Category: tutorial

How to quickly and simply enhance greens in landscape photos using Photoshop

Gannon Burgett

For their second video on image editing and retouching, YouTube channel Lensvid shows how you can quickly and simply enhance greens in landscape images using Photoshop. As explained in the 4-minute video, greens can be difficult to work with, as Photoshop’s built-in color selection tool doesn’t often recognize greens as you would expect. Instead of […]

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How to create a Kaleidioscopic effect on your Timelapse videos

Haje Jan Kamps

A few months ago, I introduced a little hobby project I dubbed CaleidioClouds. It’s not a particularly advanced technique, but the result belies the simplicity of the technique. Essentially, it involves flipping images upside down and back-to-front to create a symmetrical timelapse video. The symmetry is one thing, what I hadn’t realised when I started playing […]

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Short Video Pokes Fun At Useless Photoshop Tutorials

Udi Tirosh

One of the most amazing things in this age we are leaving in is the availability of information. What used to be highly regarded trade secrets is now instantly available as a tutorial on youtube. Sadly, this creates a whole new issue of knowing how to separate the good from the crap. Youtuber Sugar Zaza shares […]

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Utilizing the Crop Tool Overlay

Nicci Widener

The crop tool in Lightroom is a well-known tool, yet there is more to it than there may seem. Here I will show you how using overlays will make the crop tool more effective and useful. Once in Lightroom, navigate to the Develop panel and select the crop tool [keyboard shortcut R.] 1. Setting Up […]

Free Photography Classes for DIYP Readers – Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

JP Danko

I’m feeling very Christmasy today – shopping is done, gifts are wrapped, projects are mostly complete for the year and I’m looking forward to a little time off before re-booting in the New Year. I thought that it would be fun to kill two birds with one stone – I have a nice Christmas present […]

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Six Tips to Make your Holiday Pictures Sing

David Newton

As the well-known advertising jingle says, the holidays are coming. A time when families get together, eat, drink, be merry and generally have a whale of a time. So there’s no better time to whip out the phone and start capturing images of the frivolity. If you want to get great pictures though, there are […]

How To Take A Classic Three Light Studio Portrait With Hardware Store LED Light Bulbs

JP Danko

When I was getting started with photography, I knew that I had to learn how to light a subject indoors, but I couldn’t afford studio strobes – or even a hot shoe flash. I ended up learning how to use artificial light by re-purposing a set of three 500 watt halogen work lights.  They turned […]

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Rembrandt Lighting Made Easy

Gannon Burgett

Normally, Glyn Dewis is behind a computer, showing us photographers how to get the job done. However, for one of his latest video, he puts himself behind the camera, where he shows us one of the most common lighting techniques out there – Rembrandt lighting. Named after the Dutch painter Rembrandt, who often used this […]

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