Triple 5’s Quick Hit Monday: Photography; Photoshop: Fun Stuff; and NYC Wrap Up
Good Morning Everybody, We wrapped a great week in the Big Apple and the week truly went flying by. The highlight of the trip was my daughter's Honor’s Recognition on Tuesday and her Commencement Exercise on Wednesday and my shootout for B&H in ...
Monday’s Photoshop Freebies
Monday's Photoshop Freebies Every weekend I enjoy scouring the internet for the latest collection of brush sets, textures, patterns, tutorials, and what ever other Photoshop tidbits I might find interesting for myself and my DPT readers. I've f...
What if Learning to Use Photoshop Was More Like Learning to Play Portal?
Learning to play a game and learning to use Photoshop follow two, very different patterns. In the first you “discover” how the game is played, you fiddle with the buttons, try combinations, have eureka moments and eventually become proficient at it. Learning Photoshop, on the other hand, requires extensive tutorials and help; books are available...
Adobe’s Creative Cloud is Now Available
Mesdames et messieurs bonjour! Even though I’m still in Paris wrapping up our shoots here, I did see where starting today the Adobe Creative Cloud is now available, which ushers in a new era for Adobe, and a new opportunity for creative people all over the world (can’t you just hear that ELO song in
Holgarizer: A Free Photoshop Action That Emulates a Toy Camera Look
A few years ago, graphic designer Grey Jay was asked by a company to create a Photoshop action that would emulate a “toy camera” look for photos. He came up with an action he calls the “Holgarizer” and, after some tweaking and adjusting, has made it freely available to the public. If a messy cross-processed...
Photoshop-Themed Mirror for Retouching Your Face in the Mornings
Yesterday we were whimsically wondering what life would be like if we could Photoshop away some of life’s more unpleasant moments, and today we’ve stumbled onto a different approach in the form of the Retouch Mirror. The mirror, which will cost you about $85 from Atypyk, is a fun bathroom accessory for photographers who want...
Adobe CS6 Released Today, Creative Cloud Coming May 11th
The big news spreading across the internet is that Adobe CS6 officially released today. The announcement, which confirms previous rumors of a May 7th ship date, came late last night and means that we can all finally get our hands on Content-Aware Move and all of the other features we’ve been dying to try. Those...
Quick Hit Monday: Wedding Photography & More; Photoshop Layers: & Shootout In Central Park
Good Morning Everybody, LaDawn and I spent a somewhat relaxing weekend back in good Ol' Kentucky. The weather was perfect and we both got a chance to relax. This week we regroup, meet with a few clients, plan for the latter part of May and June's upcom...
What if You Could Photoshop Real Life?
There’s been a lot of controversy around magazines using Photoshop to make real people look unrealistically pretty or fit, but what if you could actively Photoshop what you saw and experienced? That’s the question the people over at Sad and Useless decided to ask, and the answers are pretty hilarious: Now if only there was...
Teen Collects 50,000 Signatures to Protest the Use of Photoshop by Magazines
It’s common knowledge that models in magazines are Photoshopped to look the way that they do — often to the detriment of the young girls that aspire to have these computer generated figures — but for the most part protests have come in the form of ad campaigns like Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty. But...
Thank you London — What a Wonderful Way to Wrap Up My Live Tour!
(Above: iPhone shot before the day got started). It couldn’t have been a better crowd or location to wrap up my “Light it, Shoot it, Retouch it”‚ live tour than what we had last week in London, England. What a great group of photographers — totally engaged, very responsive, lots of great questions, and some of
Quick Hit Monday: My Shootout In Central Park; Lots Of Photoshop CS6; Loads Of Lightroom 4; and More!
Good Morning Everybody, We arrived safe and sound in Dallas, TX around noon on Saturday and are looking forward to a great week at Texas School. Last year we really enjoyed our experience. This is like the largest week long photography sch...
