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Outsource Tedious Cutouts with Cutoutimage.com

April 24, 2018 by mitchrichie 2 Comments

If you’ve ever needed to remove the background from an image you know how difficult, time consuming, and tedious it can be. Photoshop has improved it’s toolset over the years but it can still be tricky to make an effective clipping mask, especially with subjects that have hair or fur.

There are plenty of tutorials on youtube if you’d like to learn how to perform complex masking yourself, but today I’d like to share an incredible service that you can use to outsource this type of work. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Post Processing, Product Photography, tips

Better Black and White Conversion in Photoshop

November 6, 2016 by mitchrichie Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Post Processing

New Portrait and Fashion Lightroom Preset Collection

October 20, 2016 by mitchrichie Leave a Comment

Portrait Presets

I’m releasing a brand new Adobe Lightroom preset collection today called Portrait & Fashion!

It’s half off until November 1st.

That’s $19 if you get it before November 1st…

or

You can get this collection plus $400+ of other preset collections and training with the All Access Pass for $14/month.

The All Access Pass is a great way to go because you get access to all future courses, tutorials, and preset collections as long as you are a subscriber.

But it’s your choice.

Portrait and Fashion Collection Half Off

Filed Under: Post Processing

Master Adobe Lightroom Fast – Free Video Training Course

September 21, 2015 by mitchrichie Leave a Comment

lightroom course

I’ve just released a new video training course for anyone looking to get started with Adobe Lightroom. This Adobe Lightroom training course from Camera Stupid is designed to get you started using Adobe Lightroom to organize, edit, and backup your photos as quickly as possible. Adobe Lightroom is a fantastic tool for amateur or professional photographers looking to streamline their workflow and produce professional photographic results for their clients or personal enjoyment. In this digital age, many photographers struggle to maintain the thousands of photos they take each month. Adobe Lightroom solves the problem of photo organization with a robust collection system and keyword tagging features. Never misplace a digital photo again! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Post Processing

How to Replace a Sky in Photoshop

August 27, 2015 by mitchrichie Leave a Comment

Sky Replacement

If you photograph outdoors at all you’ll know that sometimes the sky just doesn’t cooperate. Ideally, you’ll setup your shot during golden hour, get the perfect composition, great light, dramatic clouds and the perfect shot. But life is rarely ideal. More often than not I find myself having to get the best shot I can with a less than stellar sky in the background. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Post Processing

How to Make a Time Slice

July 24, 2015 by mitchrichie 1 Comment

Time Slice

Time Slice 1.0 has been a huge success! I created the Time Slice desktop app because I was frustrated with how difficult it was to create this relatively simple effect of slicing the individual frames of a time-lapse to make a single image. It’s been really fun to use on my own projects such as the example I shot above of the Salt Lake City skyline. It’s also been really fun to see examples other photographers have sent me that they have put together using the app. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Behind the Shot, Post Processing, Software, tips

New Time Slice 1.0 Desktop App Makes Creating Time Slices Quick and Easy

June 30, 2015 by mitchrichie Leave a Comment

time slice

Example images used with permission by Hafiz Ismail

You may have seen these awesome time slice images created from a batch of day-to-night time-lapse photos. Dan Marker-Moore is a master of this technique.

I was frustrated by how difficult and time-consuming it was to create one of these images… So I’ve created a brand new desktop program for OSX, Win, and Linux that makes the process easy and fast!

Go check out Time Slice 1.0 today!

Here are a few more examples used with permission by Hafiz Ismail

Time Slice time slice

Filed Under: Post Processing, Software

Add some Magic to your Photos with Photoshop Actions

May 22, 2015 by mitchrichie Leave a Comment

sony headphones

I’ve been pushing through a creative rut lately and I’ve been experimenting with new things to get inspired and push myself out of my comfort zone a bit. Today I decided to try photographing a pair of Sony headphones I got recently by cashing in the rewards points on my credit card. Here’s a short video that shows the studio setup and the post processing: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Post Processing Tagged With: actions, Photoshop

Nondestructive Dodge and Burn in Photoshop

October 7, 2014 by mitchrichie Leave a Comment

Dodging and burning an image is a common technique that can add contrast to the highlights and shadows and provide a certain “commercial” look to a portrait. In this episode I show you how to use photoshop to doge and burn an image in a non-destructive way.

 

Filed Under: Podcast, Post Processing Tagged With: dodge and burn, Photoshop

Adding Textures & Glows to your Photographs in Photoshop

September 11, 2014 by mitchrichie Leave a Comment

Screen Shot 2014-09-10 at 2.38.59 PM

Special Effects

Photoshop makes it simple to add texture, glow, or imperfections to our digital photographs. Why would you do this? Some photographic subjects lend themselves to various special effects or enhancements. Photographs of old building like the one I took in Prague, Czech Republic above can be made to feel older with a subtle paper texture added. The emotion and mood of the performer in the image below can be enhanced with a bokeh color glow. As with any art form, how far to take these effects is completely subjective. I tend to prefer a more subtle approach. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Podcast, Post Processing Tagged With: bokeh, Photoshop, textures

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