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Why I Don’t Share Unedited Images
I get the question surprisingly often “can you post the original image”, and my answer is always the same, “no”. Rather than breaking into a lengthy explanation each time, I’m writing this article so...
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10 Best Photos of 2012
Although a bit overdue, I thought I’d share my 10 favourite images that I shot in 2012 and explain what I like about them. At the least I can use it as a yardstick for 2013 and aim to improve. The...
View ArticleMastering Color Adjustments in Photoshop
In this video tutorial I’ll be covering the various ways that you can adjust the color of your images. There are countless ways to adjust colors within Photoshop so here I’ll be looking at 6 approaches...
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Building a Facebook Following for Photographers
A little while back I wrote about using Facebook advertising in an effort to increase the number of likes on your Facebook page. My findings for advertising were generally negative and I promised that...
View ArticleBlending Multiple Exposures in Photoshop
In this video tutorial I’ll be discussing some of the tools available in Photoshop to help us blend together one or more exposures without the use of HDR tools. The reason I often like to blend...
View ArticleCreating Beautiful Hair Highlights in Photoshop
In this video tutorial I’ll be covering some techniques for making hair highlights in your portraits look beautiful. Rather than just enhancing the highlights, we’ll also be discussing how to deal with...
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Lighting Effects and Composite Blending
In this fairly extensive video tutorial I’ll be covering a variety of ways to enhance and add lighting effects to your image. In the case of composites, we’ll look at some ways to use light and...
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Mastering Dodging and Burning: 4 Techniques for Beautiful Photos
In this in-depth video I’ll be taking a somewhat different approach to demonstrating dodging and burning. Rather than cover the actual painting aspect of dodging and burning, I’ll be focusing on 4...
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Creating Realistic Starburst Effects in Photoshop
In this video tutorial we’ll be mixing photo editing and graphic art to create our own starburst lens flare effects and appling them to an image. You don’t really need any sort of graphic skills to do...
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Beauty Photography – Costs and Scheduling
What’s there not to love about taking beauty shots? You spend the day with a talented team of individuals and take photos of beautiful models. In this two part post we’ll be delving into the key...
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Creating Reflections and Aurora Processing in Photoshop
This weeks tutorial will feature the beautiful work of my friend Nagesh Mahadev who took this amazing shot in Northern Norway. For those that haven’t seen his work, be sure to check out his incredible...
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Modifying & Removing Make-up with Frequency Separation
This week we have a quick video tutorial on changing make-up – in this case eye shadow – using frequency separation. While frequency is typically used for retouching skin, the technique can be...
View ArticlePhotoshop Blend Modes for Photographers
This week we bring you an in-depth, two part video covering nearly all (the actually useful ones) the Photoshop layer blend modes along with examples of typical scenarios where you would use them....
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Beauty Photography – Lighting and Retouching
In part 1 of this two part post on beauty photography we covered the details of organizing and budgeting for shoot day. In this part we’ll be focused more on concrete techniques such as common lighting...
View ArticleUnderstanding and Creating Luminance Masks in Photoshop
This week’s video is intended as a supplement to the multiple exposure blending video I posted a little while back. In this case we will go into more detail about what luminance masks are, how to...
View ArticleFine Art Architecture Processing in Photoshop
In this week’s video tutorial we’ll look at creating dramatic, contrasty, fine art black and white architecture images using Adobe Photoshop and Nik Silver Efex. Having Nik Silver Efex isn’t necessary...
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Shallow Depth of Field in Studio Portraits
Who doesn’t love a portrait with a nice, creamy shallow depth of field? It’s certainly a look that I love and use often. While its application is fairly straightforward outdoors under natural light,...
View ArticleUsing Adobe Camera Raw as a Filter in Photoshop CC
In this quick video tutorial we’ll take a close look at the new Camera Raw filter that has been added to Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud edition and how it can be used in combination with smart objects...
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Don’t Leave Photoshop as an Afterthought
As you develop your photography and post processing skills one of the most important things to do is to pre-visualize your final image and think about what can be done with post processing, long before...
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Natural Outdoor Portrait Retouching Tutorial
This video is the first in a two part tutorial on retouching outdoor portraits and retaining a natural look using Adobe Photoshop. In this first part we will focus on fixing hair and making the skin...
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