Photoshop How To

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Ron Leach  |  Jul 24, 2017  | 

In today’s Photoshop tutorial you’ll learn one of the most important portrait retouching techniques: How to use the Burn and Dodge tools to give your models flawless skin.

Dan Havlik  |  Jul 05, 2017  | 

It’s always important to refresh the basics of photography especially when it comes to a comprehensive and often confusing piece of imaging software such as Adobe Lightroom. In the below video from Nathaniel Dodson of Tutvid, Dotson presents an excellent primer on how to sharpen photos using Lightroom to get better image results. And who doesn’t want better image results?

Ron Leach  |  Aug 18, 2017  | 

You can’t really blame your camera for the occasional washed out image you discover on a memory card after returning from a shoot. There’s simply no getting around the fact that those sad mistakes are the result of operator failure; i.e. you!

Ron Leach  |  Mar 13, 2017  | 

Lightroom’s Radial Filter is a powerful, easy-to-use tool that can do a lot of different things to enhance the quality of your images. In this helpful tutorial from Anthony Morganti you’ll learn several valuable tricks for streamlining your workflow.

Ron Leach  |  Aug 16, 2017  | 

Photoshop’s Healing Brush is a powerful and easy-to-use tool. And while most people think of it as a means of refining portraits, the Healing Brush can work wonders with all sorts of photographs.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 15, 2017  | 

Adobe Lightroom is a powerful tool, and for those of you new to the software here’s a tutorial illustrating how to use the adjustment brush to accomplish some basic but important editing tasks like selectively toning up or toning down parts of an image. 

Ron Leach  |  Oct 17, 2016  | 

There are a variety of methods for dodging and burning in Photoshop, with the traditional tools requiring you to employ a “destructive” workflow. After watching this this easy-to-follow tutorial from Jimmy McIntyre, you’ll consider yourself an expert on achieving beautiful results with non-destructive techniques.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 06, 2017  | 

More and more photographers are turning to Instagram these days, not only as a means of sharing images with friends, but as a vehicle for presenting their portfolio to prospective clients, publishers, and other business interests. If you’re looking for a simple way to feature your work on Instagram in an eye-catching manner, check out the quick video below.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 19, 2017  | 

Converting color photographs to black and white is very popular these days, and there are a variety of ways to accomplish the task. In the detailed tutorial below, you’ll learn how to use Photoshop to make dramatic, high-contrast conversions.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 07, 2017  | 

Brandon Woelfel is a New York photographer with over a million Instagram followers. He owes his immense popularity to a unique, glowing, vintage style that you can create yourself in your images by watching the four-minute tutorial below.

Ron Leach  |  Sep 28, 2017  | 

Dramatic photographic opportunities abound once the sun drops below the horizon and a whole realm of colors, lights, and moods begin to appear. If you’re not completely satisfied with your nighttime images, the video below will help you transform them from boring to awesome with a few quick adjustments.

Ron Leach  |  Mar 16, 2017  | 

We usually turn to Mathieu Stern for insight on adapting bargain vintage lenses for use with modern digital cameras. But in the quick video below, Stern gives a 30-second tutorial on making eyes “pop” with Photoshop.

Ron Leach  |  Jan 24, 2018  | 

One trick employed by experienced landscape photographers is to use long exposures to capture dramatic images of soft, flowing water and cotton-like clouds. This technique typically involves the use of neutral density (ND) filters to reduce the amount of light entering the camera, thereby permitting extended exposure times.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 15, 2022  | 

Have you ever captured a photo, looked at it on your camera’s LCD, and said to yourself, “Wow! This looks perfect,” only to view the image closely on the computer and find a bunch of distracting imperfections? If that’s a familiar scenario, this tutorial is for you.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 03, 2017  | 

Back in the “old days,” photographers determined winning images from losers by examining transparencies on a light table, or spreading out prints on a desk. In the digital age, this culling process is equally tedious, but it’s accomplished on a computer. In the video below you’ll see one pro’s unique approach to the task.

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