Going 50/50 for a Specific Look

Taking that argument for flicking colour to black-and-white in-camera just to see if it’s going to work better than colour, I have recently begun to desaturate images from full colour to around 30-40% colour. This imparts a fifties feel to the colouration (Yes, I CAN...

Time, Stand Still

Life is a series of moments. Most of those moments are mundane. Things like getting the kids out of bed for school, going to work, and making dinner in the evening. But what if you slowed time down to look at the moments in-between. Would you see the beauty of those...

Rivers of Sky & Land

The remote reaches of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Wilderness (BWCAW) in northern Minnesota have some of the darkest night skies in the continental United States. These are perfect conditions for viewing the Milky Way right down to the horizon, as seen in this...

Fun with Textures

Texture overlays are a great way to add additional depth and dimension to your images.  It’s not for everyone, and it doesn’t work with every image.  The technique though, has been around long before Photoshop: in the past you might have sandwiched two transparencies...

Themes

By Instructor: Margie Hurwich So often I hear from people that their creative juices have dried up. They aren’t finding joy in photography anymore. I too went through a bit of that a few years ago prior to shooting for the book cover industry. Soon after I...

How to Fix Background Wrinkles

Quick Fix for Problem Seamless My wife Bobbi Lane, and I recently did a photo shoot for some of Bobbi’s musician friends. They needed a couple of group shots, in various ensemble combinations, to use for upcoming gigs. The problem was that getting everyone together at...
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