
HDR INSIDER | July Project Winner
HDR INSIDER Monthly Project Winner! This Month the members of HDR Insider were assigned a color related project due to the release of the Color Zone System. I crossed my fingers hoping the entries would not be over-saturated. Luckily, there were no over saturated...
How To Make a Custom Preset in Topaz ReStyle
Custom Presets with ReStyle Topaz ReStyle is such a powerful program! It has limitless potential for photo toning. However, my only problem is that there may be too many choices! The first time I hopped in ReStyle I spent hours in there just clicking on random...
The Color Theory of Topaz Labs
Color Theory and Topaz Plugins Have you ever used Color Theory when making your edits? How about the Color Wheel? Really, do not be shocked if you have not used either, heard of either, or know how to implement them in your photographic...
Topaz ReMask 4 Tutorial
Topaz ReMask 4 Topaz ReMask is back and better than ever before! It now has a refined look and is, get this, even easier to use! Masking can be pretty tricky in Photoshop. I have beaten myself up many times with the refine edge tool. ReMask comes in and makes masking...

4 Things My 3 Year Old has Taught Me About Photography
4 Things My 3 Year Old has Taught Me About Photography You read that title correctly. My son Michael is 3, and he has taught me so much about Photography. It started back in November of 2013 when we took a trip to St. Louis. We were about to go into the botanical...

The Color Zone System | The Top 5 Questions Asked
The CZS and the Top 5 Questions Yesterday I asked the readers of EverydayHDR via email what their questions were about the Color Zone System. I received a lot of great questions and, yes, I responded to everyone of them! I really do enjoy the interaction with...
The Color Zone System
The Color Zone System I have been working like crazy these last couple months to put together the next Zone System Training Package. I first discovered the possibility of editing color similar to tone in the Digital Zone System. The results are spectacular! There...

What’s New in Adobe Camera Raw 8.5 | The Graduated Filter
What's new in Adobe Camera Raw 8.5? Among all the chaos of the Photoshop CC 2014 update did you notice that Camera Raw received some awesome new features? What changed in ACR 8.5: New RAW profiles A new Preview button that toggles the adjustments on and off in...

HDR Insider Monthly Project Winner | June 2014
This Month the members of HDR Insider were asked to process a series of brackets for the image below and make the best possible greyscale image they could. There were over 30 entries, it was very difficult to judge, but these were the 3 that stood out among the...

Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud 2014
As we all know by now Adobe released their latest update to Photoshop CC. I attended the very well done keynote that was thankfully streamed online. That was a very cool touch, kudos Adobe! I have since downloaded Photoshop from the creative Cloud. It took me a...