What your photography REALLY needs in 2022
New year, new resolutions, right? Well, how did that work out for you last year? You may have started a 365 project and made it 50 days before realizing it wasn't doing you any good. That's okay, seriously, no worries there, you tried! But, do you know what will...
Color MISTAKES Corrected – Lightroom & Adobe Camera Raw
A few weeks ago I showed you some tips and tricks for Color Photography using Photoshop. That video went over SO well, thank you for the response and support! I received a lot of questions about how that knowledge could be applied to Lightroom. While Lightroom and...
Use a Neural Filter to Color Match a Composite Photo
I know what I said about AI in the past and I still mean it 🙂 AI cannot make educated artistic decisions, HOWEVER, in some cases, it can provide us with a decent starting point. In today's video, I will simplify one of the most difficult compositing techniques...
Most INFLUENTIAL Person of f.64 Academy – Matt Kloskowski
Do you believe in Divine Appointments?I think about Divine Appointments a lot. These aren't coincidental meetings. These are meetings with someone you may or may not know that somehow influence your life and, in some cases, send it spinning in another direction. I...
Avoid the #1 MISTAKE in COLOR Photography
By now you know I really enjoy working with color, color theory, and color grading. I have spent the better part of the last 8 years devoted to the topic of Color Theory for Photographers. Through those years I would like to say I have seen it all, but I am still open...
RAW Masks vs Photoshop Masks
You like those Raw masks now so much that you wish you could port them over to Photoshop, don't you? Well, you can't, but more importantly, why would you want to? Don't get me wrong, having masking at the RAW level now is incredible and game-changing for your RAW...
PRECISION Masking in ACR and Lightroom!
FINALLY! The wait is over!Most of you may not have been waiting per se, but I certainly have. 6 years, as a matter of fact. I have always wanted surgical precision masks at the Raw level, and we almost got there in 2017 with the introduction of the Luminance and...
Why I dont use the Photo Filter
I talk a lot about Color Grading, Color Theory, and the tools you can use to manipulate the looks of your photos. However, I have never spoken about the Photo Filter Adjustment Layer. Why is that? From my research and experimentation, I have found that the Photo...
BETTER than the Orton Effect!
There are many effects one can use to grab attention and the Orton Effect is one of them, but here is a better method in Photoshop CC.
Color Balance in Photoshop
Have you ever looked for a White Balance tool or Adjustment Layer in Photoshop? Were you shocked to find that there wasn't one? I, after 22 years of PS experience, am still quite shocked that there is no White Balance tool. We have tons of tools to control color in...
