Advanced Photography Techniques

Photo pros rely on our magazine to cover the most advanced digital photography techniques in-depth.  From color calibration to file formats and everything in between, you can count on the technique advice from our digital photo experts.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011 See In Black & White How to understand the role of color contrast in black-and-white conversions to make your best images starting at the moment of capture Back in the days of film photography, creating strong black-and-white photographs was an entirely different process than it is today.  Read More...

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 Get More From Smart Objects Eliminate the dreaded do-over when your client changes his or her mind by making good use of this Photoshop feature Smart Objects can be made from pixels (as this example will demonstrate), vector art and even a Camera Raw image opened as a Smart Object.  Read More...

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 Air-To-Air Niche markets can be lucrative, and enterprising photographers can find opportunity and inspiration in the clouds Put several airplanes in the air, separated by only a wingspan, flying as fast as 150 knots and as low as 1,000 feet over unforgiving terrain, with roaring engines, a glaring sun and jarring wake turbulence—serenity probably isn’t what comes to mind.  Read More...

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Creative Sharpening, Part I When to sharpen in your workflow The vast majority of photographic images benefit from sharpening.  Read More...

Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Using Lens Profiles Correct a variety of distortions with Adobe’s extensive database of lens information   Read More...

Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Take A Bite Adding food photography to your repertoire can boost your marketability. Lou Manna literally wrote the book on how to do it. In this excerpt from the book, you can get helpful tips on some of the most important aspects of this specialized class of image-making.   Read More...

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 Color Printing Technique The leap from computer monitor to printed output is where most professionals experience issues of color shift and a loss of punch in a photograph. Los Angeles-based pro Lee Varis takes us through the steps to get perfect prints. After your image is sized and sharpened, it’s ready for you to make a print.  Read More...

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Blend It Out! How to erase unwanted moving objects from a scene It’s a perfect shot! If only those unwanted moving objects (UMOs, i.e., a person or a crowd) in the scene would disappear.  Read More...

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Color Theory Explained Having a solid understanding of digital color theory will make you a better all-around photographer. Digital expert John Paul Caponigro explains the ins and outs. What is color theory? It’s not color management—a science of measuring color physically and describing it mathematically.  Read More...

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• Contender: Kevin Ziechmann Reality and photography collide in this self-portrait

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• Contender: Dhrumil S. Desai Style and substance came into play in making this warm-toned black and white portrait