Editing in the Lightroom

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Hey, Amanda here with your photography tutorial for July. This month I’m going to talk a little bit about Lightroom (LR).  Prior to having this fabulous program I did all of my editing in PSE & editing took me a really, really long time.  I started shooting in RAW format at the same time as [...] Read more »

Getting your camera off auto mode: Talking about shutter speed!

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Hey there!  This is Alli with a tutorial on getting your camera off auto mode.  Be sure to leave any comments or questions you might have! There are a few easy ways to get your camera off auto mode (this is written for people with a DSLR and based on my experience using Canon cameras) [...] Read more »

How to: Quick Photo Editing Tips

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I know that not everyone out there has the benefits of using Lightroom or even a full-fledged version on Photoshop; I didn’t for the longest time & found lots of useful editing tricks that I could accomplish in PS Elements (up until recently I was still using version 5)!! Sometimes I pull a photo onto [...] Read more »

Photography: Photo Editing

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Good Morning! Amanda here with another photography editing tip. I normally do 98% of my editing in LightRoom, but sometimes, I have a specific vision for the image I am working on & need to pull it into Elements to give it the final touch-up.  I recently took some portraits of a very sweet little [...] Read more »

Red Eye Removal in Photoshop Elements

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Hey there!  It’s Alli here with a quick and easy tutorial on getting rid of those red eyes in your photos to help enhance your layouts.  The easiest way to get rid of red eyes is to try to avoid getting them in the first place by using as much natural light as possible.  I [...] Read more »

Sharpening Your Photographs

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Have you ever wondered why other people’s photos and layouts look so much crisper than yours? They have probably figured out the secret to using the unsharp mask command in their editing program. In order to make sharpening your photos work for you, it’s best if you understand WHY your digital photos need sharpened. Almost [...] Read more »

White Balance your Photographs in ACR (Adobe PS and PSE)

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When I discovered the eyedropper tool for white balancing photographs in the Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) editor, it was one of those life-changing moments. Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but it did make a huge impact on my ability to color correct my photos. I used to get extremely frustrated trying to get [...] Read more »