The New CC False Color Technique

The New CC False Color Technique

I recently posted a tutorial for my “False Color Technique” here and I’ve had to revise the technique drastically. The basic approach involves placing different shots of the same subject, with different lighting directions, into the individual...
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...
3 Tips for More Exciting Portraits

3 Tips for More Exciting Portraits

I was asked to make a presentation for the Big Photo Show here in Los Angeles recently. The idea was to provide something very basic for an amateur photo-enthusiast audience. I usually do presentations, seminars, and workshops for more advanced or professional...
False Color Technique

False Color Technique

New Digital Photography Lighting Technique Hi all, Its been a very busy time for me & I haven’t had as much time to spend on the blog as I’d like. However, as we are entering the middle of Spring and really, in Los Angeles anyway, we are about to enter...
Color to B&W and Beyond

Color to B&W and Beyond

Here is a new video tutorial that examines various methods of B&W conversion in Photoshop using two images – first this very colorful shot of a sunflower: I examine a few different methods of converting this image and finally arrive at the following version using...