When editing in Adobe Camera Raw or Lightroom its good practice to keep an eye on the Histogram.Whats more is there’s a couple of clever buttons that help even more. Let’s take a look at [More]
I’m proud to say I’ll be presenting a live webinar for the Photoshop and Lightroom Facebook group this Saturday (16th July 2016). The topics I’ll be discussing will be using the [More]
Learn how to create the ethereal Orton Effect in Photoshop. The technique blends blur and sharpness together for a dreamy effect that looks amazing with landscape photography. Blending blur with an [More]
Adobe announced today, Tuesday 21st June 2016, a few major updates to Photoshop CC 2015. Its not the major all bells and whistles we’re waiting for but there’s still some goodies for us [More]
I use HDR a fair bit and have noticed that people don’t quite know what it is so here’s my attempt at explaining before I show you how to do it in Adobe Lightroom. Firstly, HDR stands for High [More]
The wet plate collodion process is becoming increasingly popular as photographers search for more unique, and equally eye-catching ways of taking photos. This almost abandoned technique was once the [More]
The Lens Flare has been a part of Photoshop for some time and is a quick and easy way to add a little ‘something’ to your image. A word of caution however, because of its ease of use its often [More]
Transform a photo into an illustration / oil painting with this clever Photoshop trick. The technique gives fine details the appearance of brush strokes, and looks fantastic when applied to a wide [More]
When you’re compositing with Photoshop you’ll often be adding a light source or two, sometimes the light will come from behind. To ‘sell’ the effect you may want to add a rim light. In [More]
Here’s a little fun demo of Adobe Photoshop Mix for you to play with. Twitter recently freaked out over a selfie with a woman looking the wrong way in her reflection – you can read about [More]
A cinemagraph is a mix of still and moving image. The majority of the image is usually still while there’s one or more elements that have movement. Cinema graphs are very popular at the moment at are reasonably easy to complete inside Photoshop. [More]
In this tutorial I’m not going to tell you HOW to do something, but offer you brief insight into WHY you should do it (and give you 5 power tips to inspire.) Adobe software allows you to crop [More]
In this video, Retoucher Fran Hughes shows you how you can reduce shadows and highlights in your images in a non-destructive way, using Curves adjustments in Photoshop. [More]