by Matt | May 27, 2022 | Lightroom, Photography, Photoshop, Tutorials
This week I thought I’d do something a little different from just an editing tutorial. I thought it would be fun to share the gear I used, the settings I used, the sequence of photos and the one I picked, all the way to the editing process on one of my wildlife...
by Matt | May 20, 2022 | Photoshop, Tutorials
Here’s a quick exercise that should be interesting. There are over 70 tools in the toolbox in Photoshop. But take a moment to think about how many of them you actually use? For me, it’s about 10. How about you? (Find out more about The Photoshop System)...
by Matt | May 20, 2022 | Birds
I always try to talk to people about different moments to capture in their bird photography. To me, that’s one of my favorite aspects of this genre – variety. We of course have perched photos and then photos of birds in flight. But there are so many more...
by Matt | Apr 29, 2022 | Birds
One day while photographing on the beach I wanted to do something different. I saw some birds near some tall grass and I realized it would make a nice foreground. So I walked over, sat down so that the grass was in front of me, and just waited. The point was so that I...
by Matt | Apr 29, 2022 | Photoshop, Tutorials
Adobe recently added a new feature in the Sky Replacement window called “Edge Lighting”. It helps blend the transition from sky to foreground and for certain sky replacements can really help out. In this week’s tutorial we’ll take a closer...
I love teaching and photography... In that order. I feel that enjoying photography, and photo editing can get WAY too complicated. So my personal mission (and favorite thing to do), is to create education that simplifies the process of taking great photos, and how to edit them to get the results you’ve always wanted.