“Most people are drawn to the portraits because they have something different about them (from a distance especially). Seeing them in person is a whole different feel than seeing the photograph. They have a sense of depth that the photo can’t capture.”- Andrew Myers For the best tutorials, Follow netglos @twitter and netglos.com Meet Andrew Myers, one of the most patient modern-day sculptors around. This Laguna Beach, California-based artist goes through a multi-step process to [...]

Hello, We’re gonna talk today about transforming your own portrait into a vintage looking zombie. Maybe you’re familiar with the process of line art in photoshop, or maybe not, but after this tutorial I hope you’ll learn something new. I used a portrait of a friend of mine and my own textures. You can download them all from the required files. Also you can download this font: http://www.dafont.com/creepsville.font Enjoy!   Final Image   Choose a [...]

With his series “The World Inside of Us,” the artist Dan Mountford native of Brighton shows the extent of his talent around the idea of a double exposure. Playing on the faces and forms that emerge, the series of visuals to be discovered later in the article.

Excellent of Light The most element to think about when lighting style effects a picture is the caliber of lumination you need. It is almost essential to consider how best to obtain that quality. When thinking about quality of lumination, you first have to decide whether you want your lumination to be smooth or challenging. A lumination that is little as opposed to patient matter will be very challenging, but a lumination big as opposed [...]

Before after If you’re an ancient Gen-X-er like me you probably remember when billionaire media mogul Ted Turner began colorizing classic black-and-white films from Hollywood’s golden era. Even if you agree with critics who claimed this colorization amounted to “cultural vandalism,” there’s no doubt the technique is interesting and has its merits—especially for photographers. It’s a lot like the hand-tinting of black-and-white portraits that was popular in the early 20th century, but it’s done digitally. If [...]

Portrait photography is another beautiful type of photography in which face and expressions are prime. Portrait photography mainly used to show various expressions of face. Most of the portrait photographs contain only face directly looking in camera. A portrait is normally not a snap, but a composed image of someone in a still position. There are few types of portrait photography like constructionist, environmental, candid and few other creative approaches. Capturing professional portrait requires perfect [...]

With his series “The World Inside of Us”, the artist Dan Mountford from Brighton shows us the extent of his talent around the idea of a double exposure. Playing on the faces and forms that emerge, the series of visuals to be discovered later in the article.    

Beauty retouching is probably one of the most popular application areas in which Adobe Photoshop is used extensively. There are two simple reasons for that. First, Photoshop offers a variety of advanced tools to smooth out skin and hair, optimize body proportions and emphasize some beautiful details. And second, if you have some experience with Photoshop it is easy to learn the basics and quickly produce very impressive and beautiful results. Of course, beauty-retouching is [...]

The Missing Pages column is a collection of all of the information that should have been included in your camera’s Owner’s Manual—but somehow got left out. This is a hybrid assortment of short articles that delivers the know-how you need to derive the maximum enjoyment—and creative expression—from your equipment. It’s sort of a juiced-up User Guide for creative people who are not necessarily technical. Each part will teach you how to use one of the [...]

There was a time when all wedding photography was pretty much the same. Well-trained photographers worked from “shot lists” and used high-end, medium format equipment. They took wedding portraits (many in-studio) whose hallmarks included great color, sharp details, beautiful lighting, and well-posed subjects. Wedding albums were filled with 8×10”, 8×8”, and 5×7” prints of carefully posed images of couples, their families, and the bridal party, all smiling nicely for the camera. These traditional photographers often [...]