Camera Raw

If you’d like to highlight something (or more than one something) in one of your photos, the Radial Filter in Adobe Camera Raw may be just the tool for you. This tool is perfect for portraits, wedding photography – even some landscape or still life photography. Actually, any time you want something to shine or […]

A popular project photographers frequently undertake is to create one panoramic photo of multiple shots they’ve taken. Perhaps they didn’t have a wide angle lens on hand or perhaps they wanted to capture a really, really large area. This is mostly used for landscape photography, but is becoming more and more popular with all types. […]

Have you ever wondered how some photographers make their photos look so annoyingly good? If you’ve ever picked up a camera, you’ve most likely been there. You’ve taken a few shots, reviewed them on your computer and wondered if you needed a new camera. A better one. You think this because, for some strange reason, […]

Have you ever wondered how you can add a color tone to a black and white photo? You know the type – no other color in the photo besides some sort of a gold to add more of a nostalgic feeling. Or perhaps a red to add a bit of mischief. Well, accomplishing this is […]

The Spot Removal tool in Adobe Camera Raw is rather awesome. It has flexible power that allows you to work, in a non-destructive manner, to fix blemishes and modify photographs like no other tool will. I’ve been using Photoshop for this type of thing for years, but I’m switching over. I’d much rather accomplish these […]

When changing portraits from color to black and white in Adobe Camera Raw, there are a few areas you need to concern yourself with. If you make an adjustment the wrong way, you can shed an, how shall we say, unfavorable light on the person in the photo. If you make an adjustment the right […]

There are a few tools in Camera Raw that I rely on for virtually all of my photo editing. In the Basic panel, they are White Balance, Exposure, Highlights, Whites, Blacks, Clarity and Vibrance. In the Effects panel, I use Dehaze. While you may be familiar with many of the sliders I just mentioned from […]

It’s funny – when you ask yourself what a black and white photo is, you most likely answer that it’s a photo with no color. In some respects, you’d be correct. The thing is, in many black and white photos, there was color. It’s just that you removed it with one tool or another. Believe […]

This is one of those posts you’re going to want to print out and keep in your back pocket for frequent use. If you’re a busy photo editor, you definitely want to know how to edit more than one photo at a time in Camera Raw. This is otherwise known as batch processing. This technique […]

Every time I open a photo in Adobe Camera Raw for editing, I’m sure to follow a certain sequence of events to end up with the result I’m after. First, I want to make sure the contrasts are good. I work in the Basic panel for a while, adjusting the exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, etc…to […]