Finessing HDR – Getting the Best Results

Finessing HDR – Getting the Best Results

by | Oct 31, 2011 | Tutorials

Working HDR before, During, and After Tone Mapping I often refer to HDR, or high dynamic range imaging, as the fine art of cheating, but while it makes getting an ideal rendering of a difficult exposure scene easier, it is not a trivial process. Most of the time you...
Simple Fix for Mixed Lighting Problems

Simple Fix for Mixed Lighting Problems

by | Oct 17, 2011 | Tutorials

Lightroom Removes the Curse of Mixed Color Lighting from Your Photos I’ve just now returned from the California Photo Festival, but before I share my experiences from that event, I’d like to stay with Bahrain a little bit to share a great technique for...
Secrets of the Mask Panel

Secrets of the Mask Panel

by | Jun 13, 2011 | Tutorials

I haven’t posted a tutorial in a while so I thought I’d get something up from my upcoming DVD – Here is a 24 minute video examining masking techniques associated with the new Mask Panel in Photoshop CS5 – I pay special attention to the Refine...
New Skin Smoothing Technique

New Skin Smoothing Technique

by | Apr 28, 2011 | Tutorials

This step-by-step video tutorial was part of a presentation I just gave at Orange Coast College. I examine a brand new technique for ironing out bumps and blotches while preserving the fine skin texture using only one additional layer. This technique is very easy to...
Beauty Retouching Tutorial

Beauty Retouching Tutorial

by | Apr 25, 2011 | Tutorials

Sometimes you have to completely reconstruct the skin texture for that beauty look Here is the complete Skin book tutorial, step-by-step – including skin smoothing, skin textures and my signature “Pixie Dust” skin highlight technique. This was recorded as...