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Digital Liposuction with Photoshop

Being able to change someone’s body shape is a nice service to offer your portrait clients, but I only do this upon request. I also keep it subtle so they still look like themselves. Using the liquefy tool you can really work wonders on someone. In this tutorial... Read more

How to Create a Selectively Colored Black and White Image

Hey everyone! Just a quick Photoshop tutorial today for turning your images black and white, and bringing back a hint of color. This works especially well for images with red. Sometimes my brides will have a black, white & red theme for their wedding, but you can bring... Read more

Design a Wedding Album in Photoshop

This quick tutorial will teach you how to create a basic wedding album layout in Photoshop to make custom albums for your wedding clients. Using these same methods, you will also be able to create wedding announcements and other invitations for your clients. Being able to design a... Read more

DIY Indoor Photography Lighting

In the last post I talked about an easy indoor setup for your photography backdrops, but I forgot to talk about what to do for lighting on a budget. In the Photographer Overnight program, I talk about the best budget lighting equipment in detail, but just to continue... Read more

Do It Yourself Indoor Photography Backdrop

Indoor Photography sessions are easy to do with a simple piece of fabric or butcher paper backdrop. My favorite colors to use for my backdrops are solid black or white because they don’t distract from the subject and you won’t see errors in the backdrop as easily. If... Read more

How to Add a Sky in Photoshop

This tutorial shows you how to add a custom gradient with multiple colors to enhance your skies in your photography. Then I show you another method of adding an entirely new sky from another image as a new layer on top. If you missed the other tutorials for... Read more

How to Enhance the Sky in Your Photographs

In this tutorial I talk about the post-processing methods of enhancing the sky after you’ve already taken your picture. The first method is a simple blue gradient in Adobe Camera RAW, but you can also create gradients in Lightroom and I know in Photoshop you can decide on... Read more

How to Swap Heads in Photoshop

In family portrait photography it’s sometimes difficult to get a shot where everyone in the family is looking, or has their best smile. Head swapping is a beautiful thing about photoshop that people sometimes tend to complicate. There’s no need to meticulously lasso around the head or use... Read more

How to Capture Blue Skies Part 2

Capturing the sky in your background can be difficult with different lighting situations because the sky tends to be so bright. By following these great tips you’ll be able to capture much more interesting skies in your photographs. First, try to shoot on a cloudy day, and face... Read more

Best 3 Secrets to Improve Your Photography

If I could only give 3 tips to help anyone take better pictures and improve their photography skills, these are the ones that will take your photography to the next level. 1. Learn to shoot in Manual Mode. This means you know how to change your f-stop (aperture),... Read more