Creating sharp images is essential in photography because it delights your viewers and makes you look like a competent artist. While it’s not always easy to take sharp pictures on your own, luckily for you, Lightroom can come to the rescue with its slew of high-quality sharpening tools. Warning: Don’t think Lightroom can work miracles […]
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Boosting Contrast in Lightroom with the Tone Curve Tool
Many of the pictures you snap will require subtle corrections to improve fundamental aspects of a good photo, such as the contrast. Luckily for you, the Lightroom Tone Curve Tool helps you do this very easily and quickly. When you boost the contrast, your images will look more dramatic, yet a softness can still be retained, […]
Continue readingSkin Retouching Tips for Photoshop
The goal of every photographer is getting great-looking skin while still preserving that natural beauty that’s hard to get just right. While effective lighting and well-applied makeup are always the foundation of good-looking skin in photographs, retouching is taking it up to a completely new level. Retouching isn’t a technique that you should over-rely on, […]
Continue readingHow to Remove Backgrounds From Your Photos in Photoshop
Photoshop has a slew of tools that make it easy to edit and manipulate photos the way that you want them. After all, being able to customize and play around with your photo is half the fun of photography! Know that a program like Photoshop does give you different ways of getting to your end […]
Continue readingLightroom Tip: How to Fade Lightroom Presets
We all love Lightroom Presets … that much is inarguable! Presets are the ultimate shortcut, as they empower you to drastically improve any image, taking it from ho-hum to stellar with just one click. In spite of their usefulness, we’ve also been able to appreciate the single-biggest problem with built-in presets: Sometimes, they’re just too […]
Continue readingLightroom Tip: Skin Improvement Techniques to Try
The skin of your subjects is one of the areas in any image that has a high chance of going wrong. As such, you need to be proficient with the special Lightroom tools at your disposal to address exactly these kinds of problems. Here are some quick and easy fixes that will solve the majority […]
Continue readingLightroom Tip: Luminance to Improve the Skies in Your Photos
Luminance is defined as the measure of the luminous intensity per the unit area of light moving in any given direction. In Lightroom, though, it’s a feature that can help you get the most out of images that display the sky. If you want to show an intense sky, then familiarize yourself with the Luminance […]
Continue readingTips for Getting More Photography Clients for Your Business
Photographers usually work freelance. As a result, it never hurts to have a continuing stream of clients for your business. If there’s one thing you can never get enough of, it’s more clients. That begs the question, how do you snag more of them? It all stars and ends with marketing. Far too many photographers […]
Continue readingStellar Lightroom Editing Capabilities You May Not Yet Be Using
Chances are good, as a photographer, that you’ve at least heard of Lightroom, Adobe’s photo processor and image organizer. Maybe you’ve even dabbled in it, and some of you have also likely done quite a bit with it — or so you think. The truth of the matter is that you can always do more […]
Continue readingThe Complete Guide to Taking Sharper Images Every Time
Anyone can take a picture and call themselves a “photographer,” but not everyone can take a sharp image with every snapshot. To differentiate yourself as a real photographer from those who just snap away on a camera, you’ll have to master the art of taking sharper images each and every time you release the shutter button. […]
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