Sometimes the most subtle differences in the way you process an image using photoshop can have some dramatic affects on the final image. Here is another saturation technique that allows you more control, and uses the LAB mode once again. We’re going to take this image of an old 1860’s manure spreader and make a [...]
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Improving saturation Part I
Posted by mangia on November 9th, 2006
Lately while riding my bike, I find myself attracted to the colors around me, and almost feel moved by the diverse hues, shapes, and colors in the county town I live in. With my trigger finger on my camera’s shutter button, firing away in machine gun fashion, shooting up the neighborhood. So the question is: [...]
Robert Mizerek, author of the column “The Miz – Photoshop Whiz”
Posted by mangia on November 9th, 2006
As you can see, tutorial section has been improved with Robert Mizerek (known as “Miz”) tutorials. Here is small info and post with his own comment about himself. If I have anything positive to say about myself it has to be “I’m motivated.” I have been a graphic designer since 1997. A photographer since 2003, [...]
RAW exposure
Posted by mangia on November 9th, 2006
If your not shooting a million shots in one session you might consider shooting RAW if your not doing so already. RAW offers you the equivalent of film based cameras “negativeâ€. RAW has so many advantages over shooting just JPG, and just one disadvantage. I might modify that statement and replace “disadvantage†with the word [...]
Quick fix “Under exposed images”
Posted by mangia on November 9th, 2006
One of the major advantages to shooting in RAW is we have immediate access to correct for any exposure problems during a shoot. There are times though when we either forget to set the camera settings to RAW, or we just prefer to shoot JPG format. In either case there comes a time when open [...]
