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Smoke Photography: Capturing Delicate Wisps of Smoke
Getting Started For first timers, photographing smoke can be an extremely frustrating experience! Capturing delicate wisps of smoke is as challenging as it is rewarding. The key to success is having a...
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HDR Processing Walk-Through Using Photomatix
I recently made a trip to one of the oldest districts of Kansas City, Missouri known West Bottoms. West Bottoms used to be the industrial crossroads for the city and the nation. Industrial goods and...
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Enhancing the Vibrance and Contrast of Blue Skies
How many times have you witnessed and photographed an amazing landscape scene just to discover later that your images look dull and lifeless? It’s as if somehow the vibrance you remember seeing wasn’t...
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Give Your Photographs an Edge with Textures and Borders
Have you ever wanted to make a high resolution image look old and grungy, but didn’t know how? Have you ever considered adding scratches and a retro border to an image to give it a film-like feel? In...
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Increase the Dynamic Range of a Single Image
There are times when it is impossible to capture the entire dynamic range of a scene in a single image. Recently I ran in into this problem during a short trip I made through a beautiful farming...
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Learn How To Restore Old Photographs in Photoshop
Many us have film and vintage photographs that have been passed down from generation to generation. These pictures are simply irreplaceable. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration...
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The Art of Dodging and Burning Pixels
Dodging and burning is nearly as old as photography itself. Traditionally applied in the darkroom, dodging and burning techniques are used to selectively alter the exposure of photographic prints....
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Learn How to Create a “Dragan Effect” in Photoshop
Andrzej Dragan’s dark and edgy images have inspired and motivated countless photographers. His distinct high-contrast processing style has become known as the “Dragan Effect”. In this 8-minute video,...
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Creating Vintage Effects & Split Toning in Adobe Camera Raw
Have you ever wondered how to process your images so that they have a vintage look and feel? As the chemical process for capturing and developing photographs was first discovered, early black and white...
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Digital Scrapbooking for Beginners
Digital scrapbooking has surged in popularity over the last few years as an affordable alternative to traditional scrapbooking. Virtually anything that you can photograph can become a element in your...
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Three Professional Skin Smoothing Techniques You Should Know
Whether you wish to remove a few blemishes or do a complete makeover for a client, natural portrait retouching in Photoshop is skill that takes time to learn. In this guide, we’re going to examine...
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5 Professional Eye Retouching Techniques
Note: We’ve provided a free Photoshop brush designed to increase the contrast between the edge of the iris and the white portion of the eye. You can find it under the “Increasing Brightness and...
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Step-by-Step Frequency Separation Portrait Skin Retouching In Photoshop
If you’re a portrait photographer, you’re probably familiar with some of the Photoshop blurring techniques to soften skin blemishes. Although skin blurring in Photoshop has been around for a long time,...
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