June 2009

Lightroom Free Urban Look and Roundish Vignette Presets

June 28, 2009

Big Mozy Sale – Last Chance! First off, don’t forget to subscribe to Mozy this month so that you can save 15%. Use discount code JUNE15. Less than $90 will buy you two years of unlimited backup and complete security. All the files, photos, videos and music that you have on your computer will be [...]

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DPM Perfect Workflow Action Update

June 25, 2009

A reader requested a new version of the Digital Photography for Moms Perfect Workflow action that didn’t produce a duplicate copy of the image. You’ll find the link to the new action at the bottom of this post. And, as always, the action is compatible with both Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. In case you haven’t [...]

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Rounded Vignette Tutorial for Lightroom and Photoshop

June 20, 2009

One of Digital Photography for Mom’s wonderful readers asked how I created the vignette in this photograph: This photo was edited using Lightroom only. It didn’t take Photoshop to create that edgy look, believe it or not! Here are the Lightroom settings for the vignette: Post-crop vignette Amount -100 Midpoint 19 Roundness 0 Feather [...]

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PhotoKaboom!

June 17, 2009

Love the name, love the site! As if I needed another place to surf. . . . Check out this page of Photoshop Elements tutorials. There is some good stuff here for advanced PSE users. Learn how to simulate curves in PSE, skin tone correction, and burning and dodging shortcuts. I don’t know much about [...]

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Improve Focus, Shoot More Quickly

June 11, 2009

Back Button Focusing is one of the awesome techniques I learned at the Pixel Fairy Princess workshop in Dallas a couple of weeks ago. I’ve mentioned it a couple of times, but haven’t really explained it yet. Sometimes it’s called Auto-Focus lock. On cameras supporting this feature, you will find a button which sets the focus when [...]

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Get Lightroom. It's Amazing!

June 5, 2009

Attention Photographers: Spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the lens, with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. You guys know that I bought Lightroom a few months ago and that I have been learning it and really enjoying it since then. And I don’t usually promote Lightroom unless it’s on sale. But [...]

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Starburst Effect Around Lights in Digital Photography

June 3, 2009

I learned so much this weekend at the Pixel Fairy Princess photography workshop. I’ll be sharing some of my favorite new ideas with you all week. And I bet that Debbie won’t mind that I’m giving away her secrets. The most valuable thing by far about taking her classes isn’t the tips, but learning how to [...]