Sky Replacement
Sky replacement can be a touchy subject. Purists will say "never do it" and artists will say, "it's your art, do what you want". I am a bit of both.…
Fuji, Fotodiox and the Lensbaby Sweet 35
I must admit that not all items in my camera bag get equal use. It has been a long time since I used the Lensbaby Sweet 35 lens, at least…
Texture Tutorial!
Today’s blog is a tutorial on the use of textures. Often we see texture added to images of flowers or landscapes with bland skies. Although these types of images are…
How Did I get Here?
I was asked to share the original images that make up this composite: So here…
Masks, Layers, Blending Images…
Do you have thousands of images hidden away on multiple external hard drives? Have you edited and shared the ones you loved the most? What about the others? What are…
Fading an Image – Gradient Masks
Below I will describe the few steps needed to create both color fade and fade to solid color effects in Photoshop. Let’s start with the color fade: Step 1: Open…
Get Creative!
In an earlier blog I discussed being creative through the use of alternative lens or through HDR image processing, but there are other ways to be creative as well. Below…
Changing the Mood of an Image
Decided to play a bit with Photoshop this morning. I enjoy going back to old images, long forgotten, processed or not processed, and seeing how I would process them today,…
Using Masks in Photoshop
Masking in Photoshop In the last blog I discussed blending images to get a better final result, specifically replacing a perfectly clear blue sky with one that had more character (clouds).…
Shoot the Sky!
As photographers, we are not always graced with the perfect sky. In fact, I have found that more often than not, I get to my destination and find perfectly blue,…
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