How to Speed up Your Photo Editing Workflow in Photoshop Most photographers use some photo editing software for post-processing their images. Adobe Photoshop is one of the most popular photo editing tools out there, and it’s the preferred choice for…

3 Super Easy Ways To Make a Border in Lightroom Classic/CC and Photoshop Creating a border around your images isn’t difficult, but there are many ways that you can achieve similar results. Do you use Lightroom Classic? CC? Photoshop? We got you covered!…

How to Transform an Image to Create a Vintage Look — Photoshop Tutorial In this Photoshop tutorial, we’ll edit a photograph and give it a great film and analog look. Light leaks, vignetting, flares, noise, & blurs all are part of the vintage…

An Introduction to Photoshop Actions – Video Tutorial Photoshop Actions are great time-savers – no doubt about that. They allow you to record all the steps and adjustments you make to an image and then recall those steps…

How to Get Gorgeous Skin Tones using Frequency Separation in Photoshop Retouching is one of many post-production techniques that can be considered an art in and of itself within the photography world. Just as important as understanding how to capture a…

Lightroom vs Photoshop: Which One Is Better for You? There’s a sense among beginner photographers that Lightroom and Photoshop are pretty much one and the same. But the two are quite different. Probably not as different as night and…

How to Give Your Images a Polished Feel with Adobe Photoshop Photoshop, or similar editing apps, are a ubiquitous part of the modern photographic world. If you’re a professional photographer, you are expected to be knowledgeable on post-production. But it can…

How To Create Realistic Mist in Photoshop Photoshop is one powerful piece of software. Today we’ll look into creating some realistic mist and apply the effect to our image to give it a bit of a mysterious…

How to Create a Double Exposure Effect in Photoshop Creating a multiple exposure photograph back in the film days was a matter of combining two or more exposures to create a unique image. The idea was to open the…

Ensuring Quality When Printing from Photoshop As a photographer, there are few things more satisfying than being able to print your own work! Taking your photos from start to finish is a rewarding experience – and…

Processing an Aerial Photo in Lightroom & Photoshop Aerial photographs tend to contain quite a lot of information – the sky, clouds, landscape, possibly some roads, and buildings as well. In this video we’ll go through the various…

Faking Rim Lighting in Adobe Photoshop – Video Tutorial Rim lighting is a light source that usually comes in from the side or behind your subject and that is facing the camera – it is also often referred to…

Using The Liquify Face Aware Tool in Photoshop – Video Tutorial The Liquify tool in Photoshop has been around for quite some time now. But, not so long ago Adobe updated the tool and it now has Face Aware features built-in.…

How To Refine Masking In Photoshop – Video Tutorial While this is a bit of an old-school technique called “Spreading and Choking Mask“, what you’ll learn in this Photoshop video tutorial will definitely help you refine how you use…

How to Speed Up Your Photoshop Editing in 4 Easy Steps You probably find that you spend more time editing your photographs than you do actually taking them, and this can be a big problem. Professional photographers who are working on…

Image Planning & Editing In Photoshop: Workflow Video Tutorial Editing and improving an image in Photoshop or Lightroom isn’t just a matter of applying a filter and being done with it. In this video, I will walk you through…

The Complete Photoshop Actions Bundle The 180+ Photoshop actions in this bundle were carefully crafted to make the lives of photographers easier. One-click, and you’re done! We personally use those actions as a starting point…

Video Tutorial: Handling Hotspots in Lightroom and Photoshop Hotspots are shiny and overexposed areas on a subject that are the result of uneven lighting or a flash bouncing off a light surface. In this Lightroom & Photoshop tutorial…

How To Declutter A Scene In Photoshop – Video Tutorial Have you ever wanted to capture a scene, whether it’s a landscape or a street photo, but because the location is so popular, there’s people everywhere? How can you effectively…

How To Creatively Blur Parts Of An Image In Adobe Photoshop Applying creative blur to an existing image can yield some great, yet subtle results. That’s what we’ll look into in today’s Photoshop video tutorial. While it’s definitely possible to apply…

How To Add Creative Grain To An Image – Photoshop Video Tutorial Grain, which is often refer to as noise in modern digital photography, is reminiscent of the film days of photography. While most photographer focus on creating images that are technically…

Retouching Gradient Skies – Photoshop Video Tutorial Retouching gradient skies can be somewhat tricky to do. In today’s video, we’ll go through a few of the steps required to edit and retouch gradient skies using Adobe Photoshop…

Split Toning Photoshop Video Tutorial Split toning is a technique that was originally developed back in the film days. It involves applying a color tint to the highlights and shadows of a photograph. Lightroom users…

Exploring Lighting Effects in Adobe Photoshop – Video Tutorial Lighting effects in Photoshop can be very powerful. In this video tutorial, you will learn how to adjust light, create your own lighting, manipulate the atmosphere and ambiance of a…

