by LeeVaris | Nov 5, 2012 | Tutorials
In advance of our workshop on Hollywood Lighting in Los Angeles, on May 13th & 14th, 2017, I am posting this detailed tutorial on B&W portrait technique in Photoshop. This is the post processing part of our workshop exploring George Hurrell style lighting...
by LeeVaris | Oct 4, 2012 | Tutorials
Here is a detailed step-by-step video tutorial that examines a fairly sophisticated technique for re-creating a classic film processing effect. The tutorial uses a reverse Curves adjustment layer, layers and layer masks, Difference apply mode, Overlay apply...
by LeeVaris | Sep 26, 2012 | Tutorials
Here is a technique for re-creating a printing effect popular in the psychedelic 60’s – a posterize effect that was used frequently for Rock concert posters. This step-by-step video tutorial utilizes the Threshold adjustment, layers and layer masks, advanced...
by LeeVaris | Sep 18, 2012 | Tutorials
I’m posting a revamped version of one of my older PDF tutorials as a complete step-by-step video. This is a special preview for my sessions at the Florida Birding & Photo Festival The festival runs from April 26 – 30th, 2017 in and around St. Augustine,...
by LeeVaris | Sep 10, 2012 | Tutorials
Very often we encounter a scene where everything works well except for a distracting background. Sometimes retouching out distracting elements can work, but sometimes we don’t want to resort to retouching, or we want to preserve some sense of the original...
by LeeVaris | Jul 16, 2012 | Tutorials
Frequency Separation Retouching by Alessandro Bernardi while I was in Italy, I had the good fortune to hang out with some amazing Photoshop experts. One of these was Alessandro Bernardi, who very kindly shared his version of advanced Frequency Separation retouching...