Keep It Simple
Sometimes when taking a photo it is tempting to include a lot of "stuff" to give you more to look at. Often it is better to get rid of all…
Photo fantasy
A friend asked me for help making a Photoshop collage of her playing on a cosmic pool table (she is into cosplay). It was quite fun, and I got some…
Digital Retouching
The computer has enabled many fields to advance at a very fast rate, and this includes retouching photographs and digital art.A good friend and great painter wanted to learn how…
Advanced Burn and Dodge
In my pursuit of ever more control of my retouching, I have come up with a new way of "sculpting" images.First I guess I need to explain what I mean…
Black and White vs. Colour
One of the many creative decisions available to photographers is whether to show an image in full colour, or in monotones{{1}}. Sometimes the colours in an image make it,…
Goldstream image
I was at Goldstream Park the other day trying to get inspired ;-). As I came around a corner, I saw a heron on the side of the creek. First…
Do I need Photoshop?
Someone in one of my LinkedIn groups asked this question and recieved a torrent of information. Most of the replies broke into one of two camps: You should get everything…
new image
My daughter and I were playing with one of her photos and, after a lot of experimentation, came up with this... What are your opinions?
Why I like Goldstream Park
(This is the post I started to write when I noticed I had written 99 posts on this blog) The main part of Goldstream Park (that is, the banks of…
retouching
In one of the LinkedIn groups I follow, Davesh asked for help with this image taken with, I am guessing, a cell phone camera with a dirty lens: with a…