Congratulations to Craig Ferguson for his beautiful image of Laomei Green Reef. This image was selected because of his depiction of shapes within a landscape. Thank you to everyone that participated!   Share an image on Google+ where you used either a digital or glass filter or both, and tag your image #filterfriday curated by +Laurie Rubin. We’d love to see how filters have helped…

Tim Mantoani has been photographing athletes for over 20 years for a wide range of both editorial and commercial clients. His work has appeared on the covers of Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Triathlete, Sport and DirtSports, and his clients include Coca-Cola, EA Sports, Reebok, Directv and Upper Deck. Join Tim as he discusses some of his lighting and post production techniques…

Most people only get to see fireworks once or twice a year and here in the US, the 4th of July, or Independence Day is one of those times. Getting good fireworks photos isn’t very difficult but can be a little daunting to beginning photographers. I thought I would put together a few tips to help you get better fireworks photos. The most important…

Glamour Glow in Color Efex Pro 4 simulates soft focus filters and diffusion techniques (mainly known to portrait photographers) to give a dreamy, soft look to your images. The Glamour Glow filter allows us to achieve this effect without the extra on-camera equipment that was traditionally used. It can be used to give a romantic, even a dramatic quality to…

It’s Filter Friday!  This week I used Color Efex Pro 4 to enhance a portrait shot on a slightly overcast evening at the beach.  I used a lot of the different filters within Color Efex Pro 4 to achieve some subtle changes that really made the image stand out. Here is the original: I liked what I had to start…

Whether you are standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon or just trying to capture the colorful flowers in your garden, there so are many things to think about before capturing your image, that it can be overwhelming. This webinar will discuss topics such as how to see and manipulate light, creating the right exposures, composition, close-up and macro…

In this Slanted Lens lighting tutorial we take a look at using smoke as a creative tool. I’m going to concentrate on using smoke to create a silhouette and to show sun-rays. When I shoot I often have a smoke machine on hand. When I shoot on location I always have one. Smoke gets me out of trouble if I…

Foliage in Color Efex Pro 4 is a great filter for isolating and enhancing greens in your image in order to give them a visual boost. The filter does this by identifying the foliage/greenery, while the filter controls let you stylize the image without affecting any other colors within your image. This is a very quick and easy filter to…

Sometimes it just takes a little bit of selective adjustment to fine tune your image. Viveza 2 is the tool I use when I want to bring out some of the details in my image, and to adjust for color and light. In fact, I use it on almost all of my images. My workflow consists of first using Dfine…

Joe Brady shares his techniques and workflow for turning good landscape photographs into great images with beauty and impact. Featuring the capabilities of both Viveza 2 and Silver Efex Pro 2, Joe will share his insights using these two software products from within Adobe Photoshop and in some cases, use them in ways you might not have thought of. Before…