I recently wrote an article on how to remove people from your background in Photoshop. But I was then asked HOW to remove people from a background in Capture One. So I put together a quick little video on exactly how to quickly and easily remove spots and people from
While working on a panoramic image to show some of what is possible with a kit lens, I discovered a fair amount of sensor spots! Nine images all with multiple sensor dust spots. Arrgh! All is not lost. I’ll show you a way to use Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) to
The Spot Healing Brush Tool in Photoshop a very clever little tool that probably doesn’t get as much attention as the clone tool, but it should. It’s great for fixing flyaway hairs, really deep creases in faces and small skin imperfections. It’s also great for removing power lines in landscapes,
If you’re like me, you easily get caught up in the moment of making a picture and you may forget some simple things. Fortunately for me, I recently had photographer Carlos Zamora assisting me on a big headshot shoot and he was on top of those small things for me and
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
I admit it…I’m not perfect. Sometimes the simplest things can come back and bite you. A few months ago, I made the trek up to Crescent City, California for a photo adventure in Redwood National Forest. The day I arrived, we checked into the hotel and went to find the
As real estate photographers and agents know all too well, nothing says home sweet home like a bunch of utility lines and cables attached to the side of a house. In this short video, we’ll do a little addition by subtraction and minimize these and other distractions by way of
Ever since I began using Lightroom 2, I’ve wished that it had Photoshop’s Clone Stamp so that I wouldn’t have to go to Photoshop to remove things like power lines. Well, Lightroom 5 has made all my wildest dreams come true. This tutorial shows you how to use the Spot
