August 3rd, 2010
One of the best things about photoshop is that you are ALWAYS discovering new little shortcuts and techniques, sometimes completely by accident!
Last night I was putting the finishing touches on a client gallery and was using a layer mask…
July 21st, 2010
I just finished editing a family session where the little girl was wearing a NEON green shirt in some of the images. Neon green shirt = neon green color casts on her face!
Here is the before:
And now the…
July 9th, 2010
One of my photoshop idols Damien has a post about the misconception that grass is green. As far as photoshop is concerned, grass is actually almost completely yellow!
Which of course makes it tricky to adjust it’s color…
May 13th, 2010
Before bothering to watch this tutorial, please note that content aware scale is a feature that was introduced as of photoshop CS4. If you don’t have cs4 or higher, maybe watch anyway because it may influence your decision to upgrade!…
April 30th, 2010
We’ve never delved into channels before here (except for channels adjustment layer tweaks) and truth be told I’d forgotten what a useful tool channels are to have in your photoshop arsenal until recently!
Here we cover how to…
April 21st, 2010
I’m preparing for a shoot this weekend that’s going to be so much fun! Think tiaras, tractors, Jasper his girlfriend Lola and you’ll see why this is a bit of a challenge.. first of all, where to find a tractor?? …
March 16th, 2010
First of all, sorry about the silence on the blog yesterday.. a couple of things conspired against me, not the least of which is the Nor’easter that has left Jasper’s daycare without power for going on two days now which…
March 10th, 2010
Of course this goes for ANY sort of portrait retouching, but in the world of family photography, lets face it, it’s usually mom who doesn’t like the way she looks (myself included!) These tips come in handy for family sessions…
March 4th, 2010
A lot of people asked me about my newborn post processing, and what I “do to my photos” in photoshop. For many images, my goal is as little as possible other than white balance! That works much of the time,…
February 3rd, 2010
How to use Lightroom (or ACR) to adjust the white balance of your image and then how to check and finetune it in Photoshop. This tutorial uses the CMY % method of correct skintones that I first learned about…
Click here to learn more..
