by Matt Kloskowski | Jun 16, 2022 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
Adobe just packed a bunch of useful features in to the latest (June 2022) update to Lightroom (and Adobe Camera Raw). A couple of those updates center around the Masking tools and some much needed features that everyone wanted. Plus there is a great new feature when...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jun 10, 2022 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
This week we’re going to do another start to finish Photo Makeover using a great forest scene with some water running through it. Also, you can find out more about my No Light? No Problem! course over at mattk.com/light (just click here)...
by Matt Kloskowski | May 31, 2022 | Birds
I think many of you already know this but sometimes photography (and bird photography especially) is a waiting game mixed in with some luck. I’m sure I’ve talked about this before but I’ll continue to talk about it because I think people miss the...
by Matt Kloskowski | 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 Kloskowski | 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 Kloskowski | 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 Kloskowski | 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 Kloskowski | 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...
by Matt Kloskowski | Apr 9, 2022 | Tips
I’m going to share something. It’s probably going to ruffle a few feathers, but I feel it’s important to say. I’d invite you to leave a comment at the end, because I want to see how many other people have a similar approach (or not). Here goes…...
by Matt Kloskowski | 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 Kloskowski | 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 Kloskowski | Mar 30, 2022 | Birds
Ever take photos that you didn’t even know you had until you got back to the computer? That’s what happened here. I was out shooting one morning and lately I’ve been using a shooting technique where I hand hold the camera really down low. Basically...
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.