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Featured Artist: Rory Mole
Note: I love meeting photographers from far away places. Rory Mole is an outstanding photog from Cape Town, South Africa. He has a phenomenal eye for capturing beautiful landscapes. He is considering a project that involves photographing the poor people and settlements in and around Cape Town. I would love to have the opportunity to [...]
Free Lightroom 3 & 4 “Technicolor” Motion Picture Presets
Note: Be sure to check out our other free Lightroom presets. I bet you’re asking yourself, “What the heck is Technicolor?” Great question! It’s a motion picture coloring process invented in 1916 to add dazzling color to films. Technicolor is best known for producing over-saturated colors giving old Hollywood movies a magical look and feel. [...]
Free 1960s Vintage Photoshop Borders
Drop your photographs into these beautiful 1960s borders and add some vintage sizzle to your work! Each frame has been meticulously touch up and customized in Photoshop. They are perfect for spicing up client proofs, online designs and scrapbooking projects! All you have to do is drag-and-drop your photographs into the border templates. It is [...]
The Art of Dodging and Burning Pixels
Dodging and burning is nearly as old as photography itself. Traditionally applied in the darkroom, dodging and burning techniques are used to selectively alter the exposure of photographic prints. Using the dodge and burn tools in Photoshop, we’re able precisely manipulate the brightness of pixels as if we’re working in a darkroom. Dodging and burning [...]
Photographers in History: Arthur (“Weegee”) Fellig
“The easiest kind of a job to cover was a murder. The stiff would be laying on the ground.” Arthur (“Weegee”) Fellig is a widely respected photographer and photojournalist who became well known during the 1930s and 40s for his gritty crime scene photographs and street photography of the lower east-side of New York. He [...]
Lighting Guaranteed to Take Your Portraits to the Next Level
I absolutely love creating dynamic environmental portraits! Understanding how to control and modify off-camera lighting is the single most important skill a portrait photographer can learn. Whether natural or artificial, well placed lighting is what separates mediocre portrait photographers from exceptional ones. In today’s competitive market, it’s increasingly difficult to stand out. Exceptionally lit portraits [...]
