In this video we will be learning how to improve our portraits by using a Prime Lens and a Lens Hood. A Prime Lens allows you to use a wider aperture, thereby resulting in a shallow depth of field, which is great for achieving a blurred background. The use of a lens hood increases the…
In this video we will be learning how to organize your digital photos on your computer in a professional way. This will also help you in your editing workflow if you are using an image management software like Adobe Lightroom, since Lightroom will mimic the structure of your photo storage organization and create a catalog…
In this video we will be learning the art of sky replacement in PicsArt using blending modes. PicsArt is a great app because it allows you to work with layers and therefore creating composites like the one shown in this video becomes a very easy task. This is usually quite rare for a free app….
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In this video we will be learning how to add a different sky in your landscape photos in Adobe Photoshop. Here we will be using some advanced selection techniques, including the Select and Mask tool, to first of all select the original sky. Then we will replace the sky with the new one and then…
In this video we will be learning when to use exposure compensation in photography. We will also be understanding how the different metering modes work and we will also be looking at the setting of Auto ISO. Here’s the video: This video is from our Photography for Beginners course, which has 45 videos and 7…
In this video we will be learning how to remove glare in our product shots. Glare is usually caused by reflections generated by the source of light that you are using. It often materializes in the form of bad looking shiny specular highlights. You will learn that we can diffuse these highlights by making the…
In this video we will be learning how and when to use the High Speed Sync function when it comes to doing outdoor off-camera flash photography for shooting portraits. You will learn that in situations where the ambient light is a lot and you still want to use a shallow depth of field, the High…
In this video we will be learning about the concept of Hyperfocal Distance in photography, and specifically in landscape photography. Even though the term sounds technical, what you will learn is that the concept basically talks about focusing on that point in your landscape shot which gives a good balance between the foreground, middle ground…
In this video we will be learning how to make an alpha channel mask in Photoshop which can help us in making selections in complex subjects like hair strands and thin branches of trees. Here’s the video: Important Links Here is the image used in this video: Image used in the video This video is…