PHOTOGRAPHER'S LAIR

  • 6 Fast Photo Fixes Pros Use

    If you spend much time at all reading photography how-to sites or taking classes or even just talking to photographers, you’ll probably hear the mantra “get it right in-camera”. I totally agree, but what do you do if it isn’t just right? I seriously doubt that any photographer out there gets card after card full…

  • Custom Brushes – The Secret of Background Effects

        One very powerful feature in Photoshop is the countless ways you can create and modify brushes. Just about any design can be turned into a brush and then “painted” into your image to create all kinds of effects. This tutorial will serve as a simple introduction to working with custom brushes. I was…

  • 3 simple photo enhancements

    Focus, Vignette and Sepia – three simple effects to enhance your photos. This tutorial will delve a little deeper into working with layers while giving you three really simple but cool effects for getting creative and artistic with your photos. A very popular portrait technique has been to use a filter that creates a blurred…

  • Layers 2 – Blurring the background

    Background of original image was blurred In this post we’re going one more step into understanding layers by developing a project around using a layer mask. The first layers tutorial had a brief little intro to them and now it’s time to start really getting a grasp of what they can do. This project may take…

  • Make the jump!

    Hey everyone, this is just a quick bit related to using layers in Photoshop:  Consider making it a habit to duplicate your background layer as your first step in editing any photo. Why??? I never do any alterations directly to the original layer. You never know when you’re going to need those pixels just the way they…

  • Beginning Layers

    This tutorial is written for Photoshop newbies. If you already know what layers are and how most of the tools in Photoshop work but just want to see how to create this effect, scroll down to the end for a quick step-by-step without all the commentary. But you know you really want to read this…

  • Election day sunrise

    Good Morning United States!! Well, it is late evening as I’m writing this but I wanted to share another really great sunrise. This time there were no clouds, just a nice golden glow in a clear sky that faded to a deep purple/blue.  It was neat because I can see this flag from my back deck. I…

  • Sunset Fishing…

    This was one of those “Thank God I have my camera” moments. I was traveling around I465 headed to a dinner and trivia outing with my friends. The whole drive around I was captivated by this incredible sunset that was developing. By the time I exited the interstate I was literally bouncing in the seat eager…