photoshop sharpening tutorial
This Photoshop tutorial will help you sharpen your images for different output. An image being reproduced on Inkjet paper or being printed by your photo lab requires different amounts of sharpening for...
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prepping images for newspaper
If you send out press releases or images for ads that will be appearing in newspapers I highly recommend a few steps to ensure that you get good looking images when the paper goes to print. Eric Miller...
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anatomy of a photograph
I have the new Firmware upgrade on the Lumix GH4 and there is a bonus feature called 4K photo mode and I like it. You can set the camera to 4K capture and still have the choice to set your aspect ratio...
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Step and Repeat – Step and Repeat – Step and Repeat… Oh wait! It’s the individual elements in a photo that I’d like to ‘Step and Repeat’ not the words themselves. This is an interesting way to take...
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Here’s a continuation from yesterday’s post. Step and Repeat Level 2 is a continuation of Photoshop Tutorials using repetitive individual photo elements in a geometric pattern to create artistic...
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Here’s a continuation from yesterday’s post. Step and Repeat Level 3 is a continuation of Photoshop Tutorials using repetitive individual photo elements in a geometric pattern to create artistic...
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Step and Repeat Level 4 is a continuation of Photoshop Tutorials using repetitive individual photo elements in a geometric pattern to create artistic images. Although this tutorial stands on it’s own...
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butoh posing time lapse
A couple days ago I shared some images from working with Pash Galbavy when she was doing a model posing for a life drawing class. She was posing in the Butoh style, something I had never heard of...
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lumix g7 macro
Just got my hands on the new Panasonic Lumix G7 – Lumix G7 w 14-140mm lens ($1098) or G7 w 14-42 ($798) – and have been putting it through some paces. There are some beautiful desert plants that my...
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lumix g7 macro art
You know me. I gotta play. Here’s the image from yesterday that started with multiple exposures captured with the Lumix G7 and Layer Stacking in Photoshop. Adding a little artwork using blend modes in...
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ottmar liebert sound bites grill photo art part two
Photoshop Tutorial Creating Photo Art Let’s go into a little more detail on the creation of the photo art for the Sound Bites Grill ‘Wall of Fame’ with guitarist Ottmar Liebert as the subject. The...
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post focus
Choose your focus later. The photography world is changing around you as I write this post! At least it feels that way as new cameras and features are introduced in short order. I’ve never been on the...
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self portrait – under the hood
Anatomy of a self portrait Sometimes it’s good to push yourself. I had an assignment from a game of Survivor we are playing in the Arcanum (a place of growing your photography skills at your own pace...
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hummingbird photo – lumix
Hummingbird Photo – Lumix GX8 Hanging out this morning and thought I’d do some camera testing with my Lumix GX8 and the 100-300mm G Vario f4-5.6 (200-600mm equivalent) lens. I made these images...
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Photoshop Extraction Tutorial – Ray While out to dinner with my wife I was studying, as I always seem to do, the light as it played across the room. I also watch the shadows on faces as people step...
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I did a webinar for the Professional Photographers of California (PPC) last week. The subject was Photoshop including some ideas on creating art. Check out the Photoshop Party where I shared some ideas...
View Articlestep & repeat level four
Step and Repeat Level 4 is a continuation of Photoshop Tutorials using repetitive individual photo elements in a geometric pattern to create artistic images. Although this tutorial stands on it’s own...
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butoh posing time lapse
A couple days ago I shared some images from working with Pash Galbavy when she was doing a model posing for a life drawing class. She was posing in the Butoh style, something I had never heard of...
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lumix g7 macro
Just got my hands on the new Panasonic Lumix G7 – Lumix G7 w 14-140mm lens ($1098) or G7 w 14-42 ($798) – and have been putting it through some paces. There are some beautiful desert plants that my...
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lumix g7 macro art
You know me. I gotta play. Here’s the image from yesterday that started with multiple exposures captured with the Lumix G7 and Layer Stacking in Photoshop. Adding a little artwork using blend modes in...
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