Creative Live | Free Live Workshops for Photographers

May 16, 2013

Creative Live is full of talented photographers eager to share their tips and tricks with us.

Creative Live Brooke

Workshops can be expensive, and if you don’t live in a big city, then they are difficult to get to. CreativeLive has changed that and I have to admit that when I can, I watch them all. You can watch them for free while they are live, and afterward you can buy the workshop – usually for around 100 dollars – more after the event. Read more →

Speed Art | Photoshop | Trump Tower Destroyed

March 8, 2013

/ Josh Pabst

Speed Art - Trump Tower Destroyed in Photoshop

There’s no good reason for this post. There’s no good reason to waste two hours on such a thing. That said, people love speed art and they love Michael Bay Transformers. I just kind of combined them. I Took a picture of Trump Tower some months ago when I got my new 5D Mark II. Read more →

Photoshop Tutorials | Green Screen Compositing

March 7, 2013

/ Josh Pabst

Tutorial | Black and White Variations | Photoshop | Lightroom

March 5, 2013

/ Josh Pabst

Image Manipulation in Photoshop | How much is too much?

January 30, 2013

/ Josh Pabst

Photoshop Image Manipulation | Post-Processing

Photoshop is an extremely valuable and powerful tool for tweaking images. Just about every photographer who shoots digital photography uses Photoshop. It can be used subtly and to excess and both are not hard to do. To do the simple tweaks like brightness and contrast and sharpening, the tool is quite easy. To do intense image manipulation, lighting, masking and more takes great talent, a good eye, and loads of practice. I’m not advocating for or against the extensive use of Photoshop for post-processing your images. Read more →