Photoshoot and Beyond
Sometimes it can be hard enough to time the perfect golden hour portrait. What can be even more challenging is to perfectly capture the sun as it’s quickly falling on the horizon. If you happen to miss it though, don’t fret. The Photoshop gurus over at Phlearn have shared a helpful tutorial showing how you […]
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I hear it all the time…. “I want to get in to studio lighting, but I just don’t have the money.” Well, you actually do. And if you care that much about the studio/ engineered lighting world, jumping in to it is actually MUCH EASIER than you might think, and much more affordable! There are a host […]
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Histograms play an important role in the workflow of any photographer, but the thing is, there are still plenty of digital photographers who don’t know what exactly a histogram is or how they’re useful for trying to capture a proper exposure. To help explain what a histogram is Envato Tuts+ has shared a short video […]
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In this tutorial we’ll get to know Lightroom’s presets and virtual copies and start experimenting with a variety of one-click effects.
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If you want to understand how a photo was worked on, one great way it to generate a Dodge & Burn mask (or a D&B signature). You can then use this signature to learn quite a bit about the dodge and burn that was done on a photo. You get a better “feel” for the […]
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We often think of white balance as a tool to correct colour casts and keep things as we can see them in real life because that’s exactly what we require of it in the majority of situations. But have you ever thought to use these settings creatively?
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Of course this is more of an attitude than a literal truth. Point being, you’re the only one responsible for your business. I worked in two projects recently and both clients went out of their way to thank me for my cooperation and good attitude, that got me thinking… How is everyone else working? Why […]
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Discover how to get more from your skies as we show you how to use Lightroom’s Graduated Filter tool.
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Photoshop is an extremely powerful tool for editing images. In fact, it’s so rich in features that many of the most used features are oftentimes behind a handful of clicks and adjustments. One solution to streamlining your workflow is to create keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop so that you can easily apply your most used actions […]
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One of the problems when trying to create the images we see in our head is that, in the real world, the constituent parts can be very difficult to get together in front of your camera all at the same time. This is where compositing steps in. Sometimes, you just have no choice, and you may […]
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