The Art Of Blending Multiple Exposures
Applying the technique for blending multiple exposures doesn’t take a long learning curve. Using this photography skill will make a huge difference on many difficult lighting scenarios. During a trip to Sydney last year we discovered the perfect place for a long exposure sunrise shoot. Pre dawn the next morning we walked along Manly foreshore, […]
Photoshop Dodge and Burn with 50% Grey Layer
Dodge and burn is a photography editing technique that originated in the dark room. Using this technique in Photoshop today is quick and easy utilizing the 50% Grey layer method. You can rescue an otherwise throwaway image just with dodge and burn, which can also be used on many other images to enhance the dark […]
How to Sharpen Images with Photoshop
This Photoshop Tutorial will have your photographs looking tack sharp. Professional photographers use this Photoshop sharpening trick on all their images and so should you. The pros know that the images they sell have to look sharp and with a few quick steps in Photoshop, images can be greatly enhanced. Follow this quick tutorial and […]
How to Use Shadows & Highlights Adjustments Tool
Sometimes, no matter how careful you are with your DSLR setting, certain parts of a photo can look washed out and over exposed or have dark patches from shadows. This is especially true where there is a lot of white space, like a wedding dress or snow, or when taking a photo where there are […]
How to Use Photoshop S Curves
The S Curves can add or reduce contrast in the best possible way. It is like using a spotlight on a stage production, you can highlight a certain part of an image and darken another. Using the tool is quite easy and playing with the curves on an image is the best way to fully […]
How to use spot healing brush tool to remove spots & blemishes
Photoshop makes it easy to get unwanted blemishes or something that annoys you out of the picture. You will quickly find that the Spot Healing Brush Tool is one of your greatest friends when you are touching up your photographs. Remove blotches, dust spots, those annoying power lines or telegraph wires, in fact just about […]
How to Straighten Horizons with Photoshop Lens Correction Tool
Professional photographers normally set their tripods up and use a spirit level to make sure their horizons are dead straight when taking landscape photographs. This way they never have a crooked horizon. Right? Wrong. They may do that sometimes, but like most photographers everywhere, if they have a horizon tilted either left or right they use […]