Photo Editing Tips & Techniques

The Value Of Brightness/Contrast

October 1, 2007 | Rob Sheppard

How a much maligned adjustment tool can help you work images like a darkroom master

Tilt & Shift To Boost Your Megapixels

October 1, 2007 | Marc Muench

While tilt-shift lenses can be used for both practical and extreme purposes, they also can be utilized to increase your image file size and creativity in unexpected ways

Sharpening Techniques

August 1, 2007 | Rob Sheppard

A strong use of Radius in Unsharp Mask may help your nature images

Luminosity Control In Photoshop

August 1, 2007 | George DeWolfe

What does it take to visualize luminosity in black-and-white and color photography, then see and control it in Photoshop?

As Simple As Black And White

August 1, 2007 | Jon Sienkiewicz

Shoot in B&W or convert in Photoshop? That is the question...

Optics In A Digital World

July 1, 2007 | Rob Sheppard

Lenses are limited by the laws of physics, but software can help remove some of those limitations

“Cameras don’t take pictures, people do” is a well-known photo adage. However, you not only need a camera to take pictures and to get good exposures, but you need to know what your camera can and can’t do—especially when it comes to setting what image format to shoot with. For this image taken inside of a hot-air balloon (technically called the “envelope” by hot-air balloonists), I shot in the RAW mode rather than JPEG. For me, it’s sometimes a quality and exposure flexibility issue, but more than that, it’s a personal preference.