In this video tutorial I’m going to show you a variety of cool techniques to enhance your sunset images fully in . The main idea is to increase the warm color without losing realism, and for that I will apply a number of general effects (to the image as a whole), and some specific effects to certain...

In the United States, around $400 billion is spent on advertising each year. That’s “billion” with a “b.” A slice of that goes to producing photos for those advertisements. Commercial photographers can make a career out of shooting objects for advertisements, and in this tutorial, I’ll walk...

This article will walk you through a ‘typical’ day in the life of a British press photographer. You’ll discover what it takes to find stories, learn what images are required for the 21st century media, understand the importance of equipment and technical knowledge, identify what pressure exists...

In this tutorial I will show you how to capture and post-process professional looking photos of glass with minimal photo equipment. You’ll learn to take some stunning photos with professional lighting, and a stylish background.

You may have noticed that there’s a trend at the moment for taking seascapes with long exposures. A quick search on Flickr reveals hundreds of beautiful seascapes, with amazing colours and inspired composition. Don’t be deterred by the quality of some of these photos – it’s not as difficult to...

Create natural looking HDR tone mapped images in Photoshop with editable layers. This tutorial is an improved version of our Layered HDR Tone Mapping Photoshop tutorial from 2007. This new technique is capable of the same results but with a significantly smaller file size. We also added additional techniques...

How to vastly enhance landscape shots using Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) and then Photoshop. This tutorial will show step by step tips and tricks in order to get out the most out of your landscape pictures.

Give your photos a grunge look with this popular Photoshop effect. Although this Photoshop effect is commonly referred as HDR photo effect, it is it can be done with regular, non-HDR photos.

Annie Betram is the world-class photographer, who has a great passion on pensive octopus-accessorized lovelies, screaming steampunk angels and dark fairytale themes. Her photos often embody a painterly quality—deep tones and textures evocative of Pre-Raphaelite masterworks—that sets her work apart...

In this tutorial I will show you how to create the focus on individual items on a photo. Usually, this effect can be done with a photo camera. But what if the focus needs to be done already on the finished photo?

For me, using flash can be the most efficient way to create a high-quality portrait. There’s nothing like it for an editorial shoot when you need that combination of full lighting control, minimal shooting time, and predictable results. Sure, you have to know what you’re doing to make it come together...