Apr 19 2013
I recently shot a picture of a barn at sunset. I brought it into Photomatix and tone mapped it and all was going well, but I had one distinct problem. The sky was very blue and the barn was very red. Talk about two completely opposite ends of the White Balance and Color Temperature spectrum! I …
Apr 12 2013
A viewer recently requested a tutorial discussing how to fix noisy HDR clouds without rendering them destroyed using noise reduction software. The tone mapping process can wreak havoc on the clouds in any beautiful landscape scene. The trouble comes when you have the perfect tone map settings for your foreground, but it is not so …
Mar 29 2013
I know I am a huge Photoshop buff here on EverydayHDR, but every once in a while I like to give some insight on other programs that I find to be very helpful for beginners. All you advanced Photoshop guys/gals can probably sit this one out! However, if you own PhotoFXLab by Topaz Labs, I …
Feb 08 2013
I have created several black and white tutorials in the past. Two of my favorite are the written tutorial and the video tutorial. While I could leave it with just those two, I am a fan of continuous improvement and finding a better more efficient way to do everything, enter Camera Raw from stage right! A few …
Feb 01 2013
I know what you are thinking already, and you probably cringed at the thought of the word vignette. However, vignettes can be very powerful if used correctly! A powerful vignette can attract your viewer and pull them in without them even having the slightest bit that you grabbed them by their puppy scruff with your …
Jan 25 2013
I was doing a Google search recently about photo techniques and came across an old favorite of mine, the Cyanotype. I have never created a Cyanotype in the dark room myself, however, I really like the way they look. Creating a Cyanotype in Photoshop is much easier and less time consuming than it was in …
