ShareHow many of you spend many hours and much creativity getting the image as perfect as possible in camera, then return to Photoshop or similar and use the brightness, contrast and color controls for your post production. If this sounds like you, then maybe you should have a look at the levels control in your [...]

ShareKeywording is a tool to assign or tag meaningful words to your photos so people searching may find them. I often think of stock photography when I hear the word “tag” or “keyword” because it’s an important step in that industry — allowing photo buyers to find appropriate images. Although this is the case, adding [...]

ShareThis is a guest post with photographs from talented New Zealand wedding photographer, Perry Trotter. Check out his great photography iPad app. This is one of several images shot at a fall wedding in Eastland, a beautiful region in the North Island of New Zealand. The bride, groom and I were flown to this location [...]

ShareAn old adage of photography is that you should try to create the image you want with the camera rather than relying on post-production. And that’s good advice. The less post you need to do on a photograph, the easier your life will be (as post-production throws up an extra set of challenges). But sometimes, [...]

ShareA powerful post-processing technique I use for almost every photo is adjusting my settings locally.  I use this technique to bring emphasis to key areas of a photo that I want my viewer to focus on. I am using Adobe’s Lightroom Adjustment Brush and Adobe’s Photoshop Dodging and Burning tools to accomplish this. I generally [...]

ShareSunset photography is one of the most common, but most diverse, subjects in the realm of landscapes. No two sunsets are ever alike, and the amount of unique environments and compositions are endless. However, there can be a great disparity between what you see in person and what your camera captures – blown out skies, [...]

ShareTo watermark or not to watermark? That’s the question. The sad truth for photographers in this digital age is that when you place your photographs online, your work is automatically up for grabs. Whether it’s by dragging and dropping, screen grabs, or copying and pasting, your photos can be lifted and used without your permission. [...]

ShareAmong the most popular posts here on Light Stalking are our Photoshop tutorials. So in the spirit of everything photoshop, here are some might cool blogs with Photoshop tutorials for both photographers and designers that you should be following. photo © 2008 Hartwig HKD | more info (via: Wylio) 1. Worth1000 – Rarely will you find [...]

ShareAdobe Photoshop and Lightroom are software programs that provide very robust editing capabilities for graphics, images, and photographs. But sometimes you want them to do just a little more. That’s why plugins were invented! Plugins are usually made by third-party developers and deliver even more graphical and photo management capabilities. We have covered some places [...]

ShareWho says people can’t fly? We’ve all done it at one time or another – gazed into the sky wondering what it’d be like to soar like an eagle, watching everything get smaller and smaller below you. Or maybe you dream of what it’d be like to float like a feather on the breeze. It’s [...]