If you’re looking to isolate your subject from its environment to create some depth and drama, then reducing your depth of field is an ideal way redirect the focus. While you can accomplish this by using a wide aperture, limitations with your lens and/or environment may not always give you the opportunity to do so. […]
Photography Post Production Articles
Improving your photos in the darkroom and on the desktop.
This is a guest post from the folks at Travel Photo Stock. Have you ever had a great model who, for whatever reason, did not get a clean shave? Nobody wants to dwell on armpits, but we all have them — even our models. While a bit of stubble is quite fashionable for George Clooney’s […]
Adding a bit of mist to your landscapes is not only simple, but fully customizable in Photoshop. This is a great way to alter the entire mood of your image and make an otherwise boring landscape into something more powerful. Before we get into the techniques, you should always consider the subject of your landscape […]
Lightroom plugins provide fantastic versatility to an already great product. Before we delve any further into installing a plugin, I want to make sure that you know the difference between a preset and a plugin. Simply put, presets will perform exhaustive, repetitive tasks for you in Lightroom with the click of a button (like recording […]
Adding a panning effect in Photoshop is a great way to take a stationary subject and give it some movement and fluidity. This not only creates a more interesting photograph to view, but also helps to tell a story in a more visual manner – such as a car that is parked compared to one […]
Depending on what area of photography you’re pursuing, there are several mainstream programs you can use to edit your images. Your post process workflow is the most important factor to consider when making your choice – such as the volume of images and the extent of your editing. Whether you batch edit your images lightly […]
