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How often do you see a beautifully edited image and wish you could give your own photos a similar look? Ben Secret leads this instructional video that shows you, step-by-step, how to recreate any image’s feel using Photoshop: Secret first analyzes the original image and then uses this to apply it to another image. Here’s […]
“Three days ago, I posted a shameless mirror selfie—you know the kind,” a young man confesses, holding up his phone. “As you can see, I didn’t even take the time to turn the flash off.” Tyler’s support groupmates all nod knowingly. Some of them are shirtless selfie addicts and others can’t resist posting inordinate amounts of […]
It was June 30, 2014. Ominous clouds closed in on Chicago as the day waned and by dusk, rain was falling in sheets and the sky was alive with electricity. Perched high on a rooftop terrace, videographer Craig Shimala was feeling supercharged, too. See, back in 2010, he had filmed a triple lightning strike to Chicago’s three […]
The tool presets in Photoshop are some of the most under-utilized, yet super-useful functions in Photoshop. Presets save custom settings, allowing you to reproduce the same look or action to images with minimal effort. They’re especially helpful if you have multiple images that need a certain look or feel to them or if you have […]
The inverse square law is a useful bit of information when it comes to lighting for photography. That being said, it can also be quite confusing to understand. Fortunately, Karl Taylor has made this two part video tutorial to show us what the inverse square law is all about and how it can be used […]
Kevin Lynch, an entertainment advertising photographer, has discovered an interesting way to achieve even, fully adjustable lighting in his portrait photography by expanding on the idea of a lightbox. Take a look at the pro photographer’s system in this quick behind-the-scenes look at the lighting setup in action: By essentially making a huge lightbox—big enough […]
You’ve heard of timelapse photography–a technique often used to accentuate the movement of the sun, clouds, and stars. You may have also experimented with 360 degree panoramas. But how about combining the two? That’s just what Vincent Brady did: To get this effect, Vincent had to custom-create his own camera set-up: 4 cameras with fisheye […]
This new bundle of 100 Lightroom presets is designed to take your photography from average to amazing…in just one click. “I used to think my photos were terrible because they didn’t look like the photographers photos I looked up to. I didn’t realize that while taking a great photo is important, a great photo edit […]
Remember when it was normal to play outside? When the only thing that mattered was laughing with your friends as you splashed around a sprinkler or jumped rope. When fancy video game systems and expensive cell phones didn’t consume you and a soccer ball or skateboard could provide hours of fun? Well, some kids around the world […]
With summer in full swing, Aaron Nace provides some helpful tips on removing those unwanted tan lines and sunburns from your photos using Photoshop. In the following instructional video, he opts to match the burnt skin to the skin tone of the normal skin and then adjust all of the skin to the preferred tone: […]
