Well, they’re not exactly doodles. However, they are in essence the same. Plagued by boredom, I began to experiment with artificial backgrounds. So, I picked a couple images and then slowly began to build them up. This quickly (or no so quickly looking at the time) led to a confusing and cluttered background. So, after [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Overview of The Visitor
A while back I was asked by a friend to do this shoot for here. Before the shoot I knew I wanted to turn it into an illustration and here’s where I ended up.
The lighting was fairly simple. A medium softbox to the camera right and then up and behind her I had a silver [...]
Tips on Color Printing
Printers and Paper
Trying to get a good print can be a nightmare, or it like trying to give a cat a bath. It’s possible. It really is, but it can be difficult, frustrating and expensive. The first thing to consider when printing is the printer itself. While low end printers are getting much better at [...]
Basic Selection Tools in Photoshop
Photoshop is one of the most powerful tools available to a digital photographer who knows how to use it. The ability to mix and match images together to create one super composition has allowed many new ideas, previously unthinkable, to be carried out. Our imaginations have been unleashed in a sense, at least for those [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Sharpening
As with everything in Photoshop, there’s several different ways to sharpen images. However, my first recommendation is to start with sharp images. A unsharp image going into Photoshop will come out of Photoshop unsharp. The techniques I’m going to talk about will only help so much. Also keep in mind that, there each image might [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Speeding up Photoshop CS3 on a Mac
I’ve been working with some larger than normal files and I noticed Photoshop was slogging trying to catch up. So, I did a little research and found an Adobe article on optimizing Photoshop. If you want to speed up Photoshop, take a look.
Optimize performance in Photoshop CS3 on a Mac OS
I found it useful [...]
The Super Scary Histogram
The Basics
Histograms seem to be the big mystery among many photographers: casual and not. However, once you understand the basics, the histogram becomes indispensable. If you’ve ever opened Photoshop then you’ve probably at least seen a histogram. If you’ve used Levels then you’ve directly worked with the histogram before. So, what is it? It’s [...]
