by Matt Kloskowski | Feb 17, 2023 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
Both Lightroom and Photoshop Camera Raw have some really powerful masking tools to help make selections for us automatically. One of those tools is fairly new and doesn’t get talked about nearly enough, but it’s actually a tool I use more often than most....
by Matt Kloskowski | Feb 10, 2023 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
(Leave a comment below letting us know what your favorite sky adjustment is…) You’ve probably noticed that there are always multiple ways to do the same thing in Lightroom and Photoshop. Sometimes, they all produce the same results. But other times, you...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jan 20, 2023 | Personal, Photography, Travel, Workshops
Hi all. I thought I’d write an answer to a question I’ve gotten a lot lately. The question usually comes in the form of what workshops or in-person classes do I have coming up. I figured I could answer it publicly here, so you have a better idea where...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jan 19, 2023 | Photoshop, Tutorials
A while back, Photoshop changed the way the Save window works by defaulting it to the Cloud. That means you either accidentally save your photo there, or you have to click on the option that allows you to save it to your computer. I know I’m not alone in this,...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jan 16, 2023 | Birds, Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
Over the years I’ve had a number of photos sent in to me to review and there is one small editing issue that I see a lot of people miss. And I definitely understand why… people in general have a hard time seeing when a photo is crooked and when you have...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jan 13, 2023 | Photoshop, Tutorials
There’s a hidden setting in Photoshop that can dramatically improve your selections. When we use the Select Subject tool, the selection has never been great and still leaves us with a lot of masking work. But when you see the difference in quality after changing...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jan 10, 2023 | Photography
As we start the new year I’d like to invite you to embrace a concept that I consider the key to my success over the years. It’s something you’ve heard me talk about before, but I’m dedicating an entire page to it because I feel it’s that...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jan 6, 2023 | Lightroom, Tutorials
Over the years I’ve had this love/hate relationship with the DONE button in Lightroom Classic. Honestly, it was more hate. That’s because I never used it, but I’d always get questions on what the difference between using the DONE button was when...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jan 5, 2023 | Photography
Hi and happy new year. I hope you all had a wonderful and merry Christmas, holiday and new year. Next up… each year I do a post of my favorite photos. It’s fun to do, and it forces me to look back at photos I may have forgotten about, and even do a little...
by Matt Kloskowski | Nov 25, 2022 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend! My son’s go to University of Florida and one goes to Florida State. So we have a big rivalry football day today 🙂 I hope you’re able to do something fun as well and maybe this project will give you an idea or two. A few...
by Matt Kloskowski | Nov 21, 2022 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
If you use a third party app (Topaz, ON1, DxO, etc…) for Noise Reduction then you’ve probably thought about when you should do that in your workflow. Many of the companies actually suggest you do your noise reduction first, on the raw file for the best...
by Matt Kloskowski | Nov 15, 2022 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
Hi there. If you’re a Topaz user or have purchased my Topaz Deep Dive course, then there’s some big news for you this month. First… Topaz has announced their Black Friday sale early. You can save around 60% off their Image Quality bundle (includes...
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.