When you’re shooting at a location with bright sun and a big open sky, like the beach or an open field, it can be difficult to expose your subject correctly without overexposing everything else. I don’t enjoy replacing skies or doing heavy edits in Photoshop so I often use the graduated filter tool in Photoshop’s […]
Black and white photography takes a special vision, great lighting and a good conversion technique (if you’re shooting in color). The absence of color makes other elements stand out even more. You need to be especially aware of tones, highlights and shadow. There are lots of ways to convert a color image to black and […]
The good thing about shooting in RAW is that you can adjust the white balance and exposure of your images very easily in Photoshop. This is especially helpful when you are shooting on auto white balance, or if you have a tricky lighting situation. Here’s a quick tutorial. How to Adjust White Balance in Photoshop […]
The exposure triangle is made up of Aperture, ISO and shutter speed. Each of these elements need to work together to create a correctly exposed image. When you are shooting in manual mode, you’ll need to control each element of the exposure triangle in order to get the exposure you want. ISO ISO controls your […]
The Rule of Thirds (ROT) is a the compositional idea that an image looks most balanced and pleasing to the eye when the subject or focal point is positioned within one third of the frame. If we divide our frame into vertical and horizontal thirds, we’d end up with four intersections on which we’d ideally […]