroom, Photoshop, and ending with one of my custom edges. I start by showing my develop settings in Lightroom to get this crunchy but clean b&w look, then using Photoshop I Read More …
Category: Tutorials
Tutorials
What’s Your ‘Pre-Flight’ Checklist for your Camera?
At the beginning of any photo shoot and occasionally during the shoot, you need to have a system of checking the various settings on your camera. Just as you would do before taking off in a plane, you should have a specific list Read More …
Artist of Light, Light Like a Master – 3 Hour Video Tutorial Now Available!
It’s here! Photographers who’ve attended my workshops have asked for something they could take home that covers my lighting program, which is the biggest and most important part of photography. This is it, over 3 hours of training, broken up into bite-size Read More …
Creating a Faux Snow Scene Quickly in Photoshop
Turning a beautifully lit and un-retouched studio portrait into a gorgeous snow scene can be done quickly with some specific Photoshop tricks. Learn some fast Photoshop extraction techniques, see how I use the lens filter gallery to create a great Read More …
The 3Fs of Mixing Flash with Sunlight
New Photoshop CC Feature: Perspective Warp
Adobe has just released some new features for Photoshop CC. These are major updates, so make sure you run your updater. One new big feature is Perspective Warp. It allows you to create a 3D mesh around objects in a Read More …
New Photoshop CC Feature: Linked Smart Objects
If you have Photoshop CC, run your update because there are some new features including this one, the ability to not just embed an image in another file, but now you can LINK a photo into another file. This is Read More …
Photoshop’s Camera Shake Reduction & Sharpen
New Features to Photoshop CC – Jan 2014
Photoshop CC has just been updated through your Creative Cloud updater to include the following: Perspective Warp makes it easy to manipulate multiple perspectives in your image while keeping the rest of the image intact. Linked Smart Objects allow you Read More …
Using Photoshop to Add Rain to a Photo
Sometimes you have a rainy day, but you need to accentuate the rain in the image because it won’t photograph they way you think it will. See how I create rain from scratch and blend it into an image so Read More …
How I Created My New Christmas Card, A Self Group Portrait
Sometimes when I speak, I show my company Christmas card that I send out to my clients. For the last few years they’ve all been group portraits of me, but in the studio. My idea is that it’s a funny Read More …
The Value of a Portrait, My Birthday Self Portrait
Being a photographer and selling photographs means understanding the value of a portrait. But often photographers value portraits for others (our clients), but don’t always fully value portraits for ourselves. Do you disagree with this notion? Ask yourself, when was Read More …