by LeeVaris | May 25, 2012 | Tutorials
Lee Varis shares some panorama insights in Florence Well… the dust has settled, somewhat, from my trip to Italy, and now begins the long process of evaluating the thousands of images captured during my tour of Tuscany. Our first stop after Rome was the...
by LeeVaris | Apr 17, 2012 | Tutorials
Using Puppet Warp to un-distort panoramas Well… my Death Valley adventure has inspired many discoveries and I thought I’d share one of them for part 3. This takes advantage of the distortion capabilities in Puppet Warp to correct for some common...
by LeeVaris | Mar 30, 2012 | Tutorials
The Pleasures of Lightroom 4 Process Sliders Every personal photo safari I go on is a great learning experience, and often this extends to discoveries in my post processing experiences. Fortunately, I have been working with the new Lightroom 4 for a while before its...
by LeeVaris | Jan 18, 2012 | Tutorials
Think like a sculptor and shape your tones for ideal B&W conversions. Often, when confronted with the need for a B&W version of a color image, the process of conversion is treated as an afterthought. There may be some thought as to what the best method will be...
by LeeVaris | Nov 23, 2011 | Tutorials
How to deal with the unfortunate facial expression in group portraits Ah… its that time of the year! The time when we are challenged to capture the idealized family portrait to send out in greeting cards or gifts to friends and family. To help you along during...
by LeeVaris | Nov 10, 2011 | Tutorials
Explore a New Creative Approach to Photo Abstracts This post represents a departure from my usual material. My focus has been on enhancing the “straight” photograph, and although I am known as a photo-digital illustrator, I normally don’t write...