Retouching Snow in Photoshop
My favourite place on this incredible planet is Iceland, and in my capacity as a travel photographer and big Iceland fan I’ve perfected the way I deal with snow in my photos. In this tutorial [More]
Contrast
The Lightroom J Trick
There are various versions of this quick and easy contrast fix for Lightroom doing the rounds on the internet (I got the inspiration from Mastin Labs’ post) and its about Tip Squirrel had their very own version of it! This contrast fix isn’t for every image but is really helpful on those tricky flat images that don’t want to play ball. And, secondly, this “fix” works best with RAW images. [More]
Photoshop Dramatic Contrast Technique
This simple but effective technique can take you way beyond simple brightness and contrast adjustments, with precise control over each color independently, using the most unlikely tool for adjusting colors – the black and white adjustment layer. [More]
Adding Contrast Using Lightroom Virtual Copies and Photoshop
I have to admit up front that the bulk of this technique is one I learnt from my buddy Glyn Dewis where he double processes a raw file using smart objects in Photoshop. The link to Glyn’s [More]
Using The Histogram and Curves in Photoshop
In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at one of my favourite tricks for improving photographic contrast more quickly and more accurately, using the Histogram sliders in Curves. This technique [More]
Creative Luminosity Techniques
Last week, we saw several ways in which we could introduce the Luminosity blend mode into our Photoshop sharpening workflow. Today, it’s all about creative application of this technique. Since the [More]
Blend Mode Basics – Part 1
First and foremost, I’d like to thank TipSquirrel.com for asking me to come back and present another series of tutorials for you! [Welcome back Mike! (TS)] For the next several weeks, [More]
