Whether you like shooting cities or nature scenes, deep colors and tones add a captivating mood to photos. I’ll walk you through how I include color, shadows, bluish darks and orange glows that are perfect for all kinds of shots, especially low-light photos taken on shorter fall days! You can get this tutorial as a preset called […]
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Using Lightroom is a great way to process and edit your photos. It can help you quickly get the right tones, colors, and lighting without the complication of more advanced photo editing software. NEW: How to Use Lightroom Presets on your phone → In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through all the necessary steps to install […]
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The right textures can make all the difference when working on your creative projects. They’ll help you add the little extra bit of detail you need to bring your work to life. Whether it’s a subtle grunge look on your photography or some heavy weathering on your design, these textures will help you out. We […]
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Mendesota is a talented and creative photographer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He specializes in portraits with unique, natural scenes. Find more of his cool work on Instagram. Mendesota was kind enough to give away five free natural Photoshop Actions that represent his photo editing style. See before/after previews and download the free filters below. Then scroll down to read […]
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For many photographers, it can be daunting to clean their delicate and costly equipment. The thought of damaging a lens or sensor is overwhelming, but with the right tools and techniques, cleaning a camera lens can easily become second nature. Having some dust on the front of your lens can be harmless and relatively unnoticeable in your […]
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With the release of Drake’s latest album VIEWS, unveiled was a beautiful collection of photos and meme-worthy images such as this one: Whether you are a fan of his music or not, one can agree the imagery Drake paired with his newest album is extravagant. In fact, we loved it so much that we decided […]
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Summer is coming up and what better way to prepare than stock up on beautiful fonts for your photography and design projects? In this post we cover some great Summer fonts for photographers, designers, and bloggers alike. These fonts come with a ton of amazing bonuses and graphic elements that are so valuable to your […]
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Creating the perfect light leak or lomo effect in Photoshop is quite the challenge. Especially because you don’t always have the time to adjust your settings and make the leak look just right. That’s why we teamed up with Sam Jones of Sivioco to create this fun, free set of light leak Photoshop Actions. Check out the other free […]
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The iPhone camera has continuously improved since its arrival in 2007. Although the camera quality has gone from two megapixels to twelve megapixels somehow we still manage to sometimes end up with photos that could be better – whether wit’s due to blurriness, lighting, and even graininess. There are many ways to improve the image […]
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FilterGrade was recently featured in Practical Photography Magazine with some of our retro Photoshop Actions! Practical Photography features inspiring photography tutorials, camera buying guides, freebies, and more in their awesome magazine each month. In the March 2016 issue they have some amazing tutorials for editing skin in Photoshop, taking great photos in any environment, and […]
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