Adobe PhotoShop – Layer and Layer Mask Basics
By Megan P Galope If you’re new to PhotoShop, layers can be a bit daunting. What exactly are they, anyway? Layers can be used in a multitude of ways, but I will just discuss the basics of how to use...
Does AI Have Real Value?
By John Frelich Not long ago Topaz, amongst others, came out with AI (artificial Intelligence) with their “Studio” and products that offered the same intriguing named improvements. Does this have ...
Adobe Premiere Rush CC – A fast, user-friendly tool for video creation
By Lisa Hanard With Premier Rush you can quickly turn your photos, videos and audio clips into an impressive video in minutes. Then share your video directly from the Premiere Rush app to the most com...
How To Restore Old Photographs Using Adobe Photoshop Part 1 - COLOR AND CONTRAST
by Lisa Hanard Finding a dusty box of old family photos can feel like you just discovered a buried treasure. With anticipation, you carefully open the box lid to peek inside. Upon closer inspection ...
Long Exposures of 8 Minutes
By Rick Jacobi If you have water and or sky with clouds in a photo and want them to look really smooth, then you have to do a long exposure. Eight minutes works really well for this type of photo. I...
Adobe Lightroom – Using the New Range Mask Feature
By Megan P Galope Have you ever tried using a graduated filter to make the sky darker, but in the process it also darkens the mountains? Trying to then remove the mountains from the filter was a tedio...
RAW VS. JPG, ENHANCING COLOR
By Vicki Uthe I spent last spring break in Panama with my beautiful wife Ellen. I have nearly two thousand images to sort through and I hope you are as excited to see them as I am to share them. I’m...
THE NEW LIGHTROOM “ECO-SYSTEM”
By Suzanne Mathia LIGHTROOM CLASSIC - LIGHTROOM CC Lots of changes announced this week and confusion, worry and misinformation are rampant. This happens with any new changes. We all get very...
Has software eliminated the need for filters in the field?
By Becky Chapman When I started in photography, the in-camera exposure was one of the most critical aspects of the image. Now when I am out in the field shooting with other photographers, I hear “it...
How I Got the Shot - Poppies under the Blazing Arizona Sun
Author: Ambika Balasubramaniyan Settings: Camera: Canon 5DMIII Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8 II USM Settings: Av (Aperture Priority)1/40 sec, f22, ISO 100, 16mm Filter: None Location: Bartlett Lake, Ari...