by alantower | Feb 17, 2016 | Photoshop/Processing, Portraits
Everyone who has watched a weather forecast on TV has seen green screen (sometimes it’s blue) technology. It is what makes the screen blank behind the forecaster so the computer weather data and maps can be shown as the background. Green screen still...
by alantower | Dec 7, 2015 | Camera Gear, Photoshop/Processing
Photographers have to deal with lots of files and if you have a big camera shooting raw (such as the Canon 5D s-r) you have to manage a lot of data. As a result, it is helpful to have a Photoshop Computer, a computer with sufficient speed and capacity to use with...
by alantower | Oct 4, 2015 | Photoshop/Processing, Portraits
I knew the nighttime photo of the Nautilus in my portfolio was interesting, but it lacked “center stage”. For several months I planned to change the image by making a composite image. Composite images include several pictures, all combined into one. I used...
by alantower | Jul 29, 2015 | Garden Photography, Photoshop/Processing
A popular “look” for photos is one in which there is an added color tone that can add interest, depth or style to a shot. Some viewers will prefer the shot in the original form, some will like the shot in the color toned form. This tutorial should assist...
by alantower | Jun 6, 2015 | Photoshop/Processing
There are many companies offering stock photos. They are excellent and have enormous numbers of offerings. However, when I produce a photograph, it is my own little quirk that I want to have taken all the parts of that photograph. I don’t purchase pieces of...
by alantower | May 9, 2015 | Garden Photography, Photoshop/Processing
Ever tried to take a macro shot of a flower and find that part of the image is out of focus? The solution can be a focus stack. Photoshop can assemble an entire stack of photos into one image that gives a much improved focus over any one image. The actual Photoshop...
