Solid Color Grading
Color Grading Never Looked So Easy! One of our primary jobs as photographers is to evoke emotion in our viewer when they look at our images. Sometimes the subject matter speaks for itself and does most of the work, but there are other instances where the...
How to Use the Oil Paint Filter in Photoshop
The Oil Paint Filter can be Great with some tweaking. As a former painter, I wanted the Oil Paint Filter in Photoshop to be incredible. As it stands, by itself, it is less than desirable. It looks like someone just threw a filter on a photo and called it a day....
Luminosity Masks versus Blend If
The pixel bending fight of the year! I get this question all the time, "Blake, what is the difference between using Blend If and Luminosity Masking?" It is a great question, and my answer usually goes something like this: Luminosity Masking and Blend If are, by their...
Actions in Photoshop
Flashback Friday! Actions in Photoshop https://youtu.be/bIvL8hB8ibY Sometimes you just have to go back to the first tutorial you ever created and laugh. The audio was horrible, the content was sparse, and the personality was completely missing. It is amazing how...
How to Use Color Range in Photoshop
Custom Luminosity Masks with Color Range in Photoshop Luminosity Masks are all the rage these days it seems and rightfully so, they are extremely powerful. A Luminosity Mask is nothing more than a selection of the luminance range in your image. Think of it like...
ON1 Live Event
The ON1 Photo Raw Live Event I had a blast on Monday Afternoon in Portland, Oregon. I participated in the Live Event for the ON1 Photo Raw launch. It was a blast! I was surrounded by some fun individuals who made me feel at home and filled the day with...
How to Fix Blown Highlights in Waterfalls
The texturizer doesn't just work on clouds! A few weeks ago I showed you a technique for fixing blown out highlights in clouds. Shortly after its release a friend and fellow Elite member, Don Chesnut, asked if the technique could work on waterfalls. I was intrigued...
a look at ON1 Photo Raw
More than just an upgrade, ON1 Photo Raw is a redesign ON1 Photo Raw is more than a redesign of the previous ON1 Photo 10. This, soon to be released, software is a complete overhaul of everything you know about ON1's product line. It is a complete workflow solution...
How to fix Blown Out Clouds
I once thought blown out clouds were a deal breaker... not anymore! There have been many landscape photos that have found their way to my trash can on my computer because I pushed the histogram a bit too far to the highlights and ruined the picture. It can be...
Photographing and Editing a Difficult Subject
Just a wee bit of fun with some Zombies! A few years ago a buddy of mine and I started a business called "Learn Photo Now". It was intended to be a traveling workshop business where we would teach all levels of photography and Photoshop. Due to the lack of interest...
