Category Archives: Photoshop

Plan to crop

Posted by Ann | on April 27, 2012 | Also posted in Craft of Photography, Newest | Tagged

As much as I try to minimize it, I can’t teach the Nuts & Bolts of Digital Photography class without a little math cropping up. Some adult learners just don’t want to revisit the painful experiences of school-age math…

Photoshop tip: work the whole file

Posted by Ann | on January 26, 2011 | Also posted in Newest | Tagged , ,

Here’s another tip derived from hard-won experience. As you create your master file, which you will save in a special place and duplicate for cropping and other derivatives, use every pixel that came out of your camera, the…

Use Camera Calibration settings to speed RAW conversion workflow

Posted by Ann | on February 26, 2010 | Also posted in Lightroom | Tagged , , ,

example of camera calibration settings in Adobe Camera Raw

Five camera calibration settings compared (hi res available in my Flickr stream

When I was making the master Highway 89 image files, I downloaded some new camera profiles that Adobe released for their Camera Raw…

Another mystery of the Church-original plan of the Cathedral

Posted by Ann | on June 24, 2009 | Also posted in Craft of Photography | Tagged , ,

cathedral-elevation.jpg

Scan of the original elevation of the Cathedral of the Madeleine
Before and After Photoshopping

My family heritage is Catholic, and my great-grandmother used to use the phrase “it’s a mystery of the Church” to explain…

Fenceline remix

Posted by Ann | on February 25, 2009 | Also posted in Remixed | Tagged ,

remix image wire fence colorful abstract

Fenceline

One ugly curve in Photoshop generated this effect. I see a lot my pictures this way, at least temporarily, because I use a curve adjustment layer in Photoshop to help me find any little dust spots.…