by Matt | Apr 8, 2022 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
This week we’re going to take a look at two ways to adjust the sky. One, which is something we’ve used for a long time… the Graduated Filter seems to have fallen out of favor and the newer “Select Sky” feature has taken over. But is...
by Matt | Apr 1, 2022 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
In this tutorial we’re going to use some creative techniques to re-light a very flat scene. I also wanted to thank Marcia Colucci for submitting this photo. It will be part of my upcoming No Light? No Problem (Volume 3) course coming out on Thursday April 7th....
by Matt | Mar 24, 2022 | Birds, Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
One morning when I was out shooting, there wasn’t much happening. Not wanting to go home empty handed, I decided to take some really tight shots of a Snowy Egret. As I watched its feathers blow in the high winds I had an idea to experiment with some longer...
by Matt | Feb 18, 2022 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
It’s time for another start to finish tutorial (Photo Makeover). This is where I start from scratch with a raw photo and show you my editing process and thoughts along the way. It’s less of a in-depth tutorial teaching you features, and more about the...
by Matt | Feb 11, 2022 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
Once you experiment with Lightroom’s (semi) new masking features, I think it’s mostly straightforward to get the hang of the new tools. But there’s one little area I keep getting questions on so I thought I’d dedicate a video to a few uses of...
by Matt | Jan 21, 2022 | Lightroom, Photoshop
I just wrapped up my Fresh Start 2022 program this week and had over 10,000 people participate. And during this process, I learned something really valuable. The value of Focus. Not camera focus, but focussing your attention. NOTE: The video with some Photoshop...
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.