by Matt Kloskowski | Feb 20, 2020 | Photoshop, Tutorials
Back in the 90’s, when I first opened Photoshop, I had no idea that it would be the core of my career almost 30 years later. I didn’t have any kids yet. Heck I hadn’t even met my wife at that time. Yet somehow today – married for over 20 years...
by Matt Kloskowski | Feb 19, 2020 | News, Photoshop, Photoshop, Tutorials
To celebrate Photoshop’s 30th birthday, Adobe released a couple of new enhancements to Photoshop. The main one, and the reason I devoted a whole video to this is the Content Aware Fill feature that’s just been added. Now, if you’ve got several things...
by Matt Kloskowski | Feb 12, 2020 | Lightroom, Photography, Tutorials
If you follow the Adobe world you’ll know that Adobe releases what they call a “dot” update to Lightroom every 2-3 months or so. These updates are usually meant to take care of new camera and lens profile updates that come in to the market between...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jan 31, 2020 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorials
I received this comment on one of my videos the other day and I thought it was pretty timely considering I just finished a big update to my Photoshop System Course. It was a video where I had edited a bunch of photos all at once and did the edits rather quickly: This...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jan 9, 2020 | Lightroom, Photography, Photoshop, Tutorials
Earlier this week I shared two different posts. The first was my top favorite landscape/travel photos of 2019. And the second was my top favorite wildlife photos I took in 2019. I do this every year but I figured I’d change it up a bit and also share the editing...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jan 7, 2020 | Photography, Sony
Yesterday I posted my favorite landscape/travel photos of 2019 (click here to see them). Today I’m posting my wildlife shots, since I felt the page would have gotten too long if I included both. My Outlook This Past Year I changed up my shooting philosophy this...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jan 5, 2020 | Photography, Sony
At the end of every year, I always enjoy going through my photos and picking some of my favorites. It’s a fun exercise. And I inevitably end up finding some photos that I may not have thought much of at the time, but I really like now. Or sometimes, photos that I...
by Matt Kloskowski | Dec 19, 2019 | ON1, Photoshop, Tutorials, Videos
Hi everyone. I have a bird feeder in my backyard and managed to grab a nice photo of a cardinal sitting on a branch nearby (a branch that may have been artificially set there by me) 😉 Anyway, while I was editing the photo, some how I ended up doing something...
by Matt Kloskowski | Dec 5, 2019 | Lightroom, Tutorials
Every year I release calendar templates for use in Lightroom, Photoshop and ON1. Well, I decided to do a video that digs a little deeper in to some layout ideas and how you can use those calendar templates to get creative with your photography. Honestly, when it comes...
by Matt Kloskowski | Dec 4, 2019 | Lightroom, News, Photography
Here’s a random thought on this Wednesday as I opened up my email and saw a full version upgrade for Capture One. Their last update was one year ago (Capture One 12). Now they’re at Capture One 20. Most likely following the industry by numbering the...
by Matt Kloskowski | Nov 20, 2019 | Photoshop, Tutorials
Adobe recently (November 2019) released some new selection technology in the form of the Object Selection Tool as well as the Remove Background option. Combine that with the Select Subject tool that was already there, and you’ve got several tools that all seem...
by Matt Kloskowski | Nov 14, 2019 | Photography, Sony
Back in July, Sony announced the a7R iv and it caught everyone by surprise. Nobody expected a 61 megapixel camera, including me. Truth be told, at first I wasn’t sure I needed it. But then I used one and the reasons (for me at least) became clear. So I thought I’d...
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.