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Layers and Masks – Photoshop Editing

Kirkjufell Summer
Kirkjufell Summer

Layers and Masks From my experience of using Adobe Photoshop, Layers…

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Categorized as Processing TechniquesTagged adjustment, adobe lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, basic, brightness levels, contrast, dark, dialogue box, duplicate layer, highlight, histogram, layers, layers palette, light, mask, masks, new layer, photo editing software, photoshop, shadows

Basic Photo Edits – Levels & Curves

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Adjusting Levels & Curves In basic photo editing, the options to…

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Categorized as Processing TechniquesTagged adjustment, adobe lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, basic, brightness levels, contrast, dark, highlights, histogram, layers, light, photo editing software, photoshop, shadow

Photoshop Luminosity Masks – video tutorial -Ice Beach Method

Ice beach method

Ice beach method This is a photoshop technique to enhance colours…

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Categorized as Processing TechniquesTagged adobe lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, beach, brightness levels, contrast, curves, digital photography, highlights, histogram, ice, layers, photo editing software, photoshop, Tony Kuyper

Northern light photography – Controlling noise

New moon Northern Lights

One of the big issues with Northern Lights photos is noise. This technical article discusses photography techniques and camera settings that can help us control noise in our images.

Categorized as Night & Northern LightsTagged High iso, histogram, ISO, iso noise, Low light photography, low-light, noise, sensor noise, stars, tripod

Exposing to the Right in Digital Photography

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Exposure is a critical element in photography. Until the emergence of Digital photography, it was common practice for landscape photographers to slightly underexpose a photo for better highlight detail and increased saturation.

Categorized as Landscape photographyTagged adjustment, auto-bracketting, bracketting, color, colour, exposure, High iso, highlights, histogram, iso noise, multiple exposure, over-expose, RAW, saturation, sensor noise

HDR photography – taking the exposures

Half second shutter speeds for water movement.

HDR means High Dynamic Range photography. It refers to a method of capturing a larger range of light detail than is possible with a single exposure.

Categorized as Landscape photographyTagged auto-bracketting, bracketting, detail, exposure, hdr, highlights, histogram, multiple exposure, over-expose, RAW, shadows, under-expose

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