This photo was made during one of my workshops. One the participants was stranding on the edge of this lake and I saw the opportunity to make this beautiful photo that shows proportions by including the human element. In this video I’m using Lightroom CC to edit a landscape photo. I always start by correcting… Continue Reading
In this video I offer you some tips on photographing sunsets: what are the things you should be careful and what photo gear I used for this particular shot. I start by talking about my photo gear which include my Canon 5D mark II with a wide Canon 17-40 F4 L lens, my Canon 60D… Continue Reading
Welcome to another speed editing in Lightroom. This time I’ll edit an urban landscape with the tow of Florence, in Italy. In the beginning of any edit I start by making corrections. I Enable Profile Correction, Remove, Chromatic Aberrations, improve masking for better sharpening of the photo, adjust the Luminance value for some noise reduction.… Continue Reading
Lightroom is the first editing software I use to post process my photos. This editing technique of turning a photo to black and white is presented using the latest edition, Lightroom CC but can be applied easily in Lightroom 6 or 5. When editing for black and white you should concentrate on light, texture and… Continue Reading
You can use depth masks in Photoshop CC to simulate a shallow depth of field created by a wide aperture of the lens. This technique is useful if you shot your photo with apertures like F8 or above and you want to create the effect of having a F2.8 lens. The main idea is to… Continue Reading
As a landscape photographer you have to get up early in order to capture the beautiful sunrise light. For me this moment is unique and it gives me a special feeling when I’m up there photographing the sunrise when everyone else is still sleeping. But no matter how many times I woke up early, it… Continue Reading
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Photographing waterfalls during winter it’s not easy. You need hiking equipment beside your photo gear. I’m starting the video hiking in a semi-dark atmosphere. We are going on a mountain trail covered in snow and ice and at some point we also reach a beautiful panoramic point. Why is winter photography of waterfall hard? Simple:… Continue Reading
Masking is important in Photoshop and there are lots of situations when you need to know how to better control the mask, it’s shape and feather. And sometimes you have to know how to adjust only some areas of the mask. The problem appears in many situations as a white outline around your masked element:… Continue Reading
In this video I’m going to photograph the sunrise in front of Ceahlau Mountain. The sun would shine over the mountain and create some red-fire rocks. In the moment I arrived there was a heavy fog on the horizon blocking the sun but above the mountain there were some interesting clouds. I set up two… Continue Reading