by Matt Kloskowski | Oct 16, 2020 | Tips, Tutorial
While creating my new Texture packs, I had a thought to share that has come up a few times lately. It has to do with the old saying that less is more. When it comes to photography and photo editing, we’ll find that thought can weave its way into a number of...
by Matt Kloskowski | Sep 17, 2020 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Sony, Tutorials
Hey everyone! This week I have a full start to finish edit for you of a seascape photo I took a while back. It all starts in Lightroom Classic, and most of the work is done there. But I do jump to Photoshop at the end for a quick adjustment too....
by Matt Kloskowski | Sep 3, 2020 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
In today’s tutorial we’re going to take a look at one of my favorite techniques for enhancing the eyes in a wildlife photo using Lightroom, Photoshop Camera Raw or even ON1 (video below the Adobe video). I think you’ll see that just a little...
by Matt Kloskowski | Aug 28, 2020 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
A popular question I hear all the time is whether or not I use a tablet. And it’s always followed up by why? I think the answer is usually a surprise to people, because I have a very specific reason for using a tablet – so I figured I’d talk a little...
by Matt Kloskowski | Aug 21, 2020 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
In this video we’ll take a look at one of my favorite (and semi-hidden) color adjustments in Lightroom. We’ll even dive in to the nuts and bolts of how it differs from other color adjustments so you can really see where it’s best...
by Matt Kloskowski | Aug 5, 2020 | Photoshop, Tutorials
In this latest tutorial we’re going to take a look at a little known (but super powerful) tool in Photoshop called the Content Aware Move tool. It’s one of those features that requires a certain photo to work with, but once you know the formula, it can...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jul 10, 2020 | Lightroom, Photography, Photoshop, Tutorials
If you saw the headline for the article you’re probably thinking “Wow! Matt has really lost it these days”. But bear with me and if you make it to the end, I have a very rewarding assignment for you. I recently released a course called “The...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jun 30, 2020 | ON1, ON1, Tutorials
Hi all. ON1 just released their latest update (which is free for all current ON1 2020 owners). This latest updated includes the brand new ON1 360. Basically, 360 is the “cloud” technology that allows you to sync photos from the desktop version of ON1 to...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jun 16, 2020 | Photoshop, Tutorials
Adobe just released an update to Photoshop 2020. And while there aren’t a ton of new features, if you’re in to making selections of people/hair, you’re going to be amazed at the Select Subject improvements that were made in the latest version. In...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jun 16, 2020 | Lightroom, Tutorials
It’s that time again. Every few months Adobe does what they call a “dot” update to many of their products and Lightroom is usually one of them. These aren’t the BIG updates that come every fall, but they usually sneak a cool feature or two in...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jun 4, 2020 | Photoshop, Tutorials
Photoshop is such a powerful program. But along with that power comes some complexity, and that really holds true when you find out all of the little tips and tricks we have available in such a big program. In today’s video, I’m sharing 10 Photoshop Tips...
by Matt Kloskowski | May 26, 2020 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
In just about every live class I do, I’ll get asked why I don’t use the Histogram to edit with in Lightroom. It’s not that I don’t feel the information in the histogram is useful. Some (not all) of it is. But it’s more about the fact that...
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.