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Creating More of An Image To Work With For the effect we want to execute on this amazing image by Imadina, it would be nice if there was a bit more space on the top of this image. By duplicating the layer and using a layer mask, we extend the wall up, but the ...
See all the post processing techniques used in the Phlearn Pro Tutorial: Fashion Trip The Lensbaby For those unaware of the amazing lens that is the Lensbaby, allow us to explain. The Lensbaby Composer Pro is a selective focus lens that uses a swivel ball and ...
A few weeks back we had the opportunity to join food, product, and beverage photographer extraordinaire Rob Grimm for two days of shooting in his St.Louis studio. With over twenty years of experience and clients such as Bacardi, Microsoft, Budweiser, and Energ...
Today we’re editing an amazing self portrait by Amelia Fletcher. Make sure to check out the rest of her work, she rules! Blurring Hard Lines The ghosts in this photo create some heard lines that become slightly distracting. By using the smudge tool to bl...
The Lighting Process Every photographer knows that perfect lighting is never achieved instantly. It takes multiple lighting setups and a good bit of experimentation to find exactly what it is you’re looking for. In this case for an editorial-style headsh...
Enhancing a Light Source With Color A great way to make a light source appear as if it’s lighting its surroundings is to create a color cast. Hue and saturation do a great job of pumping up the vibrance of the glowing orb, and by giving the rest of the i...
This Week’s Contest This week’s contest theme is shooting outdoors with natural light. That means natural light ONLY! This contest is great for people who don’t own strobes, but you should still enter even if you do. Shooting in natural light...
Make Your Workflow Cheetah Fast A big part of being a professional photographer is making sure your workflow is as efficient as possible. Even if you’re not a professional, using keyboard shortcuts in Photoshop will drastically shorten the amount of time...
Shooting Background Plates When shooting a composite, it’s always important to start out with your background. This gives you the framework of what your image will look like and how your subject will interact with their surroundings. We decided to shoot ...
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...
Reducing Noise Sometimes there just isn’t that much light around and you need to crank up the ISO to capture the scene you have envisioned When you increase your ISO on a digital camera, your processor amplifies the signal it receives from the sen...
Last Week’s Contest Winners Last week we had a great contest featuring self portraits! We had over 100 entries, and picking the winners was very tough. We decided to choose 5 people to win the contest! If you are one of the winners please contact us for ...
Winner! Congrats to Shantel Rich for winning Phlearn PROs for life!!!!...
Behind the Scenes Today we have an awesome BTS video for our upcoming PRO Tutorial. For the first time ever we will be including a full length video in the Phlearn PRO, explaining our lighting setup, working with the model, shooting on a green screen, action s...
Creating a Story Why is creating a story in your photos so important? Because it gives the viewer something they can relate to. In yesterday’s article -Why John Carter Sucks and Avatar is Awesome - we talked about how using emotion can be the differenc...
Better Than Ever Thanks to your help we are making Phlearn better than ever. We are re-thinking our content to give you the best experience possible, and help you believe that you can do anything you put your mind to. Contest Every Monday we will be announcing...
Today is part 2 of our photographing beer series. Yesterday we showed you the photoshoot and how to light beer, and today we are showing you exactly what happens when you bring those photos into Photoshop. Today will be part 1 of editing in Photoshop, so be su...
In today’s episode we’re talking about metadata, why it’s important, and exactly how to use it! Metadata is crucial in protecting your images once they are uploaded on the web. If you have your metadata in your files updated correctly and pro...
Quick solutions to correct contrast and color levels in photoshop...
Easily fix your under or overexposed photos for an awesome final image...
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