High Key Lighting is a common photography setup for portraits. It creates a bright and cheerful environment without going over the top with exposure. Some high key lighting reduces contrast and delivers a very flat result. I’ll show my favorite lighting setup here and some of the things you can do with it. It’s pretty easy…
What if I told you that Pinterest can help your portrait retouching? You can use social media to learn as well as to promote.
Why use a grey card for white balance in your photography? Have you ever taken a picture, and the colors looked slightly off? Maybe everything was too blue or too yellow? This is often caused by incorrect white balance. When you take a picture, your camera tries to adjust the colors to make them look…
Looking for the best Photoshop plugin for automatic skin, retouching, healing and smoothing? Like many people, I own more than one skin-softening plugin. Naturally, I wondered which one is the best. UPDATED: April 18, 2016 I originally posted this comparison on December 2, 2013, after taking advantage of some Black Friday sales. Since the technology behind these plugins has…
I wrote 101 photography tips for beginners because there are always those little lessons you wish you knew when you started. Here’s my list of 101 tips I’d like to tell my younger self.
Photo etiquette seems to be on the decline lately. Essentially, some people think that posting a photo online is a request for advice or critique. They don’t seem to understand that unsolicited critiques are inherently rude and arrogant behavior. It’s as unwelcome as stealing someone else’s photo to use as an example.