Photoshop

“There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.” ― James Carroll I hope everyone is gearing up for an exciting 2014! Workshops and seminars are a great way to get inspired with creative techniques for photography. In April, I’ll be leading a…

Shooting in infrared can transform a scene into something magical and otherworldly! A creative way to alter the look of an infrared image is to create the blue sky effect by “channel swapping” colors. This is very easy to do with the Channel Mixer in Photoshop. Images created with converted cameras using the enhanced (665nm) or…

Using Mini Bridge in Photoshop CS5 is a great way to try out textures! I’m a big fan of Flypaper Textures, plus I have a collection of my own that I like to use. Mini Bridge allows you to easily try out any texture from your texture folders (jpeg or tiff) to see how it works…

These colorful lorikeets are so much fun, and amazing to watch! They have brush tongues that sip nectar, and they are the most outgoing of parrots. They’re not afraid of anything, and will land on you if they think they’ll get a nectar treat. I love their colors, and personalities! To create a painterly look,…

Want to create a fast and easy colorful sketch effect without breaking out the Prismacolor pencils? You can use Topaz Labs Simplify for an artistic rendition of your original image. Mouse over, or hover the stylus over the image above to see the before and after images.  To vary the look of the sketch effect,…