Written and video tutorials on photography and post-processing.
I love to make my photos bright and colorful images in Photoshop. While there are many tools to boost the saturation of an image, my favorite method is the Orton Effect, which [...]
When you have a simple, boring sky as your background, one thing you can do to enhance the photograph is to replace that sky with a new one. In this video I demonstrate [...]
Please note: This post contains affiliate links. Today Skylum released a big update to Aurora HDR 2018 (version 1.2.0). (This is a free update for all owners of the 2018 version.) With [...]
In this short "Two Minute Tip" I share a simple technique to create beautiful enhancements to eyes using the dodge and burn technique inside of Photoshop. This effect can be easily adapted [...]
Please enjoy this free video lesson from my new eBook and video training course Step by Step with ON1 Photo RAW (2018). Learn how to use gradients in ON1 Layers to blend [...]
This week I launched a brand-new FREE one-week video course on Luminar 2018. This training is for all users of Luminar, and while some of the content will be better suited for photographers [...]
The masking tools in Luminar are straightforward, but that doesn't mean that you can't create detailed masks! I have a technique that I use to replace skies and solid backgrounds [...]
Photographers have many choices for post-processing applications, and I tend to gravitate to the ones I'm most familiar with, as well as those that I enjoy using. Recently I've been giving [...]
Please note: This post contains affiliate links. Skylum just announced their new version of Aurora HDR! (Released September 28, 2017.) I've been enjoying this, and other Macphun software, over the [...]
In this video, I show you how I use hand-made overlays and apply them to a photo using ON1 Photo, giving the image an old-fashioned look. Watch the Tutorial: https://youtu.be/2l2vYha-sPk Want to practice [...]
In this video I show you how I use a hand-painted overlay and apply it to a photo in Photoshop to give the image an organic and hand-painted feel. Watch the Tutorial: https://youtu.be/b9epx4EjYS0 [...]
HDR (high dynamic range) photography refers to creating two or more bracketed shots of varying exposures, and then blending those image together in post-processing to reveal a wider range of tones in one [...]