The following excerpt, Making A Black-And-White Image and Creating DuoTones and Tinted Images, is taken from The Enthusiast’s Guide to Photoshop by Rafael RC Concepcion. IN MY OPINION, you can make a very powerful photographic expression by working in black…
The following article is an excerpt from Dave Clayton’s How Do I Do That In InDesign? How Do I Create a Character Style in Indesign? The Character Styles panel is used to create, name, and apply character styles to text…
The following article is an excerpt from The Enthusiast’s Guide to Lightroom by Rafael RC Concepcion. NOW THAT YOU’VE finished making some of the major edits to your picture, let’s go ahead and do a little bit of cleanup. No…
This is an excerpt from David duChemin’s upcoming book, The Heart Of The Photograph, coming in March 2020. As one who makes pictures for a living and teaches others to do so, I have long been preoccupied with what should be,…
Enhancing or creating that glowing, just-after sunset blue sky This is an excerpt from The Off-Camera Flash Handbook by Vanessa Joy, coming in April 2020. GOAL IMAGE I don’t know about you, but more often than not I miss the…
An excerpt from The Enthusiast’s Guide to iPhone Photography by Sean Duggan To Flash Or Not To Flash? NEXT TO THE HDR setting in the iOS camera app is the flash. Like HDR, this can be set to Off (my…
An excerpt from Within The Frame, 10th Anniversary Edition by David duChemin When vision is spoken of in photographic terms, it is not spoken of merely as the things you see but how you see them. Photography is a deeply…
The following is an excerpt from Authentic Portraits by Chris Orwig. “The purpose of art is to stop time.” —Bob Dylan The most memorable portraits are simple, strong, and true. They convey personality, presence, emotion, values, and ideals. They awaken our…
How To Work With Images and Graphics in Indesign An excerpt from How Do I Do That In InDesign by Dave Clayton. They say a picture paints a thousand words, and it can also be said that in InDesign, you…
The following article is an excerpt from The Complete Guide to Macro and Close-Up Photography by Cyrill Harnischmacher. Along with lighting, depth of field is one of the key limitations for macro photographers. Depending on the magnification, it can drop…