Glaring hot spots can be like the plague when it comes to shooting portraits. All too often the circumstances of the shoot don’t allow the luxury of time to reposition lights or apply makeup to resolve the problem. Crammed settings, and packed time frames get in the way, leaving us to have fix these issues … Read more
A quick cover of the everyone’s favorite process
Frequency Separation can go wrong at many points, but these are possibly the two points where the biggest mistakes are made.
Frequency separation is an amazing technique for editing skin. Unfortunately, it has been taught incorrectly over the years and things have become a little confused. Hopefully, this will help clarify it!
This fairly simple technique will show you how to remove horrible color casts on skin. Not only that but I’ve also included a free action for you all. Enjoy!
Photo editing is an essential part of the photography process that involves adjusting, stylizing, enhancing, and retouching images to make them look their best and match a consistent style. There are many different approaches to photo editing, each with its unique techniques and approaches. Furthermore, an editing style is a part of a photographer’s identity … Read more
Welcoming a newborn into the family is one of the most cherished moments in any parent’s life. As time flies, those precious moments of the little one’s first few weeks can quickly become a distant memory. This is where newborn photography comes into play, capturing those precious moments in a way that can be treasured … Read more
I used to be terrified to shoot in harsh sunlight. I avoided it like the plague, and as a consequence avoided scheduling sessions in anything other than golden hour or overcast days. I soon found out that a limited availability such as this was a financial burden, thus, bad for business. This was the deciding factor … Read more
Over the last year, you’ve no doubt become aware that A.I. has dramatically changed the photographer’s workflow. Tasks that used to take considerable time, for example, such as selecting subjects or removing background objects, now only take seconds. And that’s just a hint of what AI is capable of. In this video/article, we’ll focus specifically … Read more
While relatively new, AI photo editing is making rapid advances. What used to take photographers hours and specialized skills learned over years can now be done in fractions of a second. We can only try to predict the ultimate ramifications of this new technology, however, one thing that’s certain is that AI is here to … Read more
Imerge Pro is still a relatively new product on the scene but is already making waves amongst photographers and composite artists looking for more control over their final output. The desktop app – which allows editing and non-destructive compositing with RAW layers in 16-bit – offers something different from other options on the market: a … Read more
The latest update to the Retouching Toolkit brings some incredible addons, (like the new color wheel), and powerful scripts to an already impressive and full customizable set of tools.
