Tutorials
How to make your photos look like they’re from 1839
Ah, the good old days; they probably weren’t that good for photographers. Inhaling mercury fumes, handling caustic alkali, and fretting about patent payments, those times…
Give yourself a Weegee
Every photographer should study the life work of Arthur Fellig. Better known by his self-appointed nickname, Weegee (see Figure 1), or, more accurately, Weegee the…
How to solve problems when everything seems to be going wrong on a shoot
You know what they say about the best-laid plans of mice and men, and it also applies to photography. You can plan a shoot all…
How to shoot portraits in open shade like a pro
If you’re a portrait photographer who shoots outdoors, you probably already know the magic of shooting in open shade. For those used to using flash…
This is the one camera setting you should change for perfectly exposed photos
If you take photos in the forest or take landscapes in the sunset, there are areas where the shadows are pitch black or the highlights…
Triple play-make monster RAW views of the same subject, at the same time, in the same photo
A quirk in the firmware of the Nikon D40X enables you to bend some very serious rules for making incredibly feature-rich photographs. Granted, this oddity…
3 HDR photo editing mistakes you’re making and how to fix them
In today’s photo editing tutorial, regardless of your editing software, you’ll discover the top 3 editing mistakes I see with HDR images and some bonus…
Lighting setup: Abstract colour and light
I’m often described as a ‘technical shooter’ or as a photographer who utilises ‘technical lighting’ and although I don’t mind the comparison, I think many…
Mastering Photoshop Brush Settings: When a 1% Flow is Still Too Fast
In Photoshop, sometimes the smallest settings can make the biggest difference. When I retouch, I often have a brush set to 100% opacity and 1%…
A new way to get film-like colors inside Lightroom
I might have stumbled upon something huge by mistake. All this time, we were all using presets that used all the tools in Lightroom to…
