Category Archives: Photoshop

[b] cool and go to school!

I’ve posted before about a guy I know (he’s known as “The Becker” …or just [b] will do) who is starting a very cool thing called the [b]school. Becker is an amazing photographer in Orange County, California – and it’s so cool that he’s willing to create such a great networking resource for photographers...

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Black and White

I love black and white photography! It’s always fun to create a monochrome representation of a colorful world. But, converting a color image into black and white isn’t usually as simple as just pushing some kind of “Black and White” button on the computer.

Most image editing software out there will have a B&W...

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I have Spyders in my studio!! :-)

Have you ever noticed that the pictures you take with your digital camera rarely have the same color and brightness as the image when you have it printed at the photo lab? Most people are not aware that every computer monitor outputs different colors and brightness levels, and therefore makes images look different every...

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The Transformation

As I’m going through some of the candid images I captured of my cousins in California, I ran across this great action shot of Chloe. I thought it might be fun to share the transformation from the “out of camera” version to the finished “ready for print” version.
This image was shot using my Canon...

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What’s the difference?

Is there really a difference between the prints that a professional photographer makes and the prints that a consumer lab will print for you? It’s common knowledge that professional photographers charge more for their reprints than places such as Wal-Mart and Costco – do you know why?
Images don’t ever come out of the camera...

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