January 13th, 2010
I have been getting a lot of questions about focus recently, and I think it’s a good topic to discuss because so many of you are new to DSLRs and focus can be a sticky issue at first (and always …
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November 6th, 2009
It’s been way too long since my last video tutorial.. the wait is now over (I can hear your collective sighs of relief ;)
This is something I just learned how to do.. select JUST the highlights of an image …
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August 28th, 2009
Here’s a little video I put together showing you how to use your DSLR’s display option to toggle to the histogram view. Histograms (with the exception of a few extreme lighting situations) are an excellent tool you can use to …
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July 10th, 2009
I felt as if I were in a post processing slump lately.. I had some good captures that I just feel like I couldn’t get to “pop” you know? Particularly the faces.. they just seemed too washed out and didn’t …
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June 5th, 2009
Yes, I am that omnipotent!
Just kidding..
But when my messageboard/flickr friend posted this picture online, I knew it would be a great subject for a tutorial on how to add a fake blue sky in your pictures that have …
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May 29th, 2009
In this video tutorial I’ll show you how to use the clone stamp tool to get rid of a distracting part of your image, like the beer bottle in the picture below.
Before

After

Like magic right?
>>Click here to …
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May 15th, 2009
In a previous tutorial I showed you how to quick fix your exposure and color cast by setting the white and black points in a curves adjustment layer by guessing the light and dark points. I also showed you how …
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May 1st, 2009
It’s photoshop Friday! I’ve actually done TWO tutorials on texture, the first video starts and ends in Photoshop for those of you not interested in Lightroom.
Here is the link to the free texture used in this tutorial: http://www.flickr.com/photos/loxleyimages/2379679711/in/set-72157605663056066…
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April 24th, 2009
You’ve heard me evangelize about Adobe Lightroom, but you probably have been wondering what all the fuss is about. I know I didn’t get it until I actually saw it. Actually, I didn’t get it until I saw it …
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April 3rd, 2009
I say the old fashioned way because last week I showed you how to do a black and white conversion using an action. The action we used utilizes the same gradient map method that this video tutorial goes over, …
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