What if there’s a way to create easy illusion photography? The idea is to take a photo of yourself into a mirror without the camera being visible. How do you create a hidden camera mirror illusion? Well, it takes roughly three shots, and a little bit of Phot

Making selections of people in Photoshop is not easy. Thankfully, Photoshop has tons of features, such as the Refine Edge tool to help you finish the job quicker. The Refine Edge tool makes this task a lot easier, especially when you have to select hair or fur. Ar

Adding shadows to your photo is vital to grounding an object in a scene when you are making a composite image. In this article, you’ll see how to make a shadow in Adobe Photoshop. Both to a white background photo and a natural landscape scene. Let’s ge

Shadows can be beautiful additions to your images. They add depth and interest. But they can also be distracting or too harsh. In this article, I’m going to show you how to remove shadows in Photoshop. First, I’ll show you how to remove shadows in Phot

There are many reasons you may want to change the image resolution. You may want to make a large print of an image. Or you may want to downsize an image to post on social media. Either way, Adobe Photoshop makes it easy to change the resolution of an image. In thi

Do you have a photo with a background color you don’t like? We’re here to show you the step-by-step process of how to change background color in Photoshop. It takes some patience, but it’s so easy to do. So let’s get started! Step 1: Cho

The Orton Effect is a popular, artistic post-processing technique developed in the 1980s. The process is popular in landscape photography and creates a soft, watercolor effect. In this article, we’ll show you how to create the dreamy effect in Photoshop and

There are times when you want to have a blurred background rather than your original image. Maybe your background is distracting. A busy background is often impossible to crop out of your frame. But a soft or blurred background can fix that in no time. In this pos

Whether I’m taking portraits of models or photographing seniors, it’s my job to make my model look amazing. This includes retouching skin to remove blemishes and smooth out any imperfections. Many advanced retouchers of portrait, glamour and model phot

Frequency separation is a technique for creating smooth skin with Photoshop. Portrait photographers use frequency separation for detailed retouching. This article will take you through the step-by-step process of using frequency separation. You’ll be able to

Creating a Photoshop panorama is easy once you know the steps. A panorama is a picture made up of smaller images. The image below is a 10-image panorama of the Chicago skyline. We usually think of panoramas as long, thin landscapes. But panoramas can be vertical

Rotating a photo in Adobe Photoshop is easy. Sometimes I rotate to fix a tilted camera. Other times I rotate the image to alter perspective or add a diagonal line for dynamic interest. I can even rotate selected parts of my photograph. In this article, I’ll show y

I love long exposure images with smooth water and streaking clouds. But long exposures take time and specific equipment. See my article on “How to Shoot Daytime Long Exposure Photography”. I might not have my tripod or the neutral density filters I need to make lo

Tilt-shift lenses shift perspective. They allow architectural photographers to straighten lines that appear crooked if photographed with traditional lenses. But they also create an interesting miniature-world effect. In this article, I’ll show you two ways t

Photoshop is one of the most versatile editing softwares out there. But it’s also one of the most intimidating because of its huge amount of photo editing tools. This article is here to help you. We’ve put together a list of best beginner tips to help

What is it called when you see a picture within a picture? The answer is the Droste Effect, and it’s an exciting and creative way to show a scene photographically. Also known as a ‘Mise en abyme’, this technique involves placing a copy of an imag

“Little planet” photography uses the Polar Coordinates filter in Photoshop. The idea is to take a horizontal panorama and transform it into a sphere. It’s called a “little planet” or “tiny planet” photo because it looks like a miniature globe with a caricatured la

You can use Photoshop to straighten lines or change perspective in a few clicks. It’s even possible to distort images to reposition an arm or a leg, for example. In this article, I will show you some basic and advanced techniques to distort images. Basic P

Color Space is a term you may have come across in your camera settings or post-processing software of choice. It refers to the color range that can be displayed by a photograph. Typically, your most common choices in color space are sRGB vs Adobe RGB. These color

Photoshop has a range of tools available to remove a background. Some tools require you to do all the work while others do it almost entirely automatic. In this article, I’ll show you how to remove background in Photoshop and I’ll use three different t