What’s Gotta Stay

My co-workers are generally good sports for standing in as models when I want to try out something.  Katie let me take a variety of "eye" photos today, which I am going to process and post a few of them over the next few days.  This processing is what came to mind when I starting [...]

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As a photographer, I enjoy capturing moments and scenes, but often the scene I capture is simply a canvas for what I end up doing for in the “digital darkroom” for my final photo I share with others. Lately I have been combing through Flickr and other sites to find photos with post-processing I [...]

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Here’s another portrait from the other day that I decided to throw into Photoshop and see what I could do with it. I started first in Lightroom with a “cold” setting which I found brought her eyes and brooch into attention.

I went with a higher key look to go with the cold feel, [...]

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When I was taking the photos of some co-workers the other day, Brandon spotted a shovel in the corner of the studio.  With the hoodie he had with him that day, we thought it would make for a fun “Prison Break” or “Reaper” look.  I threw this one into Photoshop to have a little fun [...]

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by Mikkel Aaland

Top Notch Coverage on a Fascinating Tool for Photographers

Aaland writes in a way I can best explain as what every good help manual SHOULD be, with clear explanations and plentiful examples. Whether your skill level is as a beginner through advanced Photoshop user and photographer, you will have no difficulty understanding this [...]

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