Total Recall Part 5 of 5!

Jul 31, Episode 345 Compositing, Photography, Photoshop, Post-Production, Video

Welcome to our final episode on remaking the Total Recall movie poster! This has been a fun week showing you how to create this movie poster from scratch. This is Part 5 of 5, if you missed out on any of the other parts of this tutorial all of the links are be...

Total Recall Part 4

Jul 30, Episode 344 Compositing, Photography, Photoshop

We're on Part 4 of our series of recreating the Total Recall movie poster! In this series we're going over everything from the lighting, the set-up, the composition, all of the elements, editing the image and everything in between. This is Part 4 of 6....

Wacom Tablet Winner!

Jul 30 Business, Video

Announcing the Wacom Tablet Giveaway Winner!! Thank you so much to everyone who entered. We had 1,854 shares and we just love the phamily so much! We really appreciate your support and handsomeness. We’d give every single one of you a tablet if we could....

Weekend Inspiration III

Jul 27 Inspiration, Motivation, Weekend Inspiration

Happy Weekend Phamily! For this weekend’s THIRD edition of weekend inspiration we are bringing 30 photos to you from different photographers, and different locations all around the world. I hope these inspire you as much as they inspired us! Let us know ...

Creating and Replacing a Background- Total Recall Part 3

Jul 26, Episode 343 Compositing, Photoshop, Post-Production

Cutting Out Your Subject The first thing tip for replacing a background is to use a solid backdrop. Try to choose something similar to the background you will then be placing your subject on since color and light will reflect (Ex: using a green backdrop will g...

Exploring Your Imagination

Jul 25, Episode 342 Motivation, Photography, Written Article

Congratulations to the winners of last week’s contest! We had to pick three this week because your entries were just so good! Congratulations to Rubén Chase, Lauri Laukkanen, and Karina Boissonnier! Please contact us here to let us know what Phlear...

Shooting for a Composite-Part 2 of Total Recall Poster

Jul 25, Episode 341 Compositing, Lighting, Photography, Photoshop, Pre-Production, Production

See why doing as much as possible in camera, and lighting and background, make a big difference with composite work. ...

Making the Total Recall Movie Poster

Jul 24, Episode 340 Behind the Scenes, Compositing, Photography, Photoshop, Pre-Production, Production

We're doing the Total Recall poster! This episode covers all the necessary first steps....

Weekend Inspiration II

Jul 21 Inspiration, Motivation, Popular, Weekend Inspiration

Our second weekend inspiration collection features portraits from all across the world wide web. Let us know in the comments which ones are your favorites, and what you’re creating for the weekend. Each week we gather the best photos from the web and put...

The Importance of the Story

Jul 19, Episode 338 Conceptual, Inspiration, Motivation, Opinion, Written Article

Congratulations to the winner of last week’s contest, Rob Rice! Rob submitted images from his trip to Colombia and they were all beautifully documented pictures of the people and places in the country. Here is one of them: Rob, make sure you conta...

Tips to Change Lighting in Photoshop

Jul 18, Episode 337 Enhancing, Photoshop, Post-Production, Retouching

See how to brighten and darken certain areas of an image to create a look of more even lighting and shadows in photoshop...

How To Think of AWESOME Photo Shoot Ideas!

Jul 18 Guest, Motivation, Opinion, Photography, Pre-Production

A few months ago, way before I become an intern for Phlearn, I submitted a video for a weekly contest called, “Change Someone’s Life Today.” I was inspired by the way Aaron taught people through his videos on Phlearn and how much he helps p...

Phlearn Exclusive 500PX Tutorial – Enhance Photos with Curves

Jul 18 Enhancing, Photoshop

We are excited to announce we are partnering with 500PX to bring you exclusive tutorials on their blog. Exclusive means they won’t be published anywhere else, so that means even here on Phlearn. But don’t fret, you can still view the video by headi...