Better Quality Night Sky Images Using Luminosity Masks
Digital cameras have revolutionized our ability to create images of the night sky. Using film, there are essentially two ways to expose a night sky image. One is to leave the camera shutter open for a LONG time on a fixed tripod. This technique creates star trails as...
Split Toning With Luminosity Masks
(Note: I published the video that accompanies this article on my YouTube Channel in June, so if you are a subscriber over there you may have already seen it.) Split toning is a process in photography of adding one color to the shadows and a different color to the...
Photoshop/TKActions Quick Tip: Cloud Sculpting
In this short video tutorial, I share a quick and easy Photoshop tip for sculpting contour and depth into clouds using luminosity selections and dodging and burning layers generated with the TKActions V6 panel. It’s a simple but powerful way to give...
Creative Applications of Color Theory in Landscape Photography
“When I began to see the overall picture of what was happening, it changed my entire perception of photography…I had mistakenly thought grass was green.” – Galen Rowell Discussions of many photography topics have the potential to veer deep into complex technical...
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