Get It Straight – Using the Photoshop Ruler Tool

by D.A. Wagner

To shoot unnoticed, I frequently hold my camera casually, at waist level, and shoot using my intuition and guesswork. Knowing where to aim, but not seeing through my viewfinder or LCD, gives me uneven results and I have to make some corrections for the photo to look good. Here are two simple tricks – Ruler and Crop:

Inspiration, Tutorials

22 Amazing Examples of Firework Photography and How to Take Them

by Bill Jones

It’s that time of year again. Summer heat, backyard grilling, friends, family and of course FIREWORKS! Everybody loves a good fireworks display from the big city celebration to the backyard 4th of July cookout. Have you ever wanted to take photos of those wonderful displays in the sky? This article should not only inspire you but also inform you on how to achieve great fireworks display photography. Have Fun!

Tutorials

Seeing Old Work with New Eyes

by Warren Krupsaw

In Photoshop, if you know what you’re doing (which I don’t) there is the potential for all kinds of manipulation tempting even as straight a photographer as I thought I was, over to The Dark Side.

Tutorials

How to Achieve Porcelain Skin with Natural Airbrushing in Photoshop

by Christopher O’Donnell

Have you been dubbed the “Photoshop Whiz” in your family and have been put in the hot seat to make Aunt Matilda look youthful and vibrant? Or perhaps you are browsing through the shots you’ve recently taken of a client and now realize that the lighting was a bit too harsh. Worry not, because this tutorial will have your photos looking smooth, clear, and give you airbrushed skin that still looks “au naturel.”

Tutorials

Lightning Photography – A Primer

by Adam Bowman

Photographing lightning can be very rewarding and produce very nice images that have a great ‘wow’ factor. Capturing images of one of the most powerful displays that God built into nature takes some planning and patience. This quick tutorial will show you how to use some basic equipment to translate a few million of watts of electricity into a few million pixels.

Tutorials

Helpful Tricks for Restoring an Under Exposed Image in Lightroom

by Todd Fong

We’ve all done it before. After downloading your shots of the day to your computer, you come across a badly exposed image and your first impulse is to send that file to the trash can. But what if it’s a shot you really wanted? Is there a chance you can save it? Using some of the common tools found in Adobe Lightroom, there’s a good possibility that you can.

Tutorials

Using Photoshop as a View Camera

by D.A. Wagner

I’d like to introduce to you one of the features of Photoshop some of you may not be familiar with simply because these are the kinds of features found on large format view cameras. You know, those old wooden (not so old, they still make them) cameras with big accordion type bellows and a person hiding underneath a black cloth to keep the light out while looking through the camera’s lens. Working with a view camera might be painful and hard to learn, but this exercise is not.

Tutorials

Authentic Grainy Photoshop Effect for Your Black and White Photos

by Christopher O’Donnell

One of the most beautiful aspects of black and white photography is having the ability to create images with intense grain or noise that gives your photo a dark, gritty, and highly texturized effect. However, we do not always seize the opportunity to use this tool in-camera. Did you forget to bump up your ISO setting again? Or perhaps you found an old image that would look stunning with some high-contrast grain added to the surface? Starting now, there are no more excuses for you since you’ve just discovered a unique and completely reversible way to add authentic-looking grain to your photographs.

Tutorials

How to Turn Your Favorite Photo into a Miniature Masterpiece

by Bill Jones

After looking at all the amazing tilt-shift images from our previous post, I’m sure you are ready to create some of your own. It’s really very simple to do. It can be accomplished in just a few easy steps. I am using Photoshop to create this tutorial but I’m sure it can be adapted for other photo applications. Lets get started.

Tutorials

How to Apply a Custom Lens Vignette in Photoshop

by Christopher O’Donnell

Achieving a lens vignette in-camera is not always an option. Even then, the effect you were striving for might not turn out the way you had imagined. Unfortunately, you can not manipulate authentic lens vignettes to conform to your specific photo…or can you?

Tutorials

20 Photoshop Lighting Effects Tutorials for Image Enhancement

by Bill Jones

Sometimes you just want to get a little crazy with your photo manipulations. What better way than to add some great lighting effects to really make your images pop. Here is a collection of some of the best Photoshop lighting effects tutorials you will find.

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