Photography Blogs & Tutorials

When you are just starting out as a creative it can be pretty stressful and one of the main causes for that stress can be the shortage of money. Retoucher Pratik Naik of Solstice Retouch had a tough but very true message for ones looking to make it as full time creatives. Being a full time creative [...]

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Editor’s Note: This is part a series on macro photography this week. Look for a new one each day. The next newsletter will have them all if you miss any!

Macro photography is all about getting close and photographing small things. The tiny world of bugs and insects is perfect for macro photographers as there are always an abundance of... more

Just when you think you’ve seen every possible form of selfie comes along an elephant and shows that you ain’t seen nothing yet. Christian LeBlanc was feeding elephants in Thailand and when he ran out of food, the gentle giant took his GoPro instead. Luckily, the elephant aimed the camera at himself and his guest [...]

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So, with HDSLRs becoming so affordable, some interesting options come up, like sub $2K rig that can really shoot decent video. Two very popular options are the GH4 from Panasonic and the OM-D E-M5II from Olympus, each with its their pros and cons. One notable feature of the E-M5mkII is its 5 Axis stabilization. And if you are shooting lots [...]

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When I stumbled across a PetaPixel webpage using animated GIFs to show the layered photo composite work of Richard Roberts, I was immediately hooked on the idea of sharing layered work in this condensed educational fashion. In a mere 5 15 second glimpse, these animated GIFs are able to reveal the lengthy and complex creative process of an artist; not in a detailed way,... more

If the idea of playing Mother Nature excites you, youll love this simple technique for transforming an overcast day into a beautiful snow scene with powder-covered vegetation and falling flakes.

Image courtesy of Shutterstock (Image ID: 8436919 / Copyright: Jorge Casais)

Step 1: Open an Overcast Photo

Open an overcast photo with little or no detail in the sky.

Step 2: Add Ground Snow

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This tutorial will show you how to create and modify a simple brush tip, and use it along with some layer styles to create a shiny lines text effect.

Tutorial Assets
1) Intro Regular font.
2) Celestial Background 48 by FrostBo.
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I teach very infrequently now, at most just once or twice a year. That said, without fail I attend Gulf Photo Plus in Dubai every March.

It's a great event, with quality instructors and a fantastic group (family?) of people running it. But Dubai is a long way away, to be sure.

So three years ago, we worked out a sort of "road version" of GPP. It's a compressed, wall-to-wall weekend that brings... more

CREDIT: MATT KLOSKOWSKI

Often, youll have a photo where one of the colors just doesnt stand out like it did when you took the photo. One of the benefits of a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer is that you can target specific colors with it, and not the whole photo. Plus, the ability to hide the changes with the layer mask on the adjustment layer can really help create some strong images.

STEP 1:
Open a photo where some of the colors just dont have the same... more

So, I wanted to share with you a little experiment of mine I have been playing with this week. You can see how I sketch the letters out first instead of using a font.

The music is by John Williams from the 1941 Soundtrack. Sony Music 1991

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