This week's video is intended as a supplement to the multiple exposure blending video I posted a little while back. In this case we will go into more detail about what luminance masks are, how to refine them and how to create them from scratch without the need for any third-party actions.
A lot of the tutorials that I've seen out there seem to assume that you'll be[...]
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Creating Reflections and Aurora Processing in Photoshop
This weeks tutorial will feature the beautiful work of my friend Nagesh Mahadev who took this amazing shot in Northern Norway. For those that haven't seen his work, be sure to check out his incredible set of landscapes on his 500px and Facebook pages.
While our focus will be to punch up the reflection of the Aurora, we'll also be making some sharpness and color adj[...]
Mastering Dodging and Burning: 4 Techniques for Beautiful Photos
In this in-depth video I'll be taking a somewhat different approach to demonstrating dodging and burning. Rather than cover the actual painting aspect of dodging and burning, I'll be focusing on 4 different approaches and discussing which is best suited for various situations, the best practices for each and the limitations that come with them. The video is beginner t[...]
Lighting Effects and Composite Blending
In this fairly extensive video tutorial I'll be covering a variety of ways to enhance and add lighting effects to your image. In the case of composites, we'll look at some ways to use light and coloring to make them look a bit more believable and improve the blend between the subject and background.
We'll start with the above composite image and work through th[...]
Blending Multiple Exposures in Photoshop
In this video tutorial I'll be discussing some of the tools available in Photoshop to help us blend together one or more exposures without the use of HDR tools. The reason I often like to blend exposures manually is that it gives me more control of the specific areas being blended and tends to produce a more natural and less noisy looking image than traditional HDR pr[...]
Mastering Color Adjustments in Photoshop
In this video tutorial I'll be covering the various ways that you can adjust the color of your images. There are countless ways to adjust colors within Photoshop so here I'll be looking at 6 approaches that I use on a daily basis within my images. The tools shown here will work equally well for fashion, portrait, landscape, architecture and all other types of images. [...]
Why I Don't Share Unedited Images
I get the question surprisingly often "can you post the original image", and my answer is always the same, "no". Rather than breaking into a lengthy explanation each time, I'm writing this article so that I can redirect future requests here. The reasons I don't share my originals are many fold but also simple.
I consider photography to be the entire process of brin[...]
Photographing The Wormsloe Plantation
During my recent visit to Georgia and South Carolina, I knew I had to capture a quintessential southern style shot of a road lined with Oaks, dripping in Spanish Moss. After a bit of research I found Wormsloe Plantation, right in Savannah Georgia. This drive is right near the main gate and there is a $10 fee per person, even if you just want to take photos of the ro[...]
Creating Bokeh Patterns in Photoshop CS6
Although there are a few different ways of making your own bokeh effects, until the release of Photshop CS6 it was a bit of a laborious and time consuming process. In this tutorial I will show you how to quickly create a bokeh overlay and apply it to an image. In the process I'll also cover custom brush settings and using paths for painting desired patterns or shapes.[...]
Creating Long Exposure Sky Effects in Photoshop
After several requests, I've decided to put together a video outlining the steps for adding a long exposure motion effect to the sky in your landscape or architectural images. The below video works for just about any version of Adobe Photoshop CS so you don't have to use CS6 like you see here.