Tutorial

Merging Images Video Tutorial: Part 1

Jason Anderson and I were discussing some images that he shot a few days ago of a lightning storm passing through the area he lives. We were talking about various topics like merging the images into an HDR image and so forth. It got me to thinking that the images he shot would be perfect [...]

Creating a Header Image for WordPress Blog

Here is a quick video tutorial showing how to create a header background image for a WordPress blog using Adobe Photoshop. The tutorial is geared towards people who do not know any HTML or CSS programming as well as those that do not know anything about editing WordPress themes.

Applying SPF35 In Photoshop

I was post processing some images or Jeannie from JeannieFit today and came across a perfect chance to write up a quick tutorial on how to apply sunscreen to a model in Photoshop. Well, we aren’t exactly putting sunscreen on her skin… we are just removing the harsh colors of a sunburn using an adjustment [...]

Dreamy Look Tutorial

Misty commented on my photowalk images and asked about the dreamy look that I used on the photo of Allyson. So here is a quick tutorial on how to achieve the dreamy look using Lightroom 2.2.

The dreamy look has a very obvious characteristic… its a little blurry. But the key is to get some separation [...]

Best Of 2008

Right around this time of year many people like to post a recap of the year showing off their best posts, images, tutorials, or whatever else. Since this blog was born in 2008, I do not have an entire year to revist so this shouldn’t take too long!


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