Try as we might, it’s not always possible to capture what’s needed in a single photograph. Though I prefer to do as much as possible in the camera, digital tools now allow us to create most anything. The trick is pulling the elements together ...

One the hardest images to make is the dramatic landscape. We have all been there. Great vista, Great sky. Big white clouds, or clouds in a glowering dark mass, or wispy fog…it is often the sky that makes the shot. Who wants an amazing vista w ...

One thing that seems to baffle a lot of new photographers is understanding the term “stop” as it pertains to a measurement of light. We see this word used over and over with regards to shutter speed, aperture, film speed, filters, lighting, a ...

Focus : "Cameras today offer a wide range of focus options. Manual, semi-manual and an array of automatic methods. Although it is nice to have variety, more complicated options often confuse new photographers, who expect the camera to alwa ...

For part four we are going to look at making simple changes to our photos in post production. We are going to change the composition of our photos shot on pure white or pure black. We will also look at a way to add some color back into the ba ...

Noise is the bane of digital photographers. The best way to deal with noise is to try and avoid it in the first place. But sometimes you’re faced with shooting in available darkness and the only way to get the shot is to crank up the ISO. In ...

The concept behind this tutorial is simple. To use this technique, you must manually adjust the various “zones” of an image to your liking. For example, if the ground is too dark, you brighten the ground. If the sky is too bright, you darken ...

Fixing over exposure in photoshop video tutorial.

If you've been learning about digital imaging, whether by shooting with a digital camera or by scanning your film images, you've probably come across the concept of 8-bit and 16-bit images. Support for 16-bit editing seems to be all the rage ...

Autumn is all about color and leaves. Red, orange and yellow suddenly becomes the predominant color of nature instead of the usual green. What you need to know is that red, orange and yellow are advancing colors. This means that if you look a ...

In this tutorial you will learn how to use a variety of filters and techniques to produce an image in an experimental style. It’s a flowing work technique, and things will always change and blend into the image in different ways, so don’t exp ...

Set the ISO to 400 - this gives you much greater latitude with the strobes. Set the aperture to f/6.3 as a good starting point. With wide-angle lenses, DOF is not really a problem. Adjust the shutter speed to expose for the windows. General ...

Change eye color in photoshop tutorial.

As in all things you need to know your tools so you can pick the best one for the job at hand. The goals for different styles vary and if you plan to shoot a variety of styles you'll need a wide variety of modifiers. Any light source will ...

Set the ISO to 400 - this gives you much greater latitude with the strobes. Set the aperture to f/6.3 as a good starting point. With wide-angle lenses, DOF is not really a problem. Adjust the shutter speed to expose for the windows ...