Getting ready for a portrait session can be overwhelming and stressful. Well, it shouldn’t! A portrait session is meant to be an enjoyable experience, so let see together what works best when deciding what to wear to a portrait session so you can prepare in advance and have fun during the session! Individual portraits These […]
Originally published 2014/04/10. Reposting with updates. In this first set of tutorials we covered the basic properties of an image, and how their manipulation affects the end results. We explored exposure, contrast, saturation and sharpness individually, as it is generally easier to decouple properties when studying them. But the nature of an image is very […]
As the course of 2020 is being heavily determined by the COVID-19 pandemic, some rethinking is in order. Two of my workshops have been canceled. They had been scheduled months in advance, but since the shelter-in-place has come in, any in-person event has been canceled. Workshops are a big source of income and publicity for […]
Originally published 2014/03/27. Reposting with updates. Today’s tutorial will cover a property called “sharpness” and how its manipulation affects an image. What is sharpness? Sharpness of an image describes its edge contrast, in other words how well defined edges are in the scene. Sharp images are clear and defined, easy for the eyes to follow […]
Often times we encounter beautiful artwork that we fall immediately in love with. When the price is right, there is only one more question that needs an answer: will it fit my room? Unless you are an interior designer by trade or an exceptional visualizer by gift, the question on how to chose the right […]
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