
Stop Making Photos! Build Experiences with Color Theory
I want you to stop making Photos. That phrase is old, overused, and cliche! Instead, build experiences for your viewer with Color Theory!

The Targeted Adjustment Tool – Why and Why not (Video)
The Targeted Adjustment Tool is a powerful little tool for ACR and Lightroom. It can make for quick edits within the Color Mixer.

3 Expert Tips for Gradient Management
Expert Tips for Gradient Management in Photoshop CC 2020 Since my last video on the Diamond Gradient, I have received a LOT of questions about gradient management in Photoshop CC 2020. In today's video, I will answer all of them summed up into three questions: Why do...

4 Essential Color Tools You Should Use in ACR
There are four essential color tools you should be using when editing your RAW photos. Today, I am going to show you and tell you the order to use them in.

Photoshop Layers Not Working? PS CC 2020 (21.2 update)
Have your Photoshop layers been acting strange since the June 2020 update to Photoshop CC? I was subject to the odd "Legacy Compositing Photoshop Bug" and I was about to go berserk as I knew I was doing nothing wrong. As it turns out, I wasn't doing anything wrong and...

The AMAZING Diamond Gradient in Photoshop
Over the years, I have used many finishing effect techniques, but they all seem to pale in comparison to the power of the Diamond Gradient.

Why you need a Circular Polarizer (Video)
Do you use a Circular Polarizer in your landscape photography? For years I did not, and I look back on all kinds of missed opportunities and shots that could have been so much better had I been using one. They are not that difficult to use and can be...

Everything you need to know about ACR 12.3 (4 Part Series)
Last week Adobe updated Adobe Camera Raw. If you updated like I did thinking it would be routine... boy, were we wrong! It was a shell shock at first, but I quickly adapted to the new layout and have grown to accept the innovation Adobe has put into...

What’s New in Adobe Camera Raw 12.3
My oh my I have been waiting a LONG time for this. An upgrade to Camera Raw. It's like I went from driving a Ford Pinto to a Ferarri overnight 🙂 Adobe Camera Raw updates to version 12.3 for PS CC 21.2: ► Overall interface update - Similar to...

How to Master Photoshop (Video)
How do you master Photoshop? That is the question...I receive this inquire in many different forms and fashions. While I would like to say, "practice is how you master Photoshop." That is not entirely true; it goes MUCH more in-depth than that.Before we begin, I...