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Selective Colour

Aziz — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:31:15 +0000

Selective coloring is a favorite technique of photographers. Here’s how to do it. (more…)

Filter Effects: Radial Blur

Aziz — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:31:10 +0000

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Radial Blur is great for adding some interesting effects to images that need a little something extra. Use this technique to add a little extra flare. (more…)

What Can Wacom Do For You?

Aziz — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:31:12 +0000

Wacom Tablets are fast becoming the newest sensation for working with your photographs. Nick Shulman had a chance to test one out and has sent in a review. (more…)

Photoshop Actions to help you get the effect you want

Aziz — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:31:44 +0000

A lot of the actions I use have been developed by reading books, web-pages and talking to photographers to pick-up some tips. I thought I would pass along some of my more favorite actions for you to use. Also if you don’t know about the Adobe Exchange check it out, its full of great free actions, plugins and other useful tools. (more…)

Putting Together a Workflow

Aziz — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:31:10 +0000

Digital photography has revolutionized the photographic processes. When film was the only way to take a picture, many photographers carefully planned their shots. Consider this, on the typical photo shoot, I often take roughly 300 pictures with my digital camera, if that was film my typical photo shoot would cost me about $170. I guess my point is that digital photography has allowed photographers to endlessly take pictures and experiment with different angles and settings until the shooter is happy. However, with the ability to take countless shots also means you will need a good organization system to keep track of all the pictures you take. (more…)

2 Ways to Create Artistic and Eerie Photos

Aziz — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:31:09 +0000

I saw this effect in Nature Photography (written by Tim Fitzharris) and had to try it for myself. To get this eerie/surreal effect is actually pretty simple, it’s just multiple exposures. There are two ways that I know of to make a multiple exposure. (more…)

Inserting a Backdrop

Aziz — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:31:29 +0000

When you’re taking a picture of someone and don’t like the background or just want to change it, it’s pretty simple to insert a professional looking back drop. This trick is easiest to do when the subject is photographed on a uniform background. (more…)

How to add copyright to a photo’s EXIF data

Aziz — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:31:31 +0000

You can use Adobe Bridge to add a copyright to your photo’s EXIF data. (more…)

Adding Fog to a Photo in Photoshop

Aziz — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:31:23 +0000

This is a nice photoshop tip I picked up off of Matt Kloskowski on adding fog to a landscape photograph. (more…)

Creating Heart Shadows

Aziz — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:31:32 +0000

Inspired by a shot I had seen of a pair of glasses casting a heart shaped shadow onto a page of a book, I decided to try a similar shot. Unfortunately, my glasses are square and wouldn’t cast the shadow that I wanted. I decided to give it a go with my polarizer instead. (more…)