by Steve | Jun 28, 2018 | Vision & Creativity
At some point in the process of creating a photo, a vision of how you see it turning out forms in your head. Where and when this vision forms will heavily impact how the finished image will look. For example, does a vision form even before you've decided where to take... 
by Steve | Jun 12, 2018 | Sky Swapping
If you like the idea of being able to swap the sky in a photo and for it actually look good, then today is a good day! When you follow these three important tips your sky-swapped images will look better than ever. 1) Make an accurate selection It all starts with an... 
by Steve | Jun 6, 2018 | Post Processing
The three biggest “bang for your buck” processing concepts a landscape photographer should know are: 1) Layer masking allows for adjustments to be applied to some parts of a shot and not others. Plus it's how you can manually blend bracketed exposures (eg... 
by Steve | Jun 5, 2018 | Post Processing
When photographing in the golden hours, we have three main options for how we make a photo turn out: Make it look how it looked. Make it look how it felt. Make it look like something else entirely. And all 3 take work. When photographing at sunrise and sunset, the... 
by Steve | Jun 1, 2018 | Exposure Blending
Ever noticed halos appearing around objects in your images when you're blending exposures or masking an adjustment in Photoshop? Here's an example: It's a result of painting over the lines in your layer mask. (Or not painting up close enough to the lines) Say you add...