Posts Tagged ‘tricks’

The phrase “dynamic range” refers to the variance between the brightest and darkest points in a photograph. The human eye has the ability to see details within a very broad dynamic range – in fact, the dynamic range that the human eye can discern details within is at least twice as broad as the best [...]

A common problem with indoor photography is that the view outside the window is usually blown out. In order to achieve balance while shooting inside, looking out through a window, you have to think of what you are seeing through the view finder as if it were two separate exposures – the outside world (being [...]

Last Autumn, I stumbled across a series of steps in Photoshop which produced some absolutely stunning results.

The photo below – of a friend’s daughter – was my first accidental encounter with what I later learned was a technique invented by Landscape photographer Michael Orton many years ago.

The technique essentially uses multiple layers – each slightly [...]

original color version

B/W conversion

Converting color photos to black and white images is easy, right? Just choose “Image >> Mode >> Grayscale” in Photoshop and you’re done, right?
WRONG!
Until very recently that is how I did my b/w conversions … but I have since discovered a much better method. For years, I have been utterly ignoring [...]