Insane Black and White Conversion Control!
Tell your friends you are a Black and White Conversion Boss after watching this tutorial! Coming up in the next 24 hours or so I have a webinar with the Photoshop and Lightroom Group for their Adobe Connect Event. I will be showing how to Master Tone and Color in...
Tone & Color Mastery!
This is a Free Webinar Event with the Photoshop and Lightroom Group Several months ago Andrew Kavanagh, the creator of the Photoshop...
How To Use the Path Blur in Photoshop CC
Sometimes subtle blur is best. I was in Alabama for several days a few weeks ago. Every day I would pass this AC-47, the first Gunship in the Air Force inventory. It was stagnant and lonely, a once guns blazing wicked machine bred for intimidation and mayhem was now...
Cannon Beach Oregon Photo Trip – October 2015
I want a rematch! Who is with me? In February my family and I took a little trip to Cannon Beach. It was for two purposes really: To relax as a family Record a Long Exposure Course We did a lot of relaxing and a little bit of recording. I didn't get as much as I'd...
Merge to HDR in Adobe Camera Raw 9
HDR in Camera Raw Rocks! Lightroom received a lot of hype and hoopla over the awaited merge to HDR in Lightroom without going into Photoshop, which is a great feature. However, Lightroom is not the only Adobe product that received a makeover a few weeks ago. As many...
Finding Your Inner Artist: Part III
Once you've found it CHALLENGE it! We are on the last and final part of the "Finding Your Inner Artist" Series. Let's do a quick synopsis of Parts 1 & 2 before we go any further: Part 1: Find your style and what makes you unique Don't get so enveloped with...
Color Grading in 3 Minutes!
Flash Tutorial Friday! Instant Color Grading Color Grading an image does not have to be a convoluted process. As a matter of fact you can do it faster than it takes to cook Uncle Ben's Rice in the Microwave, you just need to know the basic steps to do it. Color...
Finding Your Inner Artist: Part 2
Find Your Style and Elaborate On It In Part 1 of the series we discussed the importance of finding your style and not getting wrapped up in the styles of others. Finding a unique style is tricky at first and is not something that happens between a 1 week post! This...
Curves Adjustment Dodging and Burning
Flash Tutorial Friday! This is the first tutorial in a series I am calling Flash Tutorials. I wanted them to be under 90 seconds... ha, if you know me that just is not possible! So I decided to go with 3 minutes. In these Flash tutorials I will show you a new and...
Finding Your Inner Artist: Part 1
Find your style and what makes you unique. When I first started shooting Landscapes several years ago, I tried to emulate other Photographers in the current industry. I knew I was no Ansel Adams and that would be a stretch, so I looked toward other artists that I...