Two Heads Are Better Than One – How to Deal with Bad Expressions
How to deal with the unfortunate facial expression in group portraits Ah… it’s that time again! The time when we are challenged to capture the
Lee Varis is a Boston based photo-illustrator whose career in commercial photography spans four decades. His work includes movie posters (Star Trek,) albums, CDs, and magazines (Nat Geo, Fortune, PDN.) Lee is the author of the best selling Photoshop book “Skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing and Retouching Faces and Bodies.”
How to deal with the unfortunate facial expression in group portraits Ah… it’s that time again! The time when we are challenged to capture the
Imaging Workflow Beyond Lightroom & Photoshop Most of the time, photo-imaging workflow can be completely managed within the familiar applications of Photoshop, Lightroom, Bridge, Photo
An Alternative to Focusing Fresnel Spot Light with the Benefit of Easy Custom Shapes I have been experimenting with digital projectors as a light source
Creating Panorama Scenes in Photoshop I did an exterior shoot for the Broad Stage back in 2011 (see the blog post here) and the next
There some times when even a travel tripod is just too much to lug around, and sometimes you need to get really low, or switch
Summer is Here – Time for Flower Photography I just thought I’d share a quick little lighting technique for your flower photography. Now that spring
Just Enough Tripod & Then Some At some point every photographer needs a tripod. How much tripod depends on the specific needs of the photographer—are
Picking up where we left off in part-2… Now for the really fun stuff… make a new empty layer at the top of the layer
Picking up where we left off in part-1… Now lets look at enhancing the color saturation. Of course this could be done with a Hue/Saturation
Despite the wishes of most avid photographers, the photographic image is not really finished at the moment of capture. Every image can benefit with some
Channel Blending for Tone Control I’d like to share an advanced concept for tone control in Photoshop. This channel blending idea forms the basis of
The Camera that’s Just Enough for Most Everything I had the great fortune to beta test the newest iteration of Fujifilm’s X100, the X100F — the