by Matt Kloskowski | Sep 20, 2018 | Gear, Reviews, Sony
About a week ago I got a call from Sony asking if I was interested in a super secret project. I responded with “I LOVE super secret things… so YES of course!” 🙂 A day later I had a Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM lens at my doorstep. The only caveat(s)? Obviously...
by Matt Kloskowski | Sep 14, 2018 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorial
This past week I got the same question from a few people about their photos looking a little weird, and funky in Lightroom. It’s actually a thing called “banding” and you’ll mostly find it in your sky. But here’s the thing. You...
by Matt Kloskowski | Sep 10, 2018 | Gear, Photography
A while back, BenQ contacted me and asked if I was interested in taking a look at one of their monitors – the BenQ SW271 4K which goes for just under $1100 at B&H Photo. To be totally honest, the last thing I needed was another monitor. I use an iMac so it’s...
by Matt Kloskowski | Sep 7, 2018 | Lightroom, ON1, Photoshop, Tutorial
Here’s a really popular technique I see a lot in landscape photos so I figured I’d share my take on it. Below is the Lightroom/Photoshop version of it, but right below that is the ON1 Version as well. Enjoy! The Orton Effect in Lightroom and Photoshop The...
by Matt Kloskowski | Aug 29, 2018 | Gear, Lightroom, Photography, Photoshop, Sony
This past week a good friend of mine, Blake Rudis (from f/64 Academy), and I decided to take a trip to Zion to shoot and catch up. Blake and I go way back to a photo walk I was part of in San Francisco almost 10 years ago. Since then, we’ve always kept up with each...
by Matt Kloskowski | Aug 27, 2018 | Lightroom, Tutorial
Adobe just released another update to Lightroom Classic CC – version 7.5. If you haven’t checked your Creative Cloud updater, now’s a good time to open and install the latest updates. In this version they released some new book styles as well as a...
by Matt Kloskowski | Aug 16, 2018 | Lightroom, Photoshop, Tutorial
The brush tool is such an essential part of my raw editing that I wanted to dedicate a video to some key tips and tricks for using it. I originally released this video as just Brush Tips and Tricks. But within the first day of the video being out, I had a ton of...
by Matt Kloskowski | Aug 10, 2018 | Lightroom, Photography, Photoshop
There’s something that’s been swirling around in my head for a while, about my photo editing, and I thought I’d share it with you today. It ties in with my new course No Light? No Problem! but even if you’re not interested in the course, I think this will...
by Matt Kloskowski | Aug 2, 2018 | Lightroom, ON1, Photoshop, Tutorial
The idea behind this technique is that sometimes our scenery doesn’t cooperate. Most of us don’t have unlimited time and budgets to keep reshooting the same place when the light is perfect. So we get what we get when it comes to light. But who’s to...
by diana kloskowski | Jul 26, 2018 | Lightroom, Tutorial
Hey everyone! I hope you’re having a great week. This time around, I wanted to share a few tips I have for speeding up Lightroom. I hear a lot of questions on the topic, so I figured I’d give you some best practices to help squeeze as much juice out as you...
by Matt Kloskowski | Jul 25, 2018 | ON1, Tutorial
A while back I did a video on my top 5 filters in ON1 Effects for landscape photos. But I realized that over time my taste and workflow have changed, so I thought it was time to revise. As you can imagine, technology changes and new filters are added. But also, trends...
by diana kloskowski | Jul 24, 2018 | Photoshop, Tutorial
You’ve probably heard of Luminosity Masks or even Color Masks in Photoshop before. If you haven’t, or you’re not sure what they are, here’s a quick explanation. A luminosity mask is basically a mask (or selection) of the luminance values in a...
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.