Jan 06 2012
So vignettes have hit the streets running as one of those awesome ways to make an image go from eh.. to Wow… I don’t want to like vignettes because they seem so cliche, but they work, they really work. They do a great job of diverting one’s attention to the focal point in an almost …
Dec 09 2011
Auto aliging layers in Photoshop is an invaluable tool for any HDRtist. It is very common to create a tone mapped file and use elements from the original exposures to enhance local areas. Photoshop CS 5 has a very simple feature for making image alignment a breeze! To set yourself up, open your tone mapped …
Nov 02 2011
As a follow up to last weeks 5 HDR Tone Mapping Tips: Photomatix and the following weeks A Few HDR Shooting Tips, here are my top 5 post processing tips I cannot live without using Photoshop CS 5. I have several hundred tips to give out, hence all of the tutorials I do, but the following …
Jun 24 2011
Have you ever taken a ton of pictures and found out you forgot to set the white balance? Have you ever taken a picture with Auto White Balance selected and not received accurate colors? Both of those questions are yes for me. More often than not, my white balance is wrong. I am horrible at …
Jun 10 2011
Noise reduction, where do I begin… There are many ways to reduce the noise in your images and I can 100% guarantee that the next guy on the net with a self help blog is going to tell you his method is the best…. he is probably right! My method has been developed over time …
