Focus Stacking in Photoshop
When one shot just won't cut it, take many! With Macro Photography one shot usually will not cut it. This is due to the high levels of magnification and the effect they have on Depth of Field. f/2.8 on a normal lens has limited depth of field and creates that soft...
Macro Photography and Why I Love It!
Spring is here, bring on the bugs... and flowers! I have this crazy obsession with Wide Angle HDR photography, but what you may not know is that I enjoy a bit of macro from time to time. I usually bust out ye old Macro lens when the bugs start creeping around the...
Presets in Adobe Camera Raw
Creating, Applying, Saving and Loading Presets in Adobe Camera Raw! Adobe Camera Raw, while not known for its creative capabilities, holds a treasure trove of awesome preset possibilities. (Say that 10 times fast!) I was editing some pictures of my boys the other...
6 Ways to Sharpen without Using Plugins!
So sharp you just may cut yourself... Earlier in the week (Read the article Extinguishing Software Anguish) I discussed just how powerful Photoshop is and how it may be the only piece of software you will ever need. This week's Free Tutorial surely emphasizes the...
Extinguishing Software Anguish
So many programs so little time... Photoshop, Lightroom, PaintShop Pro, Gimp, Aperture, Phase One, DXO Optics, Tiffen Dfx, Photomatix, Oloneo, Topaz Labs, On1, Nik Software, Picassa, MS Paint... Did I miss any? Of course I did, there are so many to choose from how...
Perfect Effects 9.5 | Luminosity Masking
Perfect Effects 9 is about to get a whole lot better! httpv://youtu.be/zwggS6sMbx0 As if a great plugin suite couldn't get much better they went ahead and went above and beyond. The Perfect Effects Suite upgrade from 9 to 9.5 is just around the corner. I had the...
Strategies to Squash Gear Lust
Have Gear Lust? Here's your cold shower... There comes a time in any photographer's life where they long for more. Not more photos or even better photos, that is an ongoing process, but more gear. We are in a fast moving technological age and lust for all things...
32 Bit HDR Processing with Photomatix Pro 5.0
Yes, 32 bit processing with Photomatix and ACR is possible! If you have spent anytime experimenting with HDR you have probably heard about Photoshop's Merge to HDR Pro. It allows for 32 bit tone mapping using the absolute power of ACR (in Photoshop CC). This is a...
HDR Photography is NOT DEAD!
It is very much ALIVE! (Blake steps on Soap Box) I recently read an article titled "Is the Death of HDR Coming?". Where I read it is not necessarily important to point out. I would prefer to allow the source and author to remain credible, as they are, and not be...
Atmospheric Backgrounds with Topaz Impression
Interesting Backgrounds Made Easy! One of the techniques I showed in the last webinar was how to make interesting backgrounds with Topaz Impression. During the webinar I used this in a very artistic workflow. This technique is also very effective in the following...
