Mentor

. Mentor – For more than 25 years I’ve taught 1000’s of people creativity and photography. Some of those relationships have lasted years and even decades. It’s been tremendously inspiring to see their creative growth and a privilege to help them along their way. –...

A Quick Visual Comparison Of All Of Photoshop’s Blur Filters

Before Blur FX After Blur FX There are many reasons to explore blur in your images: remove distractions, direct attention, enhance space, modify mood and add interesting visual artifacts are a few among many. Blur can be controlled at the point of capture and in post-processing....

How To Intensify Photoshop’s Go To Filter High Pass With Curves

Indispensable, Photoshop’s High Pass filtration offers contrast and sharpening effects no other tool does. (Read Curves, Clarity, Dehaze, High Pass, Texture and Sharpening Compared.) With only one slider, High Pass filtration slip streams between sharpening or detail enhancement (at a low setting) and luminosity contrast adjustment (at...

Three Ways To Tell A Story More Creatively – It, I, You

Using words can help you find new perspectives that can be translated into images. How? Tell a story, from at least three different points of view – it, I, and you. – First, tell the story in the third person (it) as a distant observer...

The Quickest Way To Get 200% Or More From Lightroom’s Adjustment Sliders

Did you ever wish you could get more out of a slider in Lightroom (or Adobe Camera Raw)? Here’s how to go beyond the maximum amount a slider allows. Use Create New Mask and make a Gradient or Brush … outside the image area. Click...

The Art of Visual Storytelling – Sarah Leen & John Paul Caponigro

 . Tuesday, December 14, 2021 – 6:00-7:00 pm (Mountain Time) . Creativity Continues at Santa Fe Workshops with The Art of Visual Storytelling, a conversation between photo editor Sarah Leen and photographic artist John Paul Caponigro. During this informative and captivating hour, Sarah and John Paul discuss...

A Quick Q&A On The Importance Of Photo Editing With Sarah Leen

Tuesday, December 14, 6:00-7:00 pm (Mountain Time) Creativity Continues at Santa Fe Workshops with The Art of Visual Storytelling, a conversation between photo editor Sarah Leen and photographic artist John Paul Caponigro. Register for this free event now. – Sarah Leen offers many insights into the importance of...

Why Defocussing Your Images Will Help You See Them Better

It’s easy to lose sight of the forest for the trees. We’re capable of seeing a lot of detail. Sometimes detail is distracting. Eliminating it can help us see fundamentals more clearly. 1     Frame an image. 2     Defocus your lens enough to lose...

Photoshop’s Amazing Colorize Filter Offers Many More Features

. Colin Smith shows often overlooked additional controls in the Photoshop Neural Filter Colorize. Convert black and white photos to color instantly and then learn these tools to perfect results. Find out more from Colin Smith at Photoshop Cafe. Learn more in my digital photography...

The Big Overview – The Key Reasons Why Your Tools Matter When Printing

Prints are produced by not one but many things – a system.  You can make better prints if you understand how each of the tools you use to make them influences quality. In addition, you’ll be able to identify and come up with solutions for...