Photo Thursdays

I don’t know if it’s part of Murphy’s Law or what, but without fail, people develop a zit or pimple the night before a photo shoot. This is especially true with brides. As a photographer, you are expected to somehow make this all better and make the subject look absolutely perfect. Of course, as a […]

Taking a break from the Photoshop tutorials, I wanted to talk a bit about cameras again. After all, there is more to photography than Photoshop, though you wouldn’t know it by looking at some photographers’ work … Photography is synonymous with one word: lighting. Good lighting can make a picture and poor lighting can ruin […]

Now that we’re getting good with Photoshop and/or PIXLR, it’s time to learn a new technique. One of the most popular photo enhancements today is the focal black and white, where most of the picture is in black and white except for the focus of the picture, which is in focus. Hence the name focal […]

You’ve probably seen it before — the perfect picture. You know, the cute couple kissing in front of the Eiffel Tower. Then you think to yourself, “Wait a minute, he’s way too cheap to ever take her to Paris. How’d they get that picture?” Answer: Photoshop. Or, in our case, PIXLR.com. This tutorial will demonstrate […]

Digital cameras are the greatest thing to happen to photography. They are also probably the worst thing to happen to computers. I know that sound pessimistic, but there’s some truth to it. Digital cameras brought about a change in photographic philosophy. With film cameras, photography was an expensive hobby and/or profession. Not only was the […]