Creative Vision: An Easy Exercise to Develop Your “Photographer’s Eye”
Copyright © Noella Ballenger The overall shot. This is fine, but I know there is much more than one image in this set up. While teaching my basic class for [read more]
Copyright © Noella Ballenger The overall shot. This is fine, but I know there is much more than one image in this set up. While teaching my basic class for [read more]
Caprice Garvin: What exactly is photo illustration? Raquel Jaramillo: I’m sure there’s probably a more technical definition out there than the one I’m going to give, but I would say [read more]
Adjusting proper intensity, contrast range, and color balance represents the most difficult operation to execute well for photographers using computer-imaging programs. The problem is to achieve repeatable results in a [read more]
Purpose: The Levels Adjustment Layer is used for contrast control and color correction, both in the same layer. It’s an extremely versatile tool. If I only had one function available [read more]
Ever wonder why that sunset image you made is flat, lifeless, and “looks digital” because of artifacts? Why is it that you can’t get detail in the highlights of that [read more]
Layer Masks can be one of the tougher concepts of Photoshop to wrap your brain around, but once you understand the basics, anything is possible! This will take more than [read more]
“Oscar Rejlander’s (1813 -1875) studio was unusual; shaped like a cone, the camera would be in the narrow part, the sitters at the opposite end. The camera was in shadow [read more]
A beauty dish in photography helps the photographer achieve a variety of “beauty lighting” techniques. The light is relatively hard and somewhat wide (so it can shape the face). Another [read more]
“…what I found was that article after article written in the most popular magazines had more than a few mistakes and misperceptions parading as fact. I was first introduced to [read more]
By setting up a foundation Workspace in CS6/CC, you can dramatically speed up your overall workflow, while increasing overall efficiency, functionality, and (bottom line) creativity. Think of Panels as miniature [read more]
Level: Intermediate/Advanced Use the tools in Photoshop to create a photo that includes your color vision. Features: 1. Color Adjustment Layer 2. Reduce blacks 3. Soften and add color interest [read more]
Black-and-white has always been a bit of a misnomer when applied to monochrome prints. Most photographic printers choose their paper and developer based on the color they impart to the [read more]
This is a great trick for removing wrinkles in photoshop with a little twist at the end (courtesy of my buddy Kevin Ames) that helps make the technique look more realistic. [read more]
The Adjustments Panel: This is the simplest panel in Photoshop and the easiest way to add an Adjustment Layer. Just press the icon for the desired adjustment and 2 things [read more]
NOTE: This article is for older versions of Photoshop (prior to CS6/CC), but the fundamentals still apply. In the last column, I discussed general tools and techniques used in making [read more]
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