I often get asked what a Smart Object is in Photoshop and what they are used for? I'll try and answer that question in an easy to understand way and I'll show one of the advantages of a Smart Object in this article. What is a Smart Object? A Smart Object is a Photoshop layer [...]
The Orton effect is a method of post processing that gives a dreamy soft focus look to a photograph. The Orton effect is named after its creator, Michael Orton. He originally created the effect by stacking two separate images on top of each other; one in sharp focus and the other was shot slightly out of focus. Originally, [...]
Lightroom previews will be made automatically by Lightroom as it imports photographs. Lightroom uses these previews to display the thumbnails in the grid view inside the Library Module as well as the larger previews in the Loupe view, Develop, Slideshow, Print, and Web modules. You have the choice of 4 sizes of Lightroom previews that can be [...]
This is a little-known method that will allow you to accurately achieve the correct white balance in a photograph using Adobe Photoshop. There are lots of methods for correcting the white balance in an image but this one achieves one of the most technically correct results for white balance. Rather than using the traditional white [...]
A DNG file is an alternative to the many different versions of raw files offered by the many different camera manufacturers. The name, DNG, is shorthand for - Digital Negative. It was developed by Adobe and is therefore compatible with all of their software applications. Adobe developed it to overcome the problems posed by having so [...]
It may seem odd to ask "Is HDR photography dead". Odd because some people may not know what HDR photography is and odd because a lot of photographers may not even care. Firstly, the acronym HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. The dynamic range of an image is the range between the brightest and darkest [...]
On June 8th, Lightroom CC 2015.6 and Lightroom 6.6 became available as updates. The main talking point of this update is the Guided Upright feature that is added to the Creative Cloud version only. Therefore, it is not available for those who own the standalone version of Lightroom (version 6.6). Again, Adobe is showing that [...]
Being able to remove dust spots using Lightroom is an essential skill for any photographer who uses a digital camera. Why do we even get dust spots on our images in the first place? It is inevitable that you will get dust spots on the sensor of your camera. If it hasn't happened to you [...]
The title of this article does sound a bit demanding – Follow Us On Instagram, but it's meant to be more informative than demanding. We have an Instagram account that we regularly populate with images from Tuscany. The images are a good indication of the kind of photographs that can be expected from one of [...]
The Google Nik collection of photographic filters is now free! Yes, that’s right, free. The suite of seven plug-ins for both Photoshop and Lightroom was previously priced at $149 but on 24 March 2016, Google took the decision to offer the entire suite free of charge. The suite of plug-ins was originally developed by Nik [...]
