Photo Editing Photography Education Photoshop How to Become Great at Lightroom and Photoshop Photography doesn’t end with the click of a shutter. While capturing an image is a vital first step, the real magic often happens in post-processing. Programs like Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop allow photographers to refine, enhance, and transform their images into visual masterpieces. For beginners, understanding the importance of post-processing and learning how to use […] Written by Mark Weber June 10, 2025February 13, 2025
Inspiration Photo Editing Photography Education Product Info Technology Topaz GigaPixel: A Game-Changer for Photographers As far as I’m concerned, Topaz GigaPixel is the most revolutionary software since Photoshop. If you’re unfamiliar with it, this tool takes low-resolution files and transforms them into sharp, high-resolution images. It can even rescue out-of-focus photos, making them crisp and clear. This software has completely changed how I approach photography. It allows me to breathe new […] Written by Mark Weber January 28, 2025January 15, 2025
Photo Editing Photography Education Photoshop Techniques How to Maximize Your B&W Photography This photo was taken at Kerry Park in Seattle. I was helping a professional photographer with a workshop she was doing. Seeing Seattle from this viewpoint I thought this could be a good B&W photo. I was shooting with a GFX 100s. ISO 100 – 1 sec exposure – f9 with 64 mm focal length. […] Written by Rick Jacobi December 17, 2024October 8, 2024
Photo Editing Photography Education Techniques The Art of Layering for a Painterly Look Creating a painterly look from photographs using painterly backgrounds and textures is a creative process that allows you to blend your photos with the aesthetics of traditional painting. This technique can transform your images into unique works of art. This creative process involves a thoughtful blend of elements, allowing the artist’s vision to guide them […] Written by Carly Sullens M. Artist, CPP February 29, 2024February 29, 2024
Photo Editing Photography Photography Education How to Take Better Landscape Images Landscape photography can be done with any camera and any lens. From your smartphone camera to your high-end pro camera, you can create some of your best images. Regardless of what you use to capture your images, you need to find something interesting to photograph. Here in Nebraska, It could be a single tree in […] Written by Mark Weber April 4, 2023February 28, 2023
Photo Editing Photography Technology How to Manage Your Digital Files Disclaimer: This technique does not work on network-connected drives or Raid systems. It does work on internal and connected external drives. In the early 90’s I purchased a lifetime subscription to a raw processing program called RAW SHOOTER PRO. It included free updates for life. It worked much better than the software included with my first digital […] Written by Terry Winslow March 16, 2023February 23, 2023
Photo Editing Photography Photography Education Photoshop Techniques Connections – the Art of Restoration Composite Photography When I was a little girl, we had huge family reunions in the summer. Hundreds of aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends came from all over the country and sometimes the world just to visit. In the humid Indiana evenings, we all gathered in the living room of my grandparents’ house with the windows letting a […] Written by Aly Elliott September 20, 2022September 20, 2022
Photo Editing Photography Photography Education Photoshop Things I Can’t Believe Photoshop Can Do! Photoshop and Lightroom are every photographers best friend. We couldn’t operate without them anymore. And as long as I’ve been using both, there’s still things I can’t believe Photoshop can do. I started in the film days and I remember purchasing a book that was on Darkroom techniques that required a tremendous amount of luck […] Written by Mark Weber July 7, 2022July 18, 2022
Photo Editing Photography Photoshop Technology Out of Gamut? Have you ever had an image printed and instead of the team color blue you expected on a jersey or band uniform it came out purple? What the heck is that all about? Before you blame your color lab or your home printer (or anyone else for that matter), understand that the chances are your […] Written by Mark Weber June 16, 2022June 16, 2022
Inspiration Photo Editing Photography Fabulous Tips for Higher Print Scores from PPA Judge Keith Howe Part II Whether you are new to print competition or experienced, we all want to know how to maximize our images to get the highest score in print competition. I decided to go direct to the source and tap into one of PPA’s most respected print judges – Keith Howe. He and his wife Holly own and operate […] Written by Mark Weber May 12, 2022June 28, 2022
