by LeeVaris | Jun 3, 2011 | Photography
Lee Varis visits the current middle ages I spent this past Memorial Day Weekend down in Potrero Regional Park for the Society of Creative Anachronism Event “Potrero War 2011” and, of course I brought the Technopod. Unfortunately, park regulations...
by LeeVaris | May 11, 2011 | Photography
Creating the Ideal Twilight Moment in Architecture Photography I recently had an assignment to do some architectural photography for Santa Monica College. Part of the assignment was to get a good shot of the swank Eli and Edythe Broad Stage which is a little...
by LeeVaris | May 4, 2011 | Photography
Secrets of freezing peak action in photography I did a photo shoot recently where the primary challenge was to capture dancers in action for the package design of a video game. In many cases the dancers were holding various game controllers but the object was not to...
by LeeVaris | 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...
by LeeVaris | Apr 18, 2011 | Tutorials
Tricks for forcing Content Aware Fill to Work the Way You Want This step-by-step tutorial examines one of the new features of Photoshop CS 5, content aware fill – most demos simply show the process. I show you how to really take advantage of content aware fill...