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Using Tools in Photoshop Elements the Right Way: The Secret

July 28, 2011

Photoshop Elements gives us this robust set of tools in its toolbox. Each does something different and has its own unique settings to adjust.  It’s these settings, or options, that I want to talk about today. I had used Elements for quite a while before I really understood that each tool has a very important [...]

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What Happens If You Break a Fundamental Rule of Photography?

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I don’t know how many times I’ve heard it, but I still forget sometimes. Before you snap that photo, start from the 4 corners of your frame and look from the outside in.  Make sure you’re not about to snap an image with annoying distractions in the background. Like a remote control. I mean really, [...]

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Have You Watched the PhotoVision 2011 DVDs Yet?

March 30, 2011

Back in October, I subscribed to PhotoVision’s DVD series and shortly thereafter started catching up on the 2010 videos. I love these videos.  I even get together with a friend sometime for a girls night out to watch the videos!  Yes, you don’t need to tell me that’s dorky.  I know. Each one consists of [...]

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Elements Classes – Now Registering (& Coupon Codes)

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Is April the time for you to master Photoshop Elements?  If so, it’s time to register for the classes that will make that happen. The March session were quite fun!  We had great photos to edit, and lots of “aha” moments all around. Here is the April schedule: Read the detailed class descriptions here. Use [...]

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Lightroom Tutorial: Can this image be saved? Reprise.

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Lightroom can work wonders on images.  Can it save an image that starts out terrible?  No. Do you remember my quick edit on a pic that was awful out of camera, but that my girlfriend loved?  The picture absolutely wasn’t worth saving, except that I took it on a fun night out with friends. Stu [...]

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Metering Modes to Set Exposure in Digital Photography

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Choosing a metering mode in digital photography is rumored to be difficult.  And I agree. You know what the hardest part for me is?  Figuring out which icon on the stupid camera goes with which metering mode!  So let’s get this part out of the way first: Ok, so what do all these metering modes [...]

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Photoshop Elements Texture Tutorial

March 17, 2010

Photoshop Elements texture tutorials are a dime a dozen these days.  I’m going to add my two cents worth below and detail the specific steps I used on a particular image.  And there is a free action alert at the bottom of this post! What is the best tutorial you’ve seen for using textures and [...]

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Photoshop Elements Tutorial – Lipstick

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Photoshop Elements comes to the rescue again – this time it was a rescue from washed-out splotchy looking lipstick! I had mentioned to my photography class last weekend that I needed a head shot and they kindly volunteered to use me as a test dummy.  Umm, I mean, they kindly took pictures of me.  And [...]

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Good Exposure is Like Pie. Or a Pantry. Hmmm.

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(Are you trying to figure out your new camera?  Or do you need a quick refresher on the relationship between aperture, shutter speed and ISO in getting good exposure?  Here are some silly musings that have crossed through my mind as I practice shooting in manual.) Think of good exposure like a full pantry.  It [...]

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Fill Flash: Learn It – Live It – Love It

October 7, 2009

Everyone welcome back way-outnumbered.  Her first guest post was a big hit around here!  I think this one will be a hit too.  Make sure to visit her blog to see more of her awesome photography and comment if you have any questions or compliments for her! I first read about “Fill Flash or Daylight [...]

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Perfect Exposure is Easy

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You know how you can read about something a million times, and eventually you come across wording that finally makes it all click? One of my readers from Australia, who knows much more about photography than I do, submitted a comment which turned into an email conversation which turned into a detailed treatise on Getting [...]

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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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2 Cool Blending Mode Tricks

April 4, 2009

Photoshop is amazing, isn’t it? Every once in a while, I learn a trick that is quick and easy and works in Photoshop Elements too.  And it reminds me of what powerful technology we all use. The first cool idea arrived in my inbox from Helen Bradley’s Project Woman blog, which has all sorts of fun photography ideas.  She [...]

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Processing Raw Images in Photoshop Elements/ACR

March 27, 2009

So maybe you read my post last week about the pros and cons of shooting your digital photos in RAW? And now I’ll tell you about what I do to process those RAW images, once I open them in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR for short). But first, a digression. I am a grammar fiend and [...]

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