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If eyes are the windows to the soul, you want those windows to be as bright and open as possible. In Adobe Lightroom, there’s a quick and easy way to enhance a subject’s eyes using just the brush tool and a bit of tinkering with saturation, brightness, and clarity. See how in this video: Host Adam […]
When you see a picture of a cold beer in an advertisement, you probably don’t realize the attention to detail that went into it. Here, Lee Morris from Fstoppers gives you a step by step demonstration on how to set up lighting for illuminating a product shot in studio. It’s no easy task: Backlight The […]
There is something about colorful windows that catches your eye while walking down the street. They tell us so much about the culture and about the people of the city. Check out what we found in a variety of sizes, materials, designs, and colors! If this got you interested, check out our window and door […]
Moonrise, Hernandez. Monolith, the Face of Half Dome. Clearing Winter Storm. You know the photographs, and you know the man behind the camera: Ansel Adams, one of history’s greatest landscape photographers—but did you also know that Adams was an exceptional concert pianist, or that he thinks of photography like music? Did you know that he […]
Multi light setups are difficult to work with. Often the best approach is to start with a single light—a key light—and then build the arrangement of the remaining lights around it. In this video, photographer Gavin Hoey shows us exactly how it is done: Key Light Hoey starts with the key light, a large Flashpoint Rovelight […]
Humans have been creating portraits of one another since the beginning of time, when rocks served as canvas and paints were made from charcoal and animal fat. Throughout history, portraits have been used to document appearances, but photography has drastically changed the medium, opening up new opportunities in expression and exploration. Watch this video to […]
This course covers everything from mastering the black and white workflow, getting the best results with your RAW files, adding drama to photos, correctly exposing highlights and recovering drama without too much of the “HDR look”, stylizing photos, bringing life to dull photos, shooting dramatic foggy photos, shooting straight into a sunset, selective clarity enhancements, […]
The night always offers photographers a grittier, moodier atmosphere in photos—not to mention as much light control as you can carry in flashes. But it’s not always possible to shoot at night, and when it is, the darkness can be a hinderance as much as a potential boon. This video shows you how to replicate the effects […]
How do you choose which camera gear to bring with you when you travel? Photographer David Hobby packed light on his vacation to Hong Kong. Here he discusses exactly what he carries in his traveling camera pack: Tips for Traveling Photographers Pack Light. Hobby suggests only taking the most necessary items for taking photos while […]
Ever wonder what the difference was between adjusting the levels and adjusting the curves? Or wonder which one you should use? Or simply default to using the levels adjustment because the interface for curves seemed a bit daunting? If any of these are true for you, then take a look at the video below where […]
