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Light Falloff In this episode we discuss something that sounds extremely boring but is actually quite interesting: Light Falloff. A lot of people know that light decreases in intensity as it travels further from a light source, but at the same time it increase...
Thanks to the one and only David Crewe for supplying the image for today’s tutorial! Check out the rest of his portfolio here. Lightening Shadows It’s always great to have shadows in your photographs to add definition, but sometimes they become too...
Jan 29 Interview, Written Interview
The Battle We Didn’t Choose My Wife’s Fight With Breast Cancer Today on Phlearn we have a special interview to share. This is a story presented by Angelo Merendino about his Wife’s Fight with Breast Cancer. Jen was Angelo’s love of his ...
Using Screenshots The secret to getting your cover and profile photos to blend together seamlessly is using screenshots. This will enable you to bring an image of your actual Facebook page into Photoshop and save your images at the correct sizes. To do this on...
Jan 25 Weekend Inspiration
Hello everyone and welcome to our 29th edition of Weekend Inspiration! This week we have 25 inspiring photos from both amateur and professional photographers, as well as some work featured by the Phamily. These 25 awesome photos have been gathered from 500px, ...
Jan 24 Battle
Let’s Get Blurry We’re getting blurry this week with two fantastic photos by Paarma and Msvnicks. Both use motion to convey a sense of mystery about their subjects. What image do you like more, and why? Fill out my online form. New Battle Format We...
Jan 24, Episode 418 Behind the Scenes, Photography
Lighting There are a few key factors in designing lighting for a single image or for a series. The first thing to keep in mind is what type of mood or feeling you want to convey in the images. Lighting can play a huge role in the mood of an image, so it is imp...
Jan 23 Business
Phlearn is hiring writers! We are looking for two outstanding writers to create written Photoshop and photography articles to be featured on Phlearn.com. Anyone may apply to write for Phlearn from anywhere in the world. Writing for Phlearn will dramatically in...
Jan 22 Interview, Video Interview
Erik Almas Interview, Part Three This is part three of a three part interview with commercial photographer Erik Almas. We conclude his interview by asking him some questions straight from the Phamily. Thanks so much to everyone who asked questions on Facebook!...
LAB Mode VS RGB Mode It can be hard to pump up the colors in a photograph without making it look unnatural. In RGB mode, changing your colors in curves will also produce changes in brightness and exposure. To fix this, we can easily switch to LAB Mode by selec...
Jan 21, Episode 417 Contest, Most Popular
Over $1,000 In Prizes! Our friends at Lowepro, Lensbaby, SLR Lounge, and Lens Rentals have teamed up to bring the contest winner some seriously amazing prizes. One (1) grand prize winner will receive: $150 Phlearn gift card. Choose from any of our PRO Photosho...
Jan 18 Weekend Inspiration
Hello everyone and welcome to our 28th edition of our weekly feature Weekend Inspiration! This week we have photos from both amateur and professional photographers, and of course, from some of our Phlearner’s too. These 25 images have been gathered from ...
Lighting The goal for this photo shoot was to create two completely different looks using the same model in a short amount of time. In this behind the scenes video you will learn how to set up lighting for a full length portrait as well as a headshot. We focus...
View part one of Erik’s interview HERE. Erik Almas Interview, Part Two This is part two of a three part interview with commercial photographer Erik Almas. We take an in depth look at three different images in his portfolio, and Erik discusses the importa...
Congratulations to Jason for winning this week’s contest! We’ll be editing his image and showing you how to make your subject stand out better from the background by using some simple coloring techniques. Simplify Your Color Palette To make our sub...
Jan 14, Episode 413 Contest
This Week’s Contest This week’s contest if for images with blank backgrounds. Submit your photos that were taken in front of a plain backdrop or outside where the background has very little to no detail. If you don’t own a backdrop, shooting ...
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