Fashion: Three Advanced Lighting Techniques
This image is of a beautiful little girl who comes to my studio every year for her portraits. It was taken in the summer in bright sunlight about midday. The [read more]
June 2016
Landscape Photography – Accessing Your Photo Options
Mono Lake, California To emphasize the concept of the peace and tranquility of this lake at dawn, the horizon was place near the center of the image. The predawn light [read more]
Detroit, Michigan: Much “Mo” To Motown
Take a photo tour through Detroit and visit the many sites the city has to offer. I made both these images, one after the other, on a sunny afternoon at [read more]
Detroit, Michigan: Much “Mo” To Motown
Take a photo tour through Detroit and visit the many sites the city has to offer. This photo was made in the Polar Passage, in the Detroit Zoo’s Arctic exhibit. [read more]
Detroit, Michigan: Much “Mo” To Motown
A half-ton polar bear wanders the northern sea ice, looking for a fat seal or two for lunch … but this ice is in the Detroit Zoo’s Arctic exhibit, a [read more]
Creating a Selective Blur in Photoshop Elements
There are times that our photo is more effective when everything is not tack sharp. Sometimes we may need a slight blur to create the effect of using a diffusion [read more]
Birds in Flight
Nesting time has birds, such as this Great Blue Heron, bringing material to the nest site. A shot of a bird in flight has always been a challenge to photographers. [read more]
UNPROMISING SUBJECTS: Creating Images in Unfavorable Situations
© 2011 Gert Wagner All Rights Reserved. Unsavory weather can add drama and impact to an image. The world, being full of beauty, is a real paradise for the photographer. [read more]
Earth & Sky Contrasts in Landscape Photos: Working with Photoshop Masks
Landscape photographers are bedeviled by the fact that the camera cannot record the full range of brightness that the human eye can perceive. But although this simple statement of fact [read more]
How to Photograph Flowers, Part 1
Anybody can photograph flowers. Just get a point-and-shoot camera, aim it at the flower, and press the shutter release. Voila! – you have a photograph of a flower. But to [read more]
How To Use The Clone Stamp Tool in Photoshop
NOTE: This article is for older versions of Photoshop (prior to CS6/CC), but the fundamentals still apply. Purpose: how to use the clone stamp tool The Clone Stamp Tool and [read more]
A Matter of “Style-sight”: Artistic Photography & Our Own “Photo Printigraphy”
The concept of “photography” has been thoroughly changed by digital cameras, taking pictures via mobile phones, and transferring snapshots straight onto a PC or a TV to share on the [read more]
Emotion in Motion-Ideas for Mastering Action Portraits, Part Two
An Action Portrait Shows Being & Doing Hi. Jim here, back with more ideas for your action portraits. To briefly recap, an action portrait captures what a person is doing, and [read more]
Photo Tips for Creating Stunning Black & White Images
© 2011 Geoffrey Gilson. All rights reserved. Pismo Beach, California Exposure 80 – Aperture f/13.0 – ISO 100 The Goal My objective is to take the viewer straight to the [read more]
Photoshop Layer Masks: Thinking “Inside” the Layer Mask Thumbnail Box
One of the beauties of Photoshop is the ability to make changes locally, not just globally. So lets look at photoshop layer masks. There are two main techniques to “localize” [read more]