I’m a collector of quotes and share them when I speak to groups. Someone asked me if I had fashioned any quotes myself. Here’s one: “Don’t look at what a subject is, but what it might become.” By Bob Coates. Hence the article today on enhancing an image. Oleander The
Dodging and burning is a powerful way to add dimension, color, brightness, darkness and more. I will show you two simple ways to do this in Photoshop. 50% gray dodge and burn This is a great way to non-destructively accentuate the highlight and darkness on an image. Here are the
Luminar Neo has added Dodge & Burn tools to their editing tools with one of their recent releases, which is perfect for both portraits and landscapes! First, if you need a refresher on what Dodge & Burn tools do: Dodging and burning allow for control over lightening or darkening areas
In this in-depth look at the Dodge & Burn in Luminar Neo, I am going to show you not only how to Dodge & Burn generally on an image, but also how to use specific adjustments to make the most of your portraits. Dodge & Burn was recently added to
In this article, I’ll show you how I use layer masks in Capture One Pro to dodge or lighten areas of a photograph and burn or darken areas of a photograph. Click here to see part one and part two. Knowing how to dodge and burn gives you more control
You’ve probably seen ads the last few days for the 5DayDeal — they’ve been popping up on Facebook and Instagram like crazy. The organizers of this deal create an incredible package of education and tools, and they do it every year or so. I’ve never bought it before, but this
(Editor’s note: In this guest post, photographer Kelly Anderson shows a simple Photoshop technique that anyone can do to lighten or darken (dodge or burn) areas in a photo. Kelly Anderson is a photographer, often gathering inspiration from music, painting, photography and dancing. See her work on kellyandersonphoto.com.) I love Adobe Photoshop. It’s
Retouching the portraits you make can be a lot of fun, and it can be a lot of frustration. I realize that I’ve retouched thousands of portraits and one thing that makes it more fun than frustration is simply the way you go about it — the workflow. Let me
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Anup Ghimire. Dodging and burning is one of the most confused and highly underestimated techniques in Photoshop. There are lots of ways you can dodge and burn in Photoshop. Dodging and burning can help your image pop or make your photograph look
Have you ever been working away in photoshop, keyboard short-cutting like no other, when suddenly you do something that is unexpected and awesome? It happened to me when working on a image of the French Quarter in New Orleans. This technique is one of the best kept secrets in Photoshop
