Top 5 most common mistakes in B&W photography
Top 5 Most Common Mistakes in B&W, long exposure and architecture photography I’ve made several top 5 or top 10 lists on my blog in the past. Usually, it would follow a positive pattern: the 5 best, 10 great tips, etc. Now, I'm presenting a top 5 of things many...
What Makes Fine Art Photography
WHAT MAKES FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY Introduction A trending theme in photography right now is fine art photography. I'm calling myself a fine art photographer and perhaps you call yourself an artist too or perhaps you don't and you have encountered other photographers...
High-Level Principles for Fine-art Processing
In this new blog post, I’m focusing on the Why instead of just the How of fine-art post-processing by presenting a few high-level principles that form the basis of a structured method of processing to create images that are visually effective and aesthetic. Principles...
Apple Silicon M1 processors and PS plugins compatibility
With the recent arrival, late 2020, of Apple computers with their new Silicon (M1) processors, this blog post contains important information for people with a new Apple M1 computer and who are also using Adobe Photoshop with or without third party software and...
Free Webinar Quick Mask Pro – October 4, 2020
FREE WEBINAR QUICK MASK PRO PANEL - OCTOBER 4, 2020 Following up on the well-received free webinars for the B&W artisan pro X panel earlier this year, I'm now announcing a free, live, and interactive webinar on the use of the Quick Mask Pro panel.There are several...
Top 5 Books for Fine Art photographers
Introduction In 2016 I published my top 5 of photography books that I've read and would recommend anyone to read. Looking at the list one can see that they weren't the typical photography books. Books that were targeted at those among us who want to profess...
B&W Fine Art Online Workshop
B&W Fine Art Online Workshop - The HOW and WHY INFO AND SIGN UP PAGE WORKSHOP HAS FINISHED - REGISTRATION IS CLOSED In these times of a pandemic, I was forced to rethink the way I would teach workshops. And I came to the conclusion that there are certain important...
Nondestructive and destructive editing in Photoshop
Rethinking destructive and nondestructive editing in Photoshop. An article on destructive and nondestructive editing in Photoshop to broaden your horizon and to also consider so-called ‘destructive editing’. I’m positing that destructive editing very rarely happens, even if you don’t use the traditional method of adjustment layers. In fact, it might inspire you to think differently and enable more creative and subtle images:
Creating 16-bit luminosity masks
Creating 16 bits luminosity masks and half masks A tutorial on the creation of the normal (integer) and half luminosity masks in 16 bits for Photoshop using the Calculation and Levels method combined without loading selections.In one of my older blog posts from 2014 I...
Photoshop Masks and Selections Guide
In this article, I’ll give an overview of available Photoshop masking methods, types of masks, the difference between masks and selections, when to use them, and a few tips and guidelines for better masking and less frustration. And keep in mind: a smart photographer/artist is someone who also knows when NOT to create selections. If you don’t need them and can solve it in an easier and faster way, then don’t waste your time.