Lighting It Up – Photoshop Video Tutorial In this tutorial video we will show you how to manipulate light, fire, and flames in Adobe Photoshop. Being able to manipulate flames and fire in Photoshop can definitely come…

Layering Down Contrast In Photoshop – Video Tutorial Contrast is a very important part of photography and our images can often benefit from more consistent and adequate contrast. Today we have a video tutorial that will show you…

35+ Amazing Adobe Photoshop Tutorials for Photographers Recently we published a collection of Adobe Lightroom tutorials and today we're going to shift the focus to Photoshop. Both Lightroom and Photoshop have plenty of usefulness for photographers. Some…

Photoshop-Free Effects Using Only a Camera Before all of the advances in photo editing software, there was just a photographer with dreams and a camera. Photoshop gives us the ability to edit our photographs in ways…

50+ Free Photoshop Actions & Action Sets For Photographers Photoshop can be a photographer's best friend, but most photographers would prefer to spend less time editing their photos and more time shooting. One of the keys to being able…

How To Create A Vintage Photo Effect In Photoshop Vintage effects are commonly used to give photos a specific type of feel, and with the combination of the right photo and the right effect the results can be excellent.…

5 Ways To Improve Your Photography – Without Photoshop What’s one thing all great stories have in common? Great stories are interesting, right? With photography it’s no different. The best photos are the ones that grab your attention and…

Just How Much Photoshop Is Too Much? Modern photography is an entirely different world from photography before the days of software and personal computers. The countless hours spent in the black void known as the darkroom are…

Transform Your Photos with These 4 Free Composition Guides Dive into a curated selection of four helpful composition guides which we’ve compiled here to help elevate your photographic skills. These resources unlock the secrets to creating visually striking images,…

4 Free Guides and Assignments for Amazing Flower Photos Flower photography is a realm of endless possibilities, where the delicate intricacies of nature meet the creative vision of the photographer. From the vibrant hues of spring blooms to the…

Selective Color: What is it, What isn’t it, and How to Use It Selective color is a technique that can occur in-camera with specific camera models or in post-processing with just a few simple steps. The approach uses a singular color to direct…

Phil Steele’s Synthetic Photography Masterclass Review I am a dyed-in-the-wool, hardcore, old-school photographer who has been around more decades than I care to admit. Let’s just say that when I started in photography, most cameras didn’t…

3 Guides to Get Started in Surreal Photography If you want to explore another creative avenue in your photography, surreal photography might be for you! This genre is a captivating and enigmatic art form that pushes the boundaries…

Boudoir Photography Ideas Image source: Unsplash Boudoir photography is a style of portrait photography accentuating the subject’s body in an intimate, romantic way. This photography style surged in popularity during the height of…

Essential Filters for Landscape Photography For those of you born into the digital age, filters might seem like a throwback to a bygone era. In the days of film photography there was a filter for…

Five Ways to Breathe New Life into Your Photography When I first became obsessed with photography at the early age of 14, my mentor was an older man named Mr. Madsen. Mr. Madsen created very large, exquisitely detailed and…

Nothing Creates Interest Like a Good Old Fashioned Fog Bank There are times when our landscape, seascape, or cityscape images could use a little extra oomph to put them in the fantastic category. One such tool for this is fog.…

How to Change the Photo Story with Your Camera Lens Photograph by Kent DuFault LUMIX GX-85 with a 14mm lens, ISO 400, at f/11 and a shutter speed of 1/200th of a second using the aperture priority shooting mode and…

Creating a Noir Night Scene in PS and LR I think you’ll enjoy this blog post if you haven’t played much with post-production other than the fundamental edits. I will show you how easy it is to create a…

Old School Photographer Discovers the Value of Lightroom Presets I’m going to date myself. I cut my teeth in photography using Tri-X film and Kodachrome slides. Younger photographers may not recognize that I’m talking about film photography. Photograph by…

How to Find and Capture Beautiful Reflections Incorporating reflections into your landscape photography can be a great way to capture some eye-catching images. Reflections can help add depth and interest, allowing you to add a sense of…

The Headshot Photography Guide: 18 Tips for Shooting Stunning Portraits Capturing headshots is probably the best way to define the personality of your subject. It also seems pretty simple as you only need to concentrate on one person standing or…

4 Tips on How You Can Improve The Quality of Your Photos As A Photographer Whether you’re a professional photographer or enjoy photography as a hobby, perfecting your skills is always a good idea. Taking pictures can be a complicated process; there’s a lot to…

5 Must-Know Tips For Fall Photography Shooting Ah, the fall. When we think of that time of year, a whole bunch of evocative themes immediately pop into our minds and collective consciousness. There’s the attractive changing of…

An Introduction to Splash Water Photography: 10 Tips for Stunning Images Water splash photography is one the coolest and most elegant types of photography. And it's not as difficult as you may think. The process is actually quite simple, you just…

The Most Common Types of Photography Filters Explained Using filters to capture more interesting and creative pictures is, for many, an integral part of a solid photography workflow. Along with protecting your lens, filters also serve various purposes…