Jul 28
[ad_1] Landscape photography is fun and exciting when the landscape in front of you is grand and epic, but what do you do when the landscape is flat and boring? I have spent the better part of my landscape photography career photographing some of the most epic and “popular” locations in the western U.S., Iceland, …
Jul 27
[ad_1] In today’s tutorial, you will learn how to crop in a circle in Photoshop using the frame tool. Cropping your photos into a circle will help you generate better social media profile photos or website images. Doing the crop yourself will ensure that your photos always look the way that you intend. Crop in …
Jul 23
[ad_1] Earlier this year, the highly anticipated Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 telephoto lens finally hit the shelves. Made for full-frame Sony E-mount cameras, this lens is very compact and affordable, coming in at more than half the price of the Sony G-Master version. What are the pros and cons of getting this lens? Read on to …
Jul 23
[ad_1] Lots of you are wondering which Lightroom application is best for you – Lightroom Classic (which is the newer subscription-version of Lightroom 6) or the streamlined cloud-based Lightroom (CC). Watch the 80-minute recording from my recent webinar to learn what they have in common, how they differ, and to get my perspective on the …
Jul 21
[ad_1] Turning a picture of a book into a night scene with spotlight and light shadows (Gobo in Photoshop). In this Photoshop tutorial, we are going to do a few things, but the big one is adding gobo shadows. I haven’t seen anyone else do this in Photoshop, although it is used by 3D artists …
Jul 18
[ad_1] Demonstration organizer Caroline Gleich and photographer Valery Rizzo discuss the roles and responsibilities of a photojournalist capturing youth in protest. In response to the rapid spread of the coronavirus, 17-year-old youth activist Greta Thurnberg tweeted: “Keep your numbers low but your spirits high.” It felt simultaneously ironic and appropriate, considering she launched a worldwide …
Jul 15
[ad_1] Photoshop Layer Styles are a set of pre-configured commands that will take basic text and will quickly create typographical works of art for you. With just a single click of a button, you can apply unique layer styles to any text in Photoshop, and not only do they speed up the design process, applying …
Jul 13
[ad_1] In addition to the two full-frame cameras announced this morning, Canon also unveiled not one, not two, but four new RF-mount lenses during today’s virtual product launch. The RF lens lineup now includes an 85mm f/2 IS STM, a 100-500mm f/4-7.1L IS USM, and the two odd-balls of the day: the ultra-compact and affordable …
Jul 13
[ad_1] New Lightroom Feature: Multi-Batch Exporting In Lightroom, there isn’t a “save” feature like there is in Photoshop. Instead, photos are “exported”. When you export photos you create new files that include all the adjustments you made in Lightroom. Lightroom can export photos in jpeg, png, psd, tiff, dng, and more! Starting in Lightroom 9.0, …
Jul 09
[ad_1] Exactly two weeks until Christmas Eve, can you believe it? Where does the time go? I have done most of my shopping. It is much more difficult to buy gifts for 12- and 15-year-old boys than younger children. Before I could just get Lego kits and stuffed animals and they were ecstatic. They still …
Jul 08
[ad_1] Faceless photos are trending—at least when it comes to photography. We’ve all seen the pictures: faceless figures in a vast landscape, tourists in straw hats gazing at iconic landmarks, and the famous #Followmeto theme, where all we see is someone’s back leading us into the unknown. When a photo is anonymous, we can’t identify …