Photo Editing Tips & Techniques

Turn your good images into your best images by using Photoshop to bring out those details that are too bright or too dark

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Lightroom is a program designed for photographers and the way they work

Using Photoshop to repair problem skies when the light is too contrasty for your film or sensor to record properly

Hamlet's new D-SLR dilemma: to underexpose or not to underexpose?

Use these tips to make the most of this key Photoshop tool

Interpret a scene optimally to match your vision of the subject

A graphic pen and tablet can make a difference in the digital darkroom

Reveal the color and contrast in your murky digital images

When do you really need the 16-bit capabilities of RAW files?

Where is landscape photography going today? How might we as photographers find new inspiration and approaches to this classic subject?

Change and enhance color with precision using this adjustment tool

Tame the large files produced by a high-resolution digital SLR

Resizing an image larger or smaller than the original file is a key digital adjustment