Duotone images, as the name suggests, are comprised of only two colours. Technically they can be any two colours, but a classic duotone image is made from a monochrome black/white image; with another highlight colour added to create the two tones. In this tutorial we’re going to illustrate how to quickly create a duotone image…
Introduced in Lightroom 5, the Radial Filter is a important new addition to the processing tools available from within Lightroom’s develop module. A great way to create localised enhancements, it offers precise control over specific areas of your images. In this tutorial we’re going to look at how you can get the most out of…
In this Photoshop HDR tutorial we’re going to look at the basic requirements needed for a genuine High Dynamic Range (HDR) image. Please note that I’m using Photoshop CS6 for this tutorial. HDR photography has proved massively popular in the digital photography era. It’s safe to say it can be a contentious subject, with a…
In this tutorial we’re going to look at replacing the sky in Photoshop. It’s always annoying when you’ve got an image that you like, but the sky is flat and dull, to the point where it may be ruining the shot. We’re going to look at a quick and easy way to rectify the situation.…
In this Color Efex Pro tutorial we are going to look at some of the various image processing options available from within this plugin. Color Efex Pro from Nik Software enables you to quickly correct specific colours in your image, and make global creative adjustments via a whole host of digital filters. I’m not going…
The beautifully designed presets by VSCO are gaining in popularity by the day, both with professional and amateur photographers. In this VSCO Film tutorial we’re going to look at how to effectively work with these presets. To put it simply, the presets from VSCO have one primary purpose — to simulate the look of images…
Lightroom presets are a great way to speed up your photo development workflow. They enable you to store a whole host of predefined development settings that can be applied in a single click via the preset. They can also be applied to a whole group of images at the same time, so the benefits are…
Iris Blur was introduced in Photoshop CS6, alongside Field Blur and Tilt-Shift. In this Iris Blur Photoshop tutorial we are going to use to quickly create a stylised image with the focus on a particular part of the image. Here is the original shot we are going to work with, it’s a reasonable shot, but…
In this tutorial we are going to create a dramatic high-key portrait using Lightroom and Photoshop. The end result is not intended to be a completely conventional high-key image, we want a more stylised image with some localised contrast. High-key photography is generally characterised by having the majority of the image with very light tonality,…
If you’re new to Lightroom, understanding the differences between your catalogs, folders and collections is essential to achieving a smooth and hassle-free workflow. Lightroom effectively acts as a database for your images, you can easily get by with just one catalog and a number of folders, or you can combine these with collections for deeper…