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Natural Outdoor Portrait Retouching Tutorial
This is the second in a two part tutorial on retouching outdoor portraits and retaining a natural look using Adobe Photoshop. In the first part we looked at fixing hair and making the skin look great...
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We’re Never Done Learning
Just recently I decided to gauge the extent of my improvement in Photoshop and post processing in general with a simple challenge. I took one of my favourite photos from the past and re-processed it...
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Removing Complex Objects from Photos in Photoshop
In this video tutorial we will take an in depth look at a number of post processing and in-camera techniques that you can use to remove challenging, unwanted objects or obstructions from your images....
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Long Exposure Panorama Techniques – Part 1
Lately I’ve been shooting a lot of panoramas – particularly in a 2:1 ratio – for several reasons: They look great printed and offer a resolution that can print at a massive scale They look great...
View ArticleMastering Image Sharpening in Photoshop
This video tutorial is all about sharpening. Here I’ll be taking an in-depth look at what sharpening is and how it works, the various tools that every retoucher should know, as well as some tips on how...
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Photographing a Portofino Sunrise
Often times, the joy of photography isn’t merely in seeing the finished product and wallowing in the praise of its viewers, it’s about the experience of actually taking it. This image from Portofino...
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Using Lab Mode to Change Colour and Contrast in Photoshop
In this video tutorial I’ll show you how you can use Lab color mode in Photoshop to quickly, easily and drastically change the color and contrast in your images and really make them pop. First off a...
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Long Exposure Panorama Techniques – Part 2
As an extension of our previous long exposure panorama techniques article where we took a more unique approach to overcoming some of the challenges that exist, here we’ll talk about the more...
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Dark Skin Beauty Photography
As a complement to my previous posts on beauty photography (part 1, part 2), I thought I’d further elaborate by going over a real life example from a shoot I did last week. This one is also made a...
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Editing and Compositing Night Photos in Photoshop – Part 1
In this first of a two part video tutorial, I’ll taking you through a full edit of a night time cityscape and cover a number of color adjustment, masking and compositing techniques along the way. We’ll...
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Editing and Compositing Night Photos in Photoshop – Part 2
In this second of our two part video tutorial, we’ll be finishing up our full edit of a night time cityscape composite. If you missed part 1 of this tutorial it can be found here. We’ll be working with...
View ArticleHow to Edit the Milky Way in Photoshop
In this video tutorial I’ll be walking you through how to process Milky Way images in Photoshop as well as adding a light painted effect to the foreground. First off a big thanks to my friend Nagesh...
View ArticleHow to Retouch Lips in Photoshop
In this video tutorial I’ll show you some tips and tricks for retouching lips in portraits or beauty shots. Note that this is a more advanced tutorial that assumes you have a good working knowledge of...
View ArticleIntroducing the 500px Art Print Store
As you may know, I’m a big fan of 500px and have been for some time. Prior to today, their marketplace for selling and ordering prints was quite limited in that it only allowed for a single media type...
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The Best of 2013
With the year drawing to a close it’s time once again to reflect on the year and pick some of my favourite photos that I shot in 2013. With a mix of landscape, architecture and portraiture, these are...
View ArticleComplete Guide to Eye Retouching
In this series of video tutorials I’ll be taking you through some of the most common techniques used for retouching eyes in both beauty shots and portraits. The series is broken down into five parts...
View ArticleHow to Save and Sharpen Photos for Social Media and the Web
In this video tutorial I’ll be covering a topic that I get asked about often: how do I output my images to make them look good on the web and on social media sites like Facebook, Google+, 500px, etc....
View ArticleHow To Quickly Remove Color Casts In Photoshop
In this short video tutorial, I’ll show you a quick, intuitive and consistently effective method for removing a colour cast from your images. This technique will work for any type of image, not just...
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How to Quickly Remove Stray Hairs in Photoshop
In this tutorial I’ll show you a shortcut for removing stray hairs from a background. This trick will work well if the background is a seamless paper with a tonal gradation across it, or is blurred out...
View ArticleHow To Enhance Texture and Detail with Intelligent High Pass Sharpening
In this tutorial I’ll show you a unique approach to high pass sharpening that will help to bring out details like skin texture and other fine elements for portrait, architecture or landscape images....
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