retouching

Aiarty Video Enhancer: Clean Up Noisy, Low-Light Footage and Upscale to 4K (New Year Deal)

With 2026 underway, creators looking to bring new life to their old, noisy, or low-resolution videos should take note of a compelling promotion from Aiarty. The company’s AI Video Enhancer, a desktop application designed to upscale, denoise, and restore footage, is now available at its lowest price ever as part of a New Year special. ... Read more
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High Angle Photography – Ideas to Try Some “From Above” Photos

High angle photography is a technique used by photographers to capture stunning aerial shots that reveal scenes from perspectives impossible to achieve at eye level. This approach involves taking photographs from an elevated vantage point, whether from the top of a building, a balcony, a hill, or even a drone hovering overhead. High angle photography ... Read more
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Black and White Landscape Photos and Tips to Inspire Your Adventures

Looking for inspiration for photographing your next road trip (or walk around the block)? Check out our curated list of black and white landscape photos!
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Sitting Pose Tips, Ideas and Common Mistakes

You can have the best, most perfectly prepared subject with phenomenal hair, makeup and styling and have gorgeous light at your disposal, but bad or mediocre posing will make it all moot. Even an experienced model who knows how to work the camera can use a little coaching to look best from the camera’s perspective ... Read more

How to Shoot a Basic Model Test | Gear, Shot List, Agency Requirements & More

With the shifting requirements for model tests, there is a misconception that all test shoots must be grandiose productions and equipped with a full team. In fact, when first approaching a modeling agency to test you will almost always be asked if you have your own team.  In this article, I’ll walk you through how ... Read more

Dynamic 3-Light Sports Portrait Setup

When it comes to taking sports photography portraits, capturing dynamic energy is the name of the game. Sports portraits often convey a sense of action and energy with dramatic poses and lighting, the latter of which often relies on using off-camera flash. While some photographers try their best to avoid using flash, it’s really not ... Read more

3 Ways To Photograph Family Group Photos With Flash

Setting up one directional off-camera flash with a shoot-through umbrella may be your go-to lighting setup for family formals, but what other ways can you light a group of people to create more drama or visual interest? Light alters the mood of a scene through modifiers, quantity, and color. Even with family photos, you should ... Read more
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Easiest One Light Portrait Setup for Professional Headshots

How many lights does it take to create a great, pro quality image? In my early career, my answer was “as many as I can get.” But over time, I learned that some of the most beautiful portraits are captured using simple setups. No need for multiple lights, sets, and gear to get gorgeous results. ... Read more

5 Creative Accessories to Conceal Distracting Backgrounds

We’ve all been there: you have great clients but a less-than-superb background. How do you deliver the high-quality, creative imagery that your clients have come to expect? Creative accessories are perfect when you need a spark of creativity or need to block distracting elements in your scene. These simple tools can transform an ordinary shot ... Read more

DIY Reflector | 3 Ways to Make Your Own Reflector

It's a long holiday weekend which means the beach, BBQ, and DIY projects! If you're going out to Home Depot to pick up a few tools to fix something around the house, make sure you add bead foam to your shopping list.
Photoshop

StyleMyPic Photoshop Pro Workflow Panel | Pro Retouching & Beginner Use

Kishore Sawh

This panel aims to bring a beginner's ease of use to join with professional retouching results. Could be what you've been looking for.

Photography Tips

Wacom Launches New Line Of Intuos Pen & Touch Tablets

Kishore Sawh

Intuos revamps their Pen & Touch line and includes more software. Probably the most transformative piece of kit i recommend under $100.

Photoshop

The Difference Between Opacity & Flow In Photoshop

Kishore Sawh

Knowing how and when to manipulate Flow & Opacity will increase your skill and results in Photoshop more than almost anything else.

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An Easy & Quick Way To Remove Dust Spots Using Content Aware Fill

Kishore Sawh

Content Aware fill can make dust spot removal a breeze, and there's a tip on how to apply it to an entire selection of photos.

Photography Tips

Samsung Releases New Curved Monitors | Easier On The Eyes, And The Wallet

Kishore Sawh

It's incredible how much better a good monitor can make your life, and Samsung is tempting us with these new offerings.

Photography Tips

Lightroom 6 Is Coming But Will Require Better Hardware

Kishore Sawh

Adobe announced there will soon be the next big release of Lightroom, but you may need to upgrade your computer to handle it.

Photography Tips

LG’s Just Released Monitor Is a Photographer/Retoucher’s Dream

Kishore Sawh

LG is hoping to grab your attention, and your business, by providing an exceptional IPS monitor with the photographer/videographer/retoucher in mind

Photoshop

How To Use The Amazing Patch Tool In Photoshop | Aaron Nace

Kishore Sawh

The Patch Tool in Photoshop is one of the most versatile and easily applicable tools for any field in photography, and Aaron Nace breaks it down for you.

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A Career’s Worth Of Wisdom On Retouch, In A Minute | Russell James

Kishore Sawh

Russell James speaks volumes about retouching in just a minute, as maybe only someone like him could, coming at the topic as a photographer, a social conscious artist, and it's not hard to believe as a father as well.

Photo Editing

A Quick Way To Correct Skin Colour For A High End Look

Alice Houstons

In this tutorial, we cover skin colour correction and how we get from orange tints to the high end 'Prada' like look.

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Photoshop Basics: Recreating Realistic Eyelashes

Topher Kelly

Lindsay Adler, a portrait and fashion photographer who has spent years experimenting in Photoshop, has learned the quickest and most effective ways for perfecting little details in post-production. Here’s a quick rundown of how she goes about fixing eyelashes.

Photography Tips

Master Retoucher Creates Amazing Día de los Muertos Portrait Before Your Eyes

Hanssie

In the following video, see Julia at work her magic in creating this Día de los Muertos portrait:

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