Capture an Elegant Portrait with an Octobox, Styrofoam, and a Plastic Bag
I love capturing one light photos for my studio shoots, and I recently bought a 120cm octobox to add to my set of diffusers. I’ll be sharing with you a simple but elegant lighting setup only using one...
View ArticleHow to Fake the Northern Lights in Photoshop
Seeing and photographing the Aurora Borealis is pretty high on many a photographer’s wish list, but if you don’t live in the arctic circle (or don’t have the budget to get there), then capturing this...
View ArticleA Simple, Effective Noise Reduction Technique for Night Sky Photos
Noise reduction for night sky photos can be tricky, because the algorithms at play often reduce the sharpness of your stars while removing noise in the darkest parts of the sky. In this video...
View ArticleTutorial Shows You How to Totally Transform a Sunset in Lightroom
There’s an ongoing debate about how much is too much when it comes to post-processing landscape images. But if you’re okay with taking a subtle sunset shot and completely transforming it in Lightroom,...
View ArticleHow to Use Office and Art Supplies for Product Photos
I do a lot of product photography and there are two places I go to when I need to prepare supplies for a shoot: one is the hardware store to get some tiles and the other is our local...
View ArticleHow to Do Light Painting Photography with a 4-Foot Tube
In this post, I’ll be sharing how I shoot light painting photos using a 4-foot fluorescent tube protector. The technique is quite simple and can lead to very interesting results. Professional dancer...
View ArticlePhotoshop Trick: How to Stitch Together Difficult Panoramas
If you’ve ever tried to stitch a panorama in Photoshop, you know that the program is not always up to the task. In this “Photoshop Secrets” tutorial, photographer Jimmy McIntyre will show you two...
View ArticleHow to Get a ‘Ring of Fire’ Lens Flare in Your Photos
In late 2014, I was given a few pieces of piping — what you might call trash, but which I call the “ring of fire.” It ended up being an incredibly useful tool in my photography. I quickly decided to...
View ArticleA Technique for Nailing Sharp Images with a Long Lens and Tripod
Here’s a simple tutorial video in which nature photographer Steve Perry of Backcountry Gallery shows his technique for getting tack-sharp images with a telephoto lens on a tripod while having “nearly...
View ArticleHow to Conquer the Most Difficult Hair Selections in Photoshop
Accurately selecting a subject’s hair is not an easy task; a bit of frizz is enough to make a photographer pull their own hair out. But have no fear, there’s an advanced Photoshop tutorial for that....
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