Old-School Posterize Effect in Photoshop

Old-School Posterize Effect in Photoshop

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...
Lighting in Layers Technique

Lighting in Layers Technique

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,...
Aerial Perspective in Photoshop

Aerial Perspective in Photoshop

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...
What I Learned Shooting DSLR Video

What I Learned Shooting DSLR Video

Video Adventures at Lark Camp I went to Lark Camp—a world music camp nestled in the coastal rainforest of the Mendocino Woodlands—this past July/August, as part of my annual pilgrimage, but also to begin a project to produce a documentary about this unique musical...
My creativeLIVE Experience

My creativeLIVE Experience

Hi all, I just got back from a wonderful 3 days of creativeLIVE workshop in Seattle and now I’m diving into preparations for my next series of classes and workshops! The fall season is very busy with local classes at Calumet Photo in Santa Ana and Los Angeles,...