It seems like I’ve been hearing about depth of field forever. Even before I was into photography, I heard about depth of field. Depth of field this and depth of field that. It was and is all over the place. And do you want to know the truth about it? I don’t think I ever […]
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How Much Larger are Smart Object Files Than Regular Files in Adobe Photoshop?
We all know by now that we should be converting layers that we add filters to in Adobe Photoshop to Smart Objects. I’ve said this a dozen times on this blog. Doing this has tremendous upside and only somewhat of a downside. The upside is that the layer we’re working on will be protected by […]
Do I Really Need to Use a Camera Lens Hood When Photographing?
This is a follow up post from yesterday’s post. After I wrote that post, I began thinking about protecting camera lenses and about lens hoods in general. As I mentioned in my previous post, the consensus is to use a lens hood to help avoid bumping the actual camera lens into things when you’re in […]
Tips For Protecting Your Camera Lens
The truth of the matter is that camera lenses are expensive. Not all of them are really expensive, but some of them are. And even for the ones that aren’t, it’s not like any of us want to go out and purchase another one because something terrible happened to the one we have. In today’s […]
How to Rename & Reorder Layers in Adobe Photoshop
I wanted to write a quick post to answer a question I received a few days ago regarding the management of layers in the Layers panel of Adobe Photoshop. Many folks who are new to this application have some difficulty understanding the basics of how layers work. I always tell them to think about Photoshop […]
How to Apply an Adjustment to Only One Layer in Adobe Photoshop
The answer is clipping. I’ll tell you that right up front. If you would like to apply an adjustment layer to just one layer in Adobe Photoshop, use the clipping feature. It’s that simple. Have you ever worked on a file in Photoshop and thought about adjusting only one area of an image? For instance, […]
Camera Settings For Photographing During the Blue Hour
Have you ever heard of the blue hour? If you’ve been involved with photography for a while, you’ve most likely come across the term, the golden hour. That’s a period of time, either in the morning or the evening, when the sun sits low on the horizon. The sky gets orange or red and you’ll […]
How to Capture Movement with Panning While Photographing
Panning a camera is like serving a tennis ball. It’s all about the follow through. I’ve played a lot of tennis in my day and I can tell you that the follow through is where it’s at. Have you ever seen one of those photos that looks like something is moving fast in it? Or […]
Sharpening a Photo with Blur Filters & Blend Modes in Adobe Photoshop
I’ve said this a thousand time before. There’s more than one way to get there from here in Adobe Photoshop. Some methods for accomplishing your goals are very straightforward while others are somewhat convoluted. As Adobe continues to build and refine their applications, they learn what the most common tasks are. They streamline them. They […]
How to Take & Edit Time Lapse Waterfall Photographs
My lady and I decided that Halloween would be a perfect excuse to hike up into the woods to take photographs of a waterfall. Don’t ask me how the two are connected because I won’t have a good answer for you. Anyway, we’ve been meaning to get up to this waterfall because it’s very pretty […]
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