Simulate Drag Shutter Effect in Photoshop

Simulate Drag Shutter Effect in Photoshop

Sometimes I want to “dress-up” an otherwise decent photo to create something special. Of course its always better to have a strategy for this at the time of the shoot, but often one doesn’t have time, or resources, or one re-visits an image and just...
21st Century Lighting Techniques +

21st Century Lighting Techniques +

Portrait Retouching for the Artistically Challenged While I’m putting the finishing touches on my DVD tutorials I thought I’d share some presentations from this past PMA show. I did an hour long  presentation about lighting techniques that take advantage...
Advanced Hair Masking Technique in Photoshop

Advanced Hair Masking Technique in Photoshop

I thought I’d get the year started with a brand new Photoshop technique—another preview of my online course called “The Fundamentals of Photo-Illustration in Photoshop”—this technique works wonders with very wispy hair and preserves ALL of the hair...