DIY Bokeh Shapes – How to Make Custom Bokeh Shapes
What is Bokeh? Bokeh comes from the Japanese word boke (暈け or ボケ) which basically means blur. Bokeh simply put, is the effect of low depth of field blurring the light that is not focused. The depth of field is the distance between the nearest and the furthest objects to the camera. The lower the depth of field, the [...] Continue Reading
How to Create a Vintage Comic Book Effect in Photoshop
Since the early decades of the 20th century, the commercial art scene has been home to generations of hard-working illustrators supplying newspapers and pulp publishers with fresh art for comic strips and comic books. The new millennium has seen a renaissance in sequential artwork as comic books and their loftier descendants, graphic novels, invaded and […]
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Free Colored Smoke Bomb Overlay
Smoke bombs are quite the awesome little prop for photography shoots. Unfortunately, they can be a bit cumbersome to use and usually, you'll have to use them outdoors. Not to mention the cost of having to purchase them. So instead, we decided to create smoke bomb overlays to solve this problem and today, we'll be [...] Continue Reading
How to Create a Matte Effect in Lightroom
Ahh, the classic matte look. In case you don't know what it is, it's simply the effect of flattening the blacks in a photo so that shadows look flat and muted. This is how many older cameras produced photos so you could say it's somewhat of a vintage look. But don't let that fool you because it's still [...] Continue Reading
30 of The Best FREE Lightroom Presets
There are a TON of free Lightroom presets on the internet nowadays. Where do you even begin to search, let alone find the best ones? Have no worries, because we're here to save the day. We've compiled a list of some of the best free Adobe Lightroom presets we could find so you can quickly sift through and [...] Continue Reading
Lightroom vs Photoshop – What is the Difference?
As a photographer, there are two Adobe choices for post-processing your photos, Lightroom and Photoshop. What is the difference and do you need both? Let's look at the two more in-depth and help you decide which to be using. Lightroom The first thing you need to understand is that Lightroom is a much simpler program in [...] Continue Reading
