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How to Make a Rough Cut of Your Photo Portfolio

In this lesson, the sixth in a series from Chamira Young‘s course about making portfolios, you’ll learn how to make a rough cut of your group of images by eliminating the photos that are not the best.  In the previous lesson, “How to Assemble Photos for a Photography Portfolio“, you learnt how to review your photo… Continue reading How to Make a Rough Cut of Your Photo Portfolio

20+ Stunning images with complementary colors

In 1961s, Fred Herzog photographed a woman on the street, with just her green skirt and red stockings visible in the frame. In 1972, Helen Levitt photographed kids in New York City, dressed in various shades of yellow and purple. In the 1980s, Martin Parr photographed an ice cream shop in an English beach suburb,… Continue reading 20+ Stunning images with complementary colors

How to Build a Basic Photo Post-Processing Workflow With Adobe Camera Raw

Photographing in RAW format gives you the best options for your post-processing as it’s retaining all the information from when you took the image. Due to that, though, RAW files have a large file size and look a little flat, so they might require a little more ‘post-shoot’ thought than some other formats. Here, we’ll… Continue reading How to Build a Basic Photo Post-Processing Workflow With Adobe Camera Raw

Tips from a pro: How to improve your insect photography

Cuckoo Wasp. John Hallmén shot this preserved specimen in the studio using a full-frame camera and a Mitutoyo microscope objective with a morfanon tube, mounted on a Nikon PB-6 bellows. He made 178 exposures and later combined them in them in post. John Hallmén This post on insect photography has been updated. It was originally… Continue reading Tips from a pro: How to improve your insect photography

7 Top Still Life LUTs and Presets for Lightroom

Do you find yourself stuck in your same old editing style? Or maybe you’re embarking on a new photo project and want to freshen up the look that your images typically take on. Using LUTs and presets is an incredibly easy way to shake things up in your post-production workflow and achieve results that you… Continue reading 7 Top Still Life LUTs and Presets for Lightroom

How to Reduce Noise in Pictures Using Lightroom Classic

As photographers, we often work in light situations that are… less than ideal. One common way of dealing with low light is to crank up the gain, also called the ISO, on your camera. Unfortunately, the outcome is blotchy, splotchy areas that might distract from an otherwise perfect photo.  This image, photographed at ISO 16000,… Continue reading How to Reduce Noise in Pictures Using Lightroom Classic

10 Top Editorial Portrait LUTs and Lightroom Presets

Transform your portraits quickly and easily to give them colour grading that looks professional and eye-catching, with a selection of our favourite Lightroom presets and LUTs made by Envato professionals. In this article, we cover a mix of profiles (look-up tables) and presets available from Envato Elements and Envato Market. Top Editorial Portrait LUTs and… Continue reading 10 Top Editorial Portrait LUTs and Lightroom Presets

10 Best Print-Inspired Halftone Effects (Color and Black-and-White) for Photoshop

A halftone effect is a technique that makes an image from dots of different sizes and opacities. You might recognize this distinctive look from comic books and newspaper photos. In the digital era, you can apply the halftone effect to your existing photos, illustrations, or designs, and you don’t have to be a designer to create your… Continue reading 10 Best Print-Inspired Halftone Effects (Color and Black-and-White) for Photoshop