Lightroom has become a very mature product offering easy and powerful workflow for photographers. I now do much of image processing in Lightroom pushing the image to Photoshop for features that are not available in Lightroom. One of the tools that I often miss in Lightroom is the ability to use layers, blending modes, and masking. … [Read more...]
From “Scene” to “Seen”
Digital photography has many more user-controllable variables compared to the film. A good understanding of the variables and how to make the critical choices will reward the photographer. I used this slide presentation for a presentation I made at the Photographic Society of Rhode Island on September 21, 2010. It will make more sense to the people … [Read more...]
Photoshop Is A Girl’s Best FriendPart III Retouching the Portrait
Let’s start by viewing a short video, all the way to the end. Click on the following link and watch the video before moving on to the section that follows. Dove – Evolution Commercial Objective Produce a pleasing photograph of the model that looks realistic and natural, also free from editing artifacts Tools to know and use … [Read more...]
Photoshop Is A Girl’s Best Friend
Part II Smart Shoot
Smart Shoot In the excitement of the shoot and technical pressures, one of the most important steps gets the short shrift: White Balance Shot. It is so easy to do and it saves so much time, later on, I cannot overemphasize its importance; especially with the availability of great tools at very affordable prices. White balance … [Read more...]
Photoshop Is A Girl’s Best Friend
Part I Glamor Photography
Photoshop offers an exceedingly powerful tool to photographers. It is up to us to use or abuse it; keep it within bounds or go over the top. The fact that it allows us to do so does not mean that we should make every model's neck 4 inches longer, eyes reminiscent of Japanese comic strips, and their skin that looks more like electrically … [Read more...]
Free Software
One of the leading add-on software makers, onOne Software, has made some of their products available at no charge. If you want to download a copy of these, which have fewer presets than the paid versions, point your browser to onOne Software Web site page. The price is right! … [Read more...]
Sharpening Workshop
I ran a workshop on January 3, 2010, for the members of PSRI. The main purpose was to explore the sharpening strategies and methods in Photoshop and Lightroom. In the 4-hour long workshop, the first part was some general background information on what sharpening is and why we need it, followed by an overview of the process. Then, using Photoshop … [Read more...]
Don’t Bruise the Pixels
I made a presentation for the Photographic Society of Rhode Island (PSRI) on January 20, 2009. The title "Don't Bruise the Pixels" was the core idea behind nondestructive editing in Photoshop. After the initial talk segment, I demonstrated the idea and what could be done by using layers, blend modes, and blend if sliders. The following slideshow … [Read more...]
Single File HDR, really?
Well, not exactly but perhaps a mini HDR; but a very useful one at that. There are numerous articles, Web tutorials, books written about the high dynamic range image processing and for a good reason. The process yields remarkable results with detailed highlights and detailed shadows. Images obtained from HDR processing encompass a range of … [Read more...]
Better B&W Conversion in Lightroom
I have been using Adobe Lightroom since it became available as public beta for Windows. It is a great front-end for Photoshop and much of the work can be done in Lightroom. I like that, the interface is more intuitive and controls more visible. One of the steps I started doing in Lightroom when it appeared on my desktop was B&W … [Read more...]
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