10 Benefits Of Building Bodies Of Work

“There’s nothing worse than a sharp picture of a fuzzy concept.” – Ansel Adams One image is an idea. A body of work is a way of thinking. A collection of singular (5-star) images doesn't create a body of work. Singular images prove your craft. A...

Enhancing Texture, Clarity and Dehaze in Lightroom Classic

“In this video Julieanne explains the difference between the three Presence sliders: Texture, Clarity, and Dehaze and how they can be used to add contrast to an image.” Watch more from Julianne Kost here. Learn more in my digital photography and digital printing workshops.

How To Choose An Optimal Setting For Photoshop’s High Pass Filter

Photoshop’s filter High Pass is one every user should know. It can be either an edge sharpener or a unique luminosity contrast enhancer that produces a three-dimensional effect, unlike any other tool. With only one slider, Radius, the differences between low and high settings can...

Enjoy The 2024 Camden Festival Of Poetry

Padriag O’Tuama poet / peace activist The 2024 Camden Festival Of Poetry Is Coming! It’s free and open to the public. Register here.   May 3 – Friday Colby College Museum Of Art 3-4:30 pm      Workshop – Caponigro / Exploring The Colby College...

How To Enhance The Illusion Of Space With Atmospheric Perspective

As atmosphere builds up, contrast and detail are diminished, while colors grow cooler and less saturated. Whites are an exception; they get darker and yellower. Atmospheric perspective can be applied to neutral or black-and-white images using luminosity only. In the foreground, increase contrast. In the...

How To Decode Color In Christopher Nolan’s Amazing Movie Inception

 Consider how you can use color as a code to move viewers between images and/or sets of images. Christopher Nolan’s masterful use of color in his movie Inception will inspire you to new heights. Inception moves between five levels of reality; waking, three levels...

3 Photographic Noise Reducers Compared

Zero noise reduction Adobe’s Camera Raw / Lightroom Manual Noise reduction Imagenomic’s Noiseware Adobe’s Camera Raw / Lightroom AI Noise Reduction   There’s noise in every file. This is why noise reduction is applied to every image you open in Camera Raw / Lightroom, unless...

Everything You Need to Know About Point Color in Adobe Camera Raw

 “The new Point Color feature in Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw enables more powerful and precision color editing than even before. In this video you’ll learn how to use Point Color to make adjustments based an all three dimensions (Hue, Saturation, and Luminosity). While...

The Best Way To Convert Your Images From Color To B&W Using Photoshop

Full-color image Global B&W conversion B&W conversion locally optimized for foreground The color transformation necessary to produce the results   With so much power available during Raw processing (with Lightroom or Camera Raw) when converting color to black-and-white, you’re right to ask, “Why use Photoshop?”...

28 Great Quotes On The Color Black

Enjoy this collection of quotes on the color black. Which is your favorite? Have one to add? Leave a comment!   "Black is real sensation, even if it is produced by entire absence of light. The sensation of black is distinctly different from the lack...