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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
There are tricks to mixing flash with sunlight or any other ambient light. Here’s a video explaining the 3Fs, a trick to getting the perfect exposure with both the foreground and background perfect — manually!
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 …
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 CC offers you the ability to remove the blur created specifically by camera shake. See how I’ve used it on both a scenic image and a portrait.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …