Create Depth - For More Engaging Images Photography is a two-dimensional medium desperately trying to represent a three-dimensional world. Without some help from us, it often fails. We view the world with two eyes rather than one, so a sense of three dimensional...
Ask better questions. This post is adapted from material in my Free eBook, “Twelve Ways to Improve Your Photography, without spending a cent”, available on my website (pacificLIGHT.ca), or by clicking here “Would you use an 85mm lens or something else, for this?”...
Starting with the October 2022 release of Lightroom Classic (version 12.0), Adobe added some exciting new tools making image editing easier and faster. One of these new tools is Content-Aware Remove tool in the Healing panel, lets you remove unwanted spots and objects...
A Landscape Photography Story from the Travels of Holly Jansen There’s a stiff wind blowing and the green grasses mixed with yellow and red wildflowers are rippling with the gusts. The sky is a turbulent mix of grey and purple clouds. Here I am, lying flat on my...
Unless you’re a dedicated B&W photographer, colour represents a powerful part of any image you create. Colour evokes emotional responses in our viewers. Blue, the colour of the sky and sea can invoke feelings of calm and tranquility, yellow and orange: vitality...
Masking in Adobe Lightroom Classic CC used to be very basic and rudimental. However, with the latest updates with some Artificial Intelligence, the masking tool in Lightroom becomes a lot more powerful and easy to use. Here is an example: This is one of my images I...
Our best images are much more than simply good composition in good light. Our best images are successful because they evoke an emotional response in our viewers; transporting them back to a place and time, allowing them to experience a moment in the same way we did as...
During my on-location photography workshops, I teach post processing at downtime when we are not shooting. An interesting observation is that lots of students jump straight into Adobe Lightroom Classic CC or Camera Raw basic panel to edit the tones, white balance of...
Breathing room is a photographer's best friend. Breathing room is the area in the image where not much is happening. By having more of your frame dedicated to "not much going on", you allow the "where something is happening" to speak louder. This is at the heart of